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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Steiglitz Goldfield. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 June 1893 · page 3

The Steiglitz goldfield is undergoing a pronounced revival, and just now there is a strong demand for shares in numerous new ventures…

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The Unemployed. The Prospects on the Goldfields. Suggestion by the Secretary for Mines. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 June 1893 · page 2

The Minister for Mines (Mr. T. M. Slattery) has received a wire from (the warden at Rockley stating that there is likely to be a stir in mining at…

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Mine Accidents. Two Men Seriously Injured at the Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 June 1893 · page 3

Two accidents, both of a somewhat serious nature—one, indeed, it is feared may prove fatal—happened this morning at the Proprietary mine. The…

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Mining Accidents. a Series at Eaglehawk. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 June 1893 · page 2

An extraordinary series of accidents occurred at Eaglehawk yesterday afternoon. In the first place, a Catherine…

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Miners' Strikes. Three Thousand Men Out in Indiana. Deportation of Strikers in Germany. [Br Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 2

A large strike of miners has occurred in the mines belonging to Robey and Co., Indiana, U. S. A. Three thousand miners who are out on strike have been…

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

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 3

Mr. William Knox, managing director of the Mount Lyell Company, and late secretary of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, has arrived with…

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The Pinnacles Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 4

THE Pinnacles Amalgamated Silver Mining Company has just exported the product of the sh[?] campaign at leaching. The results were very good…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 3

The following mineral leases have been cancelled:—T. G. [?]ue and another, 183, Albert; S. Eddy, 4, Byjerkerno…

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Newcastle Collieries. Owners Request a Conference. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 4

Mr. J. Curley, general secretary of the Northern (Newcastle) district of the A. M. A., has received a communication from the secretary of the [?]…

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The Pinnacles Mine

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 1

THE Pinnacles Amalgamated Silver Mining Company has just exported the product of the short campaign at leaching. The results were very good…

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Newcastle Collieries. Owners Request a Conference. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 1

Mr. J. Curley, general secretary of the Northern (Newcastle) district of the A. M. A., has received a communication from the secretary of the…

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Colliery Troubles. Forcing Employees to Take Shares [By Telegraph.] Newcastle, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 4

The proprietors of the Cooperative colliery have given seven men and a number of boys employed there 14 days' notice to cease work. The…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Burra Fields. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 3

A telegram from Parkes states that an important discovery of rich stream tin has been made a few miles from Burra, and at the junction of the…

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The British Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 3

IN connection with a statement published concerning "a rumored change in the management of the British" shortly, the MINER learns that nothing…

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Colliery Troubles. Forcing Employees to Take Shares. (By Telegraph.] Newcastle, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 1

The proprietors of the Co-operative colliery have given seven men and a number of boys employed there 14 days' notice to cease work. The…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Coolgardie Goldfield. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 3

Specimens of gold, weighing upwards of 300oz., have been brought here from the Coolgardie goldfield by Mr. Sylvester Browne, formerly a Broken…

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Gold Finds at Wood's Point. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 3

John Foley, a prospector at Wood's Point, from a dish of surface dirt got 5oz. Another splendid yield is reported, and it is believed that a lead…

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

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 June 1893 · page 2

Mr. W. Knox, managing director of the Mount Lyell Company (Tasmania) is treating with a syndicate which controls the copper combination with a…

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Colliery Dispute in England. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 June 1893 · page 2

There is a deadlock between the colliery owners and miners of the National Federation over a proposed reduction of wages. The federation…

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MINING. Block 10

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 June 1893 · page 2

At Block IO, in the east crosscut at 115ft., they were, at the time of our latest information, a little over 5ft. into the ore, which continued of about…

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