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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

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Mining. [By Our Mining Reporter.] Coal

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 2

That coal has been found about 170 miles from the Hill there caa be little doubt, and, though at present it is only a lignite, about six or eight inches thick, its…

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The Colliery Disaster. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 2

It has bean ascertained that 150 men perished by the explosion of firedamp in the Charlerol colllieries. Belgium. The pit is nov on fire, and flames are shooting…

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A Singular Wat of Gold Saving

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 2

New Zealand' is a country of singular contrasta in many of its productions, some of which stand per se, as also in methods used to utilise these said…

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General Cable News. the Coal Trouble. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 2

The Standard says that there is sufficient coal for private use to outlast the stopprge of the supply from the mines. It expresses the belief that the loss of…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 6 p.m. The Central Mine. Payment of Dividends Resumed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 3

Mr. Leonard Dodds, secretary to the Broken Hill Central, informa me that the directors this afternoon determined to resume the payment of dividends,…

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Mining Note

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 2

The committee of the Stock Exchange of Adelaide on Monday wired to Mr. John Brandon, secretary of the Block 10 Company:—"Adelaide…

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Mining Appeal Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 4

THE Mining Appeal Court was opened by Judge Gibson [?] afternoon. In the [?] of William W[?], appellant, and John Gibbs and Charles A. [?]an,…

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[By Our Mining Reporter.] the South

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 2

THAT there ia a good time coming for this mine no one who occasionally visits it can doubt. Steady opening-out work is proceeding, and ventilation in all the…

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The Coal Stoppage. Affairs Getting Serious. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 2

The temporary cessation of work by the coal miners generally throughout the United Kingdom, for the purpose of keeping up the price of coal and their wages…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 2

"Robert Jones" writes to the Western Grazier from Mount Browne:—" I am a miner of 10 years' standing on Mount Browne, and, excepting on two or three…

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The Hillgrove Mines. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 2

The dry weather seems to have completely broken up at Hillgrove, and now there is plenty of water at all the mines for crushing purposes. At the Sunlight…

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Mining Appeal Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 2

THE Mining Appeal Court was opened by Judge Gibson yesterday afternoon. In the case of William Welsh, appellant, and John Gibbs and Charles A. Kidman,…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Barrier Ranges S. M. Asso Ciation. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 2

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Barrier Ranges Silver Mining Association yesterday confirmed the resolutions recently passed for…

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Mining Appeal Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1892 · page 4

THE hearing of suits in the Mining Appeal Court was continued this afternoon by his Honor Judge Gibson. In the case of J. H. Cummins and another (appellants)…

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The Coal Stoppage. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1892 · page 3

The Miners Federation intends to hold a meeting to discuse the length of the temporary strike. It is believed that the majority will he in favor of resuming…

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Mining. [By Our Mining Reporter.] the Proprietary Open Cut

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1892 · page 4

We all remember what animosity and what strictures were passed upon the open-cut system a few months ago when it was first promulgated What a…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Little River Goldfield. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 4

Warden King, of [?] has [?] the [?] for Mines that [?] a party of men have been working [?] Little River gold[?], and that on…

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Close of the Coal Stoppage. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 3

The Miners' Federation has decided that the coal miners shall resume work on March 21, the temporary stoppage having effected the object of reducing the…

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Barrier Miner. Saturday, March 19, 1892. The Block 10 Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 2

THE report on the Block 10 mine which our mining reporter furnished yesterday is, to a great extent, reassuring. The rumors of the past…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] West Australian Gold. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 March 1892 · page 2

A miner named B[?]rryman, working on the Murchison, has found a nugget weighing, it is stated, 100oz…

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