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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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The Gold Shipments. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 2

The Anglo-Australian banks which were recently reported to have stopped at Colombo portions of the shipments of gold for Australia have allowed the…

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The South African Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 June 1893 · page 4

MR. JOHN VOSPER, who ia well known in Broken Hill as a former treasurer of the underground branch of the A.M.A., left for South Africa towards…

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A Mine on Fire. Sixty Men Cut Off by the Flames. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 June 1893 · page 4

A despatch from New York reports that the Eagle Pass mine, in the southern State of Texas, is on fire. The flames spread so rapidly…

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The South African Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 1

MR. JOHN VOSPER, who is well known in Broken Hill as a former treasurer of the underground bransh of the A.M.A., left for South Africa towards…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 2

The Inspector of Mines (Mr. J. V. Parkes) recently visited the Wadnaminga goldfield, and ascertained that there are two gullies to the north of…

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A Mine on Fire. Sixty Men Cut Of[?] by the Flames. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 1

A despatch from New York reports that the Eagle Pass mine, in the southern State of Texas, is on fire. The flames spread so rapidly…

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Mining on Private Property. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 2

SIR,—The Tumbarumba Progress Committee passed a resolution to the following effect at a meeting held on the 29th instant, viz.:—"That the…

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The Financial Position. [By Cable.] The Bank of England Gold Reserve. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 2

The gold reserve of the Bank of England is being largely strengthened. Gold to the amount of £2,000,000 is expected to be lodged in the bank this…

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Mining. [By Cable.] The A. B. H. Consols. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 June 1893 · page 2

A meeting of shareholders in the Australian Broken Hill Consols S.M. Co. has been held, at which Mr. Ward presided. He announced that the…

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Work and Wages. [By Telegraph.] The Lithgow Miners. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 June 1893 · page 2

The miners at the Hermitage pit, Lithgow, have refused the terms offered by the proprietary, and have suspended work…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Charters Towers Dividends. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 June 1893 · page 2

The dividends paid by the companies operating the Charters Towers mines aggregated daring last month £39,780. The Victory heads the list with…

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The Financial Position. [By Telegraph.] The Speaker on the Demand for Gold. SYDNEY, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 June 1893 · page 4

Sir J. P. Abbott, Speaker of the Assembly, speaking at the meeting of depositors in the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney to-day, said that…

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The Lithgow Collieries Strike. A Delegate Sent to Broken Hill. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 3

The latest news from lithgow is to the effect that there is little change in the situation there in respect of the dispute between the men and…

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MINING. The Junction Sulphides. The Negotiations for Sale

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 3

AT a general meeting of shareholders in the Junction Silver Mining Company held in Adelaide on Thursday. The chairman (Mr. M. Stuckey,…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 June 1893 · page 3

The manager of the Victoria Tower Mining Company, S. A., reports, June 4:—"Daring past week stopes have shown some nice rough gold, but not…

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The Lithgow Miners. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 June 1893 · page 2

It is reported that the Lithgow miners have, in view of the present state of trade, accepted the employers' terms, conditionally upon all the men…

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The Newcastle Collieries. Rumors of Troubles Ahead. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 4

Considerable disquietude has been created amongst the miners here by a rumor of a meeting of the associated collieries' proprietors at Sydney to-day,…

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Late Mining News. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 4

The Mouut Galena S. M. Company's property at Emmaville was sold to-day by order of the Sheriff for £135. The purchasers are Messrs. M'Pherson and…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] a Kerosene Shale Discovery. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 3

A rich vein of kerosene shale has been struck in the Grose Valley, near Mount Victoria, in the Blue Mountains…

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The Newcastle Collieries. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 June 1893 · page 1

Considerable disquietude has been created amongst the miners here by a rumor of a meeting of the associated collieries' proprietors at Sydney to-day,…

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