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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

569 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 19 of 29

The Victorian Earthquake. The Effect on the Mines. A Fall of Earth. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 July 1893 · page 2

Reports continue to come in from different parts of the country concerning the severe shocks of earthquake sustained on Sunday morning…

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The British Colliery Dispute. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 July 1893 · page 4

The selling price of coal has now advanced from 2s. to 3s. per ton, Mn anticipation of the general strike of miners against the reduction of 25 per…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Angipena Goldfield. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 July 1893 · page 2

A private letter from the new Angipena goldfield, in the North, states that numbers are coming and going. The bulk of those who are…

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The British Colliery Dispute. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 July 1893 · page 1

The selling price of coal has now advanced, from 2s. to 3s. per ton, in anticipation of the general strike of miners against the reduction of 25 per…

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The British Colliery Dispute. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 July 1893 · page 2

The situation in regard to the impending general strike of coalminers against the reduction of 25 per cent, in wages proposed by the…

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Lands and Improvements. Important Mining Appeal. Judge Coffey's Ruling

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 July 1893 · page 2

JUDGE COFFEY this morning delivered judgment in the case of Sims v. Moore, in which the appellant appealed against a recent decision of Mr. Warden…

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Wages at the Mines. Reductions to be Announced

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 2

SPEAKING yesterday afternoon at the meeting of Broken Hill Proprietary shareholders in Melbourne, the chairman (Mr. Bowes Kelly) said that…

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The Big Mine. The Half-Yearly Meeting. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 3

The half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company was held yesterday afternoon, and was well attended…

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Other Mines

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 4

Notices bave been posted at Block 14 and Block 10 notifying the Burne redactions, and it is, understood that the whole of the mines will insist upon…

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The British Colliery Strike. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 July 1893 · page 2

The South Welsh miners refuse to load coal for the English markets owing to the strike. Sixty thousand additional miners come out on strike…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Victorian Mining. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 August 1893 · page 3

Further encouraging news comes from the new Ironbark Gully rush, in the Avoca district. Three more claims are now on good gold. One party,…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 August 1893 · page 3

Perth telegram:—Bailey's Reward claim, Coolgardie, is still furnishing phenomenal returns. For the six weeks just ended 4000oz. of gold was…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 2

A few hands are being taken on again at the Proprietary, the danger of any resistance of the new schedule of wages having vanished. The…

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Mining on Private Property to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 4

SIR,—We are informed by this week's papers that the Government is sending batches of the unemployed to different country districts in the hope…

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Silver and Gold. The Indian Legislation

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 August 1893 · page 2

IN moving the adoption of the bill which closed the Indian mints to the free coinage of silver and produced the recent slump in the white metal, the…

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Other Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 August 1893 · page 4

Notices have been posted at Block 14 and Block 10 notifying the same reductions, and it is understood that the whole of the mines will insist upon…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Coolgardie Goldfield. Report by the "Advertiser" Commissioner. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 August 1893 · page 2

Mr. George Stevens, a well-known Broken Hill mining reporter, who has been commissioned by the Adelaide Advertiser to report on the Coolgardie…

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TRAVERS Y. MURPHY. Mine Officers as Voters. Mr. Murphy Ousted. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 August 1893 · page 2

Before the Full Court yesterday, the Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Darley) being president, John Travers, builder, of South Broken Hill, applied for a…

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Work at the Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 4

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BARRIER MINER. SIR,—Have the unions of the Hill died out? If not, where are the leaders? Are they all too busy…

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The King Ward Election. Mine Officers as Voters. The Arguments and Ruling

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 2

OUR Sydney correspondent has already wired a digest of the proceedings in the Supreme Court in Banco on Tuesday when, on the motion of John…

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