The Council. The Goal Mines Bill. A Slight Storm
The consideration of the Coal Mines Regulation Bill was resumed in committee. It was found necessary, in…
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Mining & the mines, 1894
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Barrier Miner. Thursday, November 1, 1894. the Increased Gold Production
ESTIMATES of the production of gold in Australasia for 1894 agree in putting the aggregate above the two million ounce mark—an increase of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Proprietary. The New Concentrating Mill
Owing to the gradual settlement of the ground adjacent to M'Culloch shaft on block 13 it was found necessary co remove the old concentrating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Use of Roburite and Tonite in Coal Mines. [From the British Medical Journal, March 19, 1892]
"Roburite end Tonite are compounds that are sometimes used in coal mines as substitutes for gunpowder for blasting purposes, and doubts having been…
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During the week no ore of any kind was sent to the works, but 354 tons high-class bagged sulphides were dispatched to Port Pirie and Adelaide—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roburite Fumes. [From Coal and Iron, March 14, 1892]
It might have boen supposed, as the result of some years of practical experience and indisputable scientific testimony, that all doubts as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MINING. Block 14
The manager reports, October 31:— Main shaft:—No. 4 level: Men have been engaged laying tramli[?]e from main to south shaft, which is now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Gigantic "Cloth of Gold."
THERE is growing in the nursery of Messrs. Knight Bros., Back Creek, a rose bush that is perhaps the largest in Australia, and possibly in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rare Minerals from the South Mine
Most of the mines along the Broken Hill line of lode have produced minerals, or, more correctly speaking, combination minerals, more or less…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] a New Victorian Discovery. MELBOURNE
A fine reef is at present being opened by two prospectors nine miles south of Wedderbnrn. It is in new country. The reef is estimated on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Junction
In criticising the last half-yearly report of the Junction mine directors, "Shareholder," writing to the Advertiser, suggests the following as a reason…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Big Mine: A London Criticism
The Financial Times just to hand from London discusses the position of Broken Hill Proprietary shares, which, "after relapeing from £4 to nearly £2…
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The crude sulphides mined and treated for the week ended Saturday comprised 966 tons, the product being 300 tons concentrates, of a bulk assay…
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DURING the week the Central treated 301 tons ore, producing 1800 bars bullion (70 tons), containing 5323oz. silver. In the South report, published…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold-mining in Victoria
As to gold-mining in Victoria (a recent writer remarks), it is certainly not becoming more profitable unless the extra value of the metal is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3rd EDITION Miner Office, 5.30 p.m. Colliery Explosion. Twenty Miners Killed. [By Cable.] London, Tuesday Evening
News is just to hand concerning a disastrous explosion of firedamp in a colliery at Uresa, in Bohemia. Particulars are scanty; but as far as known 20…
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No ore was despatched from the mine last week, but 120 tons of silicious iron, silicious sulphides, and white lead, in the proportion of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Council. The Coal Mines Bill
The Land Bill was received from the Assembly and read a first time, the second reading being set down for Wednesday week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Colliery Explosion. Twenty Miners Killed. [By Cable.] London, Tuesday Evening
News is just to hand concerning a disastrous explosion of firedamp in a colliery at Uresa, in Bohemia. Particulars are scanty; but as far as known 20…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Western Mines in London
There is going to be "wailing and gnashing of teeth" over the West Australian mines presently (the Advertiser's London correspondent, writing on…
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