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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 9 of 29

The Effect at Bendigo. Companies' Gold Impounded. Probable Serious Results. BENDIGO

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 April 1893 · page 2

The peculiar nature of the very large business done by the Commercial Bank here has caused very much inconvenience, and it is hard to say…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 3

THE export of copper pyrites from Mutooroo to Broken Hill has com[?]enced. The Maybell North looks fairly well…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 April 1893 · page 3

THE manager of Block 10 telegraphed to his directors on April 4:—" Development of galena carrying 130 to 140 ounces of silver per ton in west…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 2

The ninth dividend of 1s. per share in the Tarrawingee Company is payable on April 21. Work underground is now…

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Renewal of the Gold Coinage. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 2

The Imperial Treasury authorities state that the request of the Sydney and Melbourne mints to be empowered to give full weight for light gold coin…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 2

There is now on view at the Union Bank 2500oz. gold from Bayleys find at Coolgardie—the claim in which Mr. Sylvester Browne is interested…

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Industrial Troubles. The Hull Shipping Strike. Strike of Coal Miners in Belgium. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 2

Abundance of " free labor" is offering at Hull, where the unionist dockers are on strike, and many of the strikers are reported to be resuming…

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Colliiery Explosion. Two Hundred Miners Entombed. The Enginehouse on Fire. [By Cable.] London, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 4

News has just been received of a terrible colliery disaster in Wales. From the details to hand, it appears that an explosion of firedamp occurred…

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A New Gold Find. Reported Discovery at Clare. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 4

A telegram received in Adelaide to-day reports that a gold discovery has been made at Clare, in the northern agricultural…

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The Colliery Disaster. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 2

The headings in the Western Colliery, Glamorganshire, Wales, J where, as previously cabled, an explosion of firedamp occurred, are…

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Mining on Private Property. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 3

Mr. Chapman will to-night ask Sir. G. R. Dibbs:—1. If he is aware that thousands of miners are awaiting with anxiety the passing of the Mining on…

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A New Gold Find. Reported Discoyery at Clare. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 4

A telegram received in Adelaide to-day reports that a gold discovery has been made at Clare, in the northern agricultural…

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General Cable News. The Colliery Disaster. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 2

Fifty-three bodies have now been recovered from the Great Western colliery, Glamorganshire, where an explosion of firedamp recently…

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Troubles in Belgium. 15,000 Miners on Strike. Rioting in Brussels. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 2

In accordance with a decision recently arrived at in a large meeting, 15,000 coalminers in the district of Mons, in Belgium, have come out on…

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Gold at Clare

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 April 1893 · page 2

RESPECTING the recently reported discovery of gold at Glare, S.A., the local Argus of Friday gives the following further information:—"The greatest…

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MINING. The Proprietary Directors

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 April 1893 · page 2

The directors of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, accompanied by Mr. Dickenson, the newly-appointed secretary, arrived by the express this…

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The South African Fields. Experiences of Italian Miners

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 April 1893 · page 1

MICHAEL VANONI, an Italian who worked in the Broken Hill mines prior to the Broken Hill strike, has just returned from a trip to South Africa,…

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Institute of Mining Engineers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 3

MR. URIAH DUDLEY, the secretary of the recently inaugurated Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers, has almost completed the work in…

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Fatal Mine Accident. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 2

An accident occurred at the New Post-office mine, Ballarat East, yesterday afternoon, by which a miner named Henry Grimmett, 30 years of…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Shursday

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 3

The half-yearly reports of the Madame Berry and Berry Consols Companies, Creswick, show that they have yielded, in the aggregate, to the end of…

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