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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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The Mount Morgan Gold Robberies. [By Telegraph.] Further Arrests Made. The Night Watchman a Prisoner. The Alleged Modus Operandi. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 September 1893 · page 2

The excitement at Mount Morgan and Rockhampton over the raid upon the employees at the big mine continues…

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The Mount Morgan Gold Robberies. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 2

Hughes, Mangin, and Percy, charged with being concerned in the Mount Morgan gold robberies, have been brought before the Rockhampton…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 October 1893 · page 2

THE following leases have been cancelled for the nonfulfilment of labor conditions:—H. R. Jobling, 4, Naradin; J. B. Stephen, 11, Stephen…

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The Mount Morgan Gold Robberies. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 October 1893 · page 3

Gregory, the M'Queens, Rowley, Goy, Milne, and Rogel, charged with being concerned in the Mount Morgan gold robberies, have been brought…

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The Coalminers' Strike. Nationalisation of the Collieries Advocated. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 October 1893 · page 4

The British coalminers on strike held a meeting on Sunday and carried a resolution to the effect that nationalisation of the collieries was…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] New South Wales. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 October 1893 · page 3

Fossickers are reported to have found good gold prospects on private property near Yass. A Sydney resident, writing from…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. Mines Sick and Accident Fund. It Ceases Operations. Notices to be Posted To-morrow

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 October 1893 · page 4

FOR some months past the committee of the Barrier Mines Sick and Accident Fund has been in communication with Mr. Coghlan, Registrar of…

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The Coalminers' Strike. Nationalisation of the Collieries Advocated. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 October 1893 · page 1

The British coalminers on strike held a meeting on Sunday and carried a resolution to the effect that nationalisation of the collieries was…

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Mining. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 October 1893 · page 2

Some of the silver mines at Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., which were shut down in consequence of the tall in the value of silver, have now resumed…

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Mines Sick and Accident Fund. It Ceases Operations. Notices to be Posted To-morrow

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 October 1893 · page 1

FOR some months past the committee of the Barrier Mines Sick and Accident Fund has been in communication with Mr. Coghlan, Registrar of…

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MINING. West Australia

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 October 1893 · page 3

By the West Australian mail to hand yesterday we have half-a-dozen letters from old Barrientes now in[?] different parts of the Western colony…

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The Moonta Miners. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 October 1893 · page 4

This afternoon a special meeting of shareholders in the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company was held here. The Press was excluded, but it…

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The Mount Morgan Gold Robberies. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 October 1893 · page 3

Magin, Percy, and Goy, charged with being concerned in the robberies of gold from the Mount Morgan mine, have been further remanded pending…

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The Moonta Miners. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 October 1893 · page 1

This afternoon a special meeting of shareholders in the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company was held here. The Press was excluded, but it…

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Accident at the Big Mine. a Miner Seriously Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 October 1893 · page 2

THE already long list of mining accidents on the Barrier for the year 1893 was further added to last night, when a young man named Francis J…

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Mines Sick and Accident Fund. The Proposed New Society

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 October 1893 · page 3

As stated in the MINER on Tuesday, the Barrier Mines Sick and Accident Fund will cease operations next week, having been refused registration by…

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The World's Fair. The Mining Awards. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 October 1893 · page 2

The awards in the mining section at the Chicago Exhibition have been announced. Of the 88 awards made to New…

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Accidents at the Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 4

EX-ALDERMAN Nolan, of South Town, met with a serious accident at the Proprietary mine at about noon to-day, resulting in the fracture of one of his…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Victorian News. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 2

The gold yield for the central division (Ballarat) ending September 30, was: —Load, 23,000oz; quartz, 22,000oz. The yield for Creswick division was…

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The Mount Morgan Gold Robberies. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 4

Additional discoveries in connection with the gold robberies at the Mount Morgan mine have been made. Afurther examination of the Mount Morgan…

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