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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 June 1893 · page 3

Mr. John Brown, of the big firm of J. and A Brown and Co., coalmine-owners, coke-makers, and steamship owners, has returned to Newcastle after a five…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] New Gold Find, SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 June 1893 · page 3

A rich find of gold is reported at Wheelbarrow, near Colo, on the Hawkesbury slope of the Blue Mountains. There is great excitement in…

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Mr. Sylvester Browne's Gold. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 June 1893 · page 3

Mr. Sylvester Browne arrived in Adelaide by the R.M.S. Orizaba from Albany, West Australia, yesterday, and proceeded on to Melbourne later…

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The Silver Crisis. Three Shillings an Ounce. English Press Predictions. "Australian Mines Will Suffer Least." [By Cable.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 June 1893 · page 4

The crisis in the silver market has produced a sensation. The quotation now is 3s. per oz. (standard). The Legislative Council of India…

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Gold Finds at Cobar. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 June 1893 · page 2

There is great excitement at Cobar owing to recent gold finds at the Cheaney-Cobar. The line of reef and all available land has been pegged out…

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The Teralba Miners. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 June 1893 · page 4

A relief fund has been opened at Newcastle on behalf of the Teralba miners, owing to slackness of work at that colliery…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The New Coolgardie Rush. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 June 1893 · page 2

On the 17th instant Patrick Hannon and Thomas Flanagan applied for a reward claim of ten men's ground at a place 30 miles north-east of…

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The Angipena Goldfield. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 June 1893 · page 3

Mr. J. V. Parkes, Government Inspector of Mines, leaves Adelaide by the north train to-day on a visit of inspection to the Angipena goldfields…

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The Teralba Miners. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 June 1893 · page 1

A relief fund has been opened at Newcastle on behalf of the Teralba miners, owing to slackness of work at that colliery…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 2

THE ordinary meeting of the New Umberumberka Silver-lead Mining Company was held at the office of the manager (Mr. George Searcy),…

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Work for Miners. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 2

The Government being anxious to find work for a number of unemployed miners who have gravitated to the city, the Premier (Mr. J. B. Patterson) has…

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Gold and Silver-using Countries

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 2

Here are two lists, one comprising the nations which are to-day using the gold standard, and the other the nations that have "free and unlimited…

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The Effect on Broken Hill. The Lessons of the Copper Crisis. Great Increase in the Output of Big Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 2

Reference was made in yesterday's MINER to certain points of similarity between the copper crisis of three years back and the present position of…

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The Newcastle Collieries. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 4

A conference is being held at New-castle to-day between the representatives of the Associated Colliery Owners and the miners' delegates on…

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The Colorado Mines

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 4

The announcement made in the First Edition that the[?]Colorado silver mines— "every mine in the State"— had closed might naturally be expected…

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Mine Labor at Bendigo. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 4

The labor market at Bendigo is still largely overstocked with miners. The Johnson's Reef [?]Co. called tenders for putting in a crosscut, and a very large…

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The Silver Crisis. [By Cable.] Stoppage of Production in America. Thirty Thousand Miners Out. the Prospect for Chilian Mines. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 2

The continued fall in silver values has produced great consternation in America. The leading producers of the metal…

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[By Telegraph.] Interview with the Proprietary Secretary. The Intentions of the Big Mine Directorate. A Recovery Anticipated. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 2

Mr. F. M. Dickenson, secretary to the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, has been interviewed regarding the effect of the fall on the Broken Hill…

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[By Telegraph.] The Prospects of the Barrier Mines. Reassuring Statements. Proprietary, Central, and South Right. The Railway Freights Complained of[?] MELBOURNE, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 4

It is now semi-officially stated that, so far as the Proprietary mine is concerned, there need be no apprehension of closing[?] down. Silver will have to…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 July 1893 · page 2

AN extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Southern Gross Silvermining Company was held at Mr. G. T. Lane's offices, Grenfell-street,…

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