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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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3rd EDITION Miner Office, 7 p.m. Latest Cable News. The Durham Miners and Eight Hours. LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 4

A deputation representing the Durham coal miners has waited on the Premier to protest against any such restriction of the hours of labor as…

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Political. [By Telegraph.] New South Wales. Mining on Private Property. The Retrenchment Crusade. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 2

In the Legislative Council last evening, the second reading of the Income Tax Bill was rejected by 31 to 7…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 April 1893 · page 2

As to the cost of producing silver in America, Mr. J. R. M'Pherson, in a speech delivered last January in the United States Senate, adopted the…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Latest Cable News. The Durham Miners and Eight Hours. LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 April 1893 · page 4

A deputation representing the Durham coal miners has waited on the Premier to protest against any such restriction of the hours of labor as…

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Mining. [By Cable.] The Mount Lyell Mine. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 2

According to the Financial Times, it is rumored that inquiries are being made in the city concerning the Mount Lyell mine, in Tasmania, in…

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Fatal Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 2

THE Ballarat Courier of Thursday gives the following additional particulars of the fatal mining accident to Henry Grimmett:—A mining accident,…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 April 1893 · page 3

The claim to float which Mr. Barnfied will this week leave for London is the Ediacara Consols, not the Ediacara, as mis-stated in an Adelaide MINER…

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The Bank Scare. [By Cable.] Offer of Gold from London. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 April 1893 · page 3

Two Anglo-Australian banks in this city cabled an offer of £1,000,000 in gold te the Sydney banks, but the offer was declined…

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[By Telegraph.] Interview with the Premier. The Legislation to be Introduced. "Bank Notes as Good as Gold." SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 April 1893 · page 3

Sir G. R. Dibbs has been interviewed in reference to the legislation which the Government intends to introduce in connection with the banks. He…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 2

THE gold recently found at Clare, S. A., seems to be something of a puzzle. They have got gold in one small quarry, the pieces " sticking in…

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Late Mining Intelligence. [By Cable.] London, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 4

Captain Angell will shortly proceed to Adelaide to test a process of treating Reedy Creek and other complex ores at an alleged cost of 10s. per ton…

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MINING. The Maybell North. A Locked-up Deposit

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of the Maybell North Mining Company was held in Adelaide on Monday at noon, the Hon. R. Homburg, M.P. (chairman of…

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Political. [By Telegraph.] New South Wales. The Coal Mines Regulation Bill Shelved. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 2

In the Legislative Council last evening, Mr. Pigott presented a petition from the colliery proprietors against the Coal Mines Regulation…

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Mining. [By Cable.] The Mount Lyell. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 2

A report is current to the effect that the Mount Lyell mine in Tasmania (in connection with which Mr. W. Knox is on his way to London) will be…

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[By Telegraph.] Scarcity of Gold in Sydney. London Chartered Notes. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 2

The scarcity of available gold in Sydney is being accentuated by the opening of trust accounts in the embarrased banks with gold taken…

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Miners' Troubles. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 2

For some time past there has been trouble at the Hepburn Estate [?]ld mine in consequence of thefts of gold. All the efforts of the management to…

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The Bank Scare. [By Cable.] Big Gold Shipment LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 4

The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney has arranged that a shipment of a quarter of a million sterling of gold shall be sent to Australia per…

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The Bank Scare. [By Cable.] Big Gold Shipment LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 4

The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney has arranged that a shipment of a quarter of a million sterling of gold shall be sent to Australia per…

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In Sydney. The Banking Bill. Heavy Shipments of Gold to Australia. SYDNEY, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 4

There is a good deal of excitement here. Notwithstanding the Government's circular, a number of Civil servants…

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Suggested Mining Bank. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 3

The suggestion is again, mooted at Ballarat and Bendigo that there must be a mining bank established…

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