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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 4 of 29

Mining

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 February 1893 · page 2

The first shipment of silver bullion treated by the new process, at the Junction smelting works at Port Adelaide was made by the steamer…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 3

Gold has been discovered in payable quantities at Marthavale, near Bairnsdale, in Gippsland, in a shaft 50ft. deep. The reef is 2ft. wide where…

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The Weather. a Furious Storm. A Mine Stack Demolished

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 3

SHORTLY after 8 o'clock last night a very welcome change in the weather occurred, though the actual changing was one of the most unpleasant 10…

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A Goal Mine Engulfed. Seven Men Entombed. Three Others Rescued. The Names of the Victims

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1893 · page 3

As already stated, a little coal-mining is done along the river below Ipswich; and it was at one of these properties that, so far as is known, the…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 2

Our Adelaide correspondent wired yesterday that several excellent finds had been made in West Australia. The Advertiser's Perth correspondent…

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POLITICAL. New South Wales. The Unemployed Difficulty. The Mining on Private Property Bill. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 February 1893 · page 2

In the Legislative Council last evening the Electoral Bill was further dealt with in committee, all the clauses to the end of Part II. being passed…

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The Pinnacles Mine. The Ore in Sight

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 2

MR. C.H. BEAUMONT, general manager of the Pinnacles Amalgamated S. M. Company, has forwarded the following report to his directors:—"For the…

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The Wreck at Gympie. List of the Flooded Mines. Explosions of Compressed Air. A Great Column of Water. GYMPIE

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 2

Rain began to fall in Gympie on Saturday, January 28. From that time up to Wednesday 16 inches fell. The river rose steadily until Friday…

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POLITICAL. Employers' Liability Bill Passed. The Conspiracy Laws. The Mining on Private Property Bill. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 2

In the Legislative Council last evening, on the Municipalities Act (1867) Amendment Bill, the House resolved itself into committee of the…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 3

MR. URIAH DUDLEY has been appointed provisional secretary of the Institute of Mining Engineers which was recently originated at Adelaide,…

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Barrier Miner Monday, February 13. Mine Managers

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 2

FOLLOWING close upon the announcement, true or false, that Mr. Lane had temporarily withdrawn from the active management of Block 14 in favor of…

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Mining Engineers

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 3

THE adjourned meeting of the Adelaide provisional committee and the delegates from Broken Hill was held at the Adelaide School of Mines on…

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The Eclipse Colliery Disaster

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 3

The telegraphic reports as te the collapse of the Eclipse colliery, on the banks of the Brisbane, and the terrible inrush of water which resulted…

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Mining on Private Property. Through Committee. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 4

The Assembly sat until a late hour this morning considering the Mining on Private Property Bill in committee. The clauses were all taken and the bill…

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POLITICAL. New South Wales. The Electoral Bill. The Mining on Private Property Bill. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 2

In the Legislative Council last night the Electoral Bill was further considered in committee. The most important amendment made was one…

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More Gold. Re-opening of an Old Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 February 1893 · page 2

THEORISTS who believe that the commerce of the world and the transactions of the money markets languish for lack of more gold will, perhaps,…

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Mining on Private Property. The New Bill

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 February 1893 · page 2

FOUR bills intended to permit mining on private property have been introduced to the New South Wales Assembly during the last 16. years—…

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Mining on Private Property. Through Committee. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 February 1893 · page 4

The Assembly sat until a late hour this morning considering the Mining on Private Property Bill in committee. The clauses were all taken and the bill…

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The Mining Disaster in Cornwall. a Mine Flooded and 20 Lives Lost

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 1

FROM the Cornish Telegraph of January 12, we extract as follows relative to the disaster at the Wheal Owles mine, intimation of which was at the…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 2

An important discovery has been made at Fester, in Gippsland, where, at the New Gladstone, they have struck a new reef running east and west. It is…

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