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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

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The Victorian Mines Report. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 2

The Mines Department's annual report for 1893 has been issued. It shows that the yield of gold last year was 671,126oz v Mr. A. W. Howitt,…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Western Fields. The Water Difficulty. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 2

The latest information from Coolgardie received at Southern Cross is to the effect that, consequent upon the practical suspension of traffic between…

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Gold or Gold Plate

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1894 · page 3

ARTHUR GUNTER, of 237 Bourke-street, Melbourne, watchmaker and jeweller —not "Ganter," as misprinted in a Melbourne message—appeared in the…

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Disputed Possession. The Miners' Arms Hotel

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1894 · page 4

IN the Police Court this afternoon, Mr. G. A. Mills, J.P., presiding, William Matthews the elder and William Matthews the younger were…

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The Western Fields. The Brilliant Mine Abandoned. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1894 · page 2

It is reported from Coolgardie that Messrs. C. and E. Millar, the well-known railway contractors, have abandoned the Brilliant mine at the…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Intercolonial News. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1894 · page 2

The Barmedman battery is still at work on Wyalong stone. There has just been treated 12 tons 8 cwt. of stone from M'Mahon'a claim; it yielded…

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Mining on Private Lands. The New Measure Objected to. A Technical Point Raised

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1894 · page 2

Dr. M'Laurin, the Government representative, moved that the Mining on Private Lands Bill be read a first time…

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The Miners' Arms Case

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 4

IN the Police Court this afternoon William Matthews the elder and William Mathews the younger were charged, on remand, with unlawfully…

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MINING. The New North

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

Operations are now entirely restricted to the ground at the back of the old workings and south of the main shaft at the 100ft. level. A…

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This Assembly. Mining on Private Lands

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

On the motion of Sir G. R. Dibbs, the original Mining on Private Lands Bill (the order of the day for the consideration of the Council's…

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Stamp Duties Act Amendment Bill. Registration of Mines in the Colony

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

The Houe went into committee of ways and means on the Stamp Duties Act Amendment Bill. Mr. See (Treasurer) explained the object of…

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Registration of Mines. Views of the Sydney Press. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 4

The Sydney Morning Herald has a leader to-day on the Stomp Duties Act Amendment Bill. In the course of the article it says:—"Mr. See has…

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The Council. Mining on Private Lands Bill Again Postponed

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

Mr. Jacob apologised for certain remarks which he had made the previous evening anent the Clerk of the Assembly…

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A Goldfields Mystery. An Expectant Bridegroom Found Shot. Murder or Accident or Suicide? [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

A profound sensation was produced at Eaglehawk yesterday by a mysterious tragedy surrounded by some peculiarly distressing circumstances…

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The Miners' Arms Case

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 1

IN the Police Court this Afternoon William Matthews the elder and William Mathews the younger were charged, on remand, with unlawfully…

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MINING. White Cliffs

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 2

Our correspondent writes under date May 1:— Things are very quiet here, due no doubt to the low prices that are being…

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Registration of Mines. Yiews of the Sydney Press. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 1

The Sydney Morning Herald has a leader to-day on the Stamp Duties Act Amendment Bill. In the course of the article it says:—" Mr. See has…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. the Goldfields Mystery. Still Unsolved. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 4

The police seem as yet to be no nearer a solution of the mystery of the shooting of Henry Nicol Mathie son, a young prospective bridegroom,…

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Alleged Larceny. a Mine Manager Arrested. [By Telegrapg.] Olary, (S. A.), Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1894 · page 4

John Sharp, mine manager, lately of Broken Hill, was arrested to-day on warrant on a charge of the larceny of the property, of the King's Bluff Gold…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Western Fields. The Latest from Coolgardie. PERTH, Sunday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1894 · page 2

The Coolgardie warden has sent a message to Southern Cross, whence it has been forwarded by wire, stating that there is only 10 days' supply of…

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