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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

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3rd EDITION. Miner Office, 7 p.m. the Gold Hunger. Kurnalpi Experiences. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1894 · page 4

The lucky digger who recently found a 32oz. nugget at the Kurnalpi rush, near Coolgardie, returned to Melbourne to-day. He explained to Press…

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The Goldfields Mystery. Still Unsolved. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1894 · page 1

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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The Miners' Arms Motel Case a Settlement Effected

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 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 Gold Hunger. Kurnalpi Experiences. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 1

The lucky digger who recently found a 32oz. nugget at the Kurnalpi rush, near Coolgardie, returned to Melbourne to-day. He explained to Press…

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

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 1

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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Regulation of Coal Mines. Report of the Select Committee. Important Recommendations. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 2

During the week the report of the select committee, consisting of Messrs. Fegan (chairman), Cann, Cook, Nicholson, and others, appointed to inquire…

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The Miners' Arms Hotel Case. a Settlement Effected

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 1

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 Miners' Arms Hotel. Possible Cancellation of License

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 4

IN the Licensing Court this morning, before Messrs. A. N. Barnett (chairman) and G. A. Mills, William Matthews, represented by Mr. Justin…

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Barrier Miner. Thursday, May 10, 1894. the Collieries Committee's Report

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 2

IT would no doubt be expecting too much to hope that any good results in the way of legislation will be the immediate outcome of the sittings and…

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MINING. The Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 2

With the exception of they now enormous open-cut workings on the Big mine, the erection of the concentrating plant near the south dump is…

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The Miners' Arms Hotel. Possible Cancellation of License

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 1

IN the Licensing Court this morning, before Messrs. A. N. Barnett (chairman) and G. A. Mills, William Matthews, represented by Mr. Justin…

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The Stamp Duties. Registration of Mines. A Bill Promised

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 2

The Treasurer (Mr. See) moved the second reading of the Stamp Duties Act Amendment Bill. He said, in reference to the objections raised on…

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Mining on Private Lands. First Beading Carried

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 2

Dr. M'Laurin moved the first reading of the Mining on Private Lands Bill, which had been adjourned owing to a technical objection…

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Serious Mine Accident. Two Killed, One Critical. [By Telkgbaph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 2

A telegram from Orange reports another very serious mining accident near there. Three men, named respectively Beckford, Samuel Roberts,…

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Lockout of Scottish Miners. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 2

There is an extensive lockout of Scottish miners, owing to their having refused to accept a reduction of wages. Thirty thousand men are affected by…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Victorian News. Further Good Finds. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 2

Morgan Bros., Monagatta, have crashed 18 tons quartz from a new reef in the ranges for 71oz. gold. A sensational discovery has been…

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Mining. [By Cable.] The British. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 2

The half-yearly report of the British Broken Hill Proprietary Company has been issued. This shows that a profit of £1500 had been made. The profit…

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Barrier Miner. Saturday, May 12, 1894. Mining Accidents

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 2

A GOOD deal of space in the altogether unnecessarily burdened annual mining reports of the several colonies is devoted to a Catalogue of the accidents…

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Mining. [By Telbgbaph.] The Western Fields. PERTH, Sunday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 May 1894 · page 2

News from Coolgardie reports that the Hon. Mr. Carnegie, who went out on behalf of a proprietary, is missing, and his absence is creating anxiety…

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Fatal Mine Accident. Death of Charles Ryder

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 2

CHARLES RYDER, and elderly man, who met with an accident in Beaglehole's cutting on Block 11 several weeks, ago, died yesterday. I had been found…

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