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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

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A New Gold Process

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 2

Mr. J. J. Christmas, who has taken the Union mine, near Redcastle, Victoria, on tribute from the Adelaide owners, has shown us (Advertiser) a…

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Serious Mine Accident. Two Men Smothered. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 2

Thomas M'Guinness and George Lucas, miners employed at the Ballarat-Daylesford mine, Sailor's Gully, Daylesford, were working at a depth…

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

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 2

Ten weeks' crushing at Lackey's mine, Dark Corner, has realised a cake of gold valued at £1450, enabling £900 to be paid in dividends. The…

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MINING. Block 14

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 October 1894 · page 3

As announced in the late edition on Saturday, the Adelaide directors (Messrs. E. Laughton, A. W. Dobbie, W. Bickford, and B. Moulden),…

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South Australian Coal

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 October 1894 · page 2

Last week's Port Augusta Dispatch says:—" Last Friday night Mr. Giles, M.P., aad the manager of the Leigh Creek colliery, with the locomotive…

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MINING. Block 14

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 October 1894 · page 2

The two drives north of the south shaft and south of the main shaft at the 400ft. are now connected—the whole distance, driven here will be…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. the Gold Feyer. Reported Rich Discovery In Kangaroo Island. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 October 1894 · page 4

The Advertiser's Queenaclifle correspondent states that there is great excitement there over the reported discovery of gold on Kangaroo Island…

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MINING. The South

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 October 1894 · page 2

For the week ending October 20 312 tons of concentrates were despatched to Port Adelaide, and for the same period 939 tons of sulphides…

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The Gold Fever. Reported Rich Discovery in Kangaroo Island. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 October 1894 · page 1

The Advertiser's Queensclifle correspondent states that there is great excitement there ever the reported discovery of gold on Kangaroo Island…

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MINING. First Impressions of Coolgardie. Hundreds Leasing

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 October 1894 · page 2

A well-known Barriente, who recently left for West Australia on a prospecting expedition, gives his first impressions of the field in a letter…

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The Parliament. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday. Both Houses sac last Dight. the Council. The Coal Mines Bill

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 October 1894 · page 2

In consequence of the amendments which Mr. Piggott had succeeded in effecting in the Coal Mines Bill on the previous evening respecting the…

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MINING. The Junction

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 October 1894 · page 2

For the week ended Tuesday 187 tons ore was dispatched to the works at Port Adelaide, composed of 176 tons sulphides (say 30oz. silver and 36…

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A Mammoth Mining Venture. Captain John Daniel Now Laughs

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 October 1894 · page 3

SAYS a Cornish paper:—"From the Calumet and Red Jacket News we gather that Captain John Daniel, a native of St. Ives, has successfully…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Reported Alluvial Find. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 October 1894 · page 2

It is reported that payable gold (alluvial) has been struck by a prospecting party in Brisbane Valley Creek, in the Bathurst district…

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Gold

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 October 1894 · page 4

Is too soft to be used pure; it is [?] generally hardened by being alloyed with copper or silver. A single grain of gold may be extended into a leaf of 56 square…

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MINING. Coolgardie

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 October 1894 · page 2

A special correspondent is contributing a series of articles on the Western fields to the S. M. Herald, Argus, and Register. In his second…

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MINING. The Central

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 October 1894 · page 3

One hundred and sixty-three tons ore was dispatched to Dry Creek for the week ending October 25—silicious sulphides 45 tons, special white lead 55…

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The Pastoral War. The Walget Riot Case. Mine Men Found Guilty. The "Rep." Acquitted. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 October 1894 · page 2

Contrary to what had come to be the general expectation, the jury empanuelled in the Walgett riot case, after being locked up from…

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MINING. The South

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 October 1894 · page 2

The shipments of concentrates to Port Adelaide for the week ending Saturday last comprised 394½ tons. Instructions, however, are to hand,…

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MINING. Block 10

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 November 1894 · page 3

The manager reports for the week ended October 27:—Campbell's shaft bas been sank 3½ft. during the week, making the present depth 120½ft…

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