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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

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MINING. Block 10

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 March 1895 · page 2

This week Mr. Warren is giving the sulphide stopes a respite, and is treating at the mill only the material from the big dump. The result will…

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The Assembly. The Colliery Troubles. The Despatch of Police to Minmi. Compulsory Arbitration Advocated by Sir Henry Parkes

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 March 1895 · page 2

Mr. Watkins (Wallsend) moved the adjournment of the House to refer to the action of the Government in despatching police to Minmi during…

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MINING. The British

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 4

OWING to the stopes at Marsh shaft on block 16 having become patchy and poor, it has been determined to diacontinae all ore-raising, and confine…

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Miners' Eight Hours Bill. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 2

A deputation from the National Miners' Federation has waited on the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour and Lord Salisbury in order to ask the support…

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The S. A. School of Mines

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 4

FROM the South Australian School of Mines and Industries we have the annual report for 1894, issued in very [?] form and with many diagrams…

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The Newcastle Mines. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 2

Thers are now 50 free laborers employed in the Minmi colliery. Murdoch Marchi, a miner, of Newcastle, has been arrested on a…

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Accident at the Mine. a Trucker Run Over

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 2

DONALD CAMPBELL, employed as a tracker on the Proprietary under Mr. George Hill, met with a serious accident yesterday. He was proceeding…

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The Goldfields of Africa. Eight Millions Worth a Year

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 2

THE real life of the goldfields of the. Randt, in South Africa, having Johannesburg for a centre, began in 1886; but it was in 1888 that the…

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Colliery Explosion. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1895 · page 4

An explosion of firedamp has occurred in a colliery at Trippan, on the Continent, by which 250 miners were entombed Prompt assistance was rendered, and…

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Miners' Eight Hours Bill. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1895 · page 2

A deputation, from the National Miners' Federation has endeavored to interview Lord Rosebery for the purpose of obtaining his support of the…

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The S. A. School of Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1895 · page 1

FROM the South Australian School of Mines and Industries we have the annual report for 1894, issued in very neat form and with many diagrams…

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Colliery Explosion. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 1

An explosion ot firedamp has occurred in a colliery at Trippan, on the Continent, by which 250 miners were entombed Prompt assistance was rendered, and…

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The Colliery Explosion. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 2

The colliery explosion at Troppam, in the Austrian province of Silesia, resulted in the death of 49 miners. The rest of the entombed men were…

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MINING. The South

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 2

The mill treated last week 1140 tons erode sulphides, producing 420 tons concentrates of a bulk assay 70 per cent, lead, 7 per cent, sinc, and 8'4o[?]…

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MINING. The Central

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 2

For the past week 446 tons 6cwt. 2qr. second-grade sulphides were forwarded on to Block 14. At the 600ft. operations a[?]e entirely restricted…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Intercolonial. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 3

Four tons of quartz taken from the Bulgandra field, in the Albury district, has yielded 32oz. It is stated that there are now 250 men on…

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Barrier Mine[?]. Thursday, March 21, 1895. the Eight Hours Bill

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 2

THE opponents of the Eight Hours Bill continue to be uproarious in their hilarity. The Daily Telegraph, finding cold Linotype print too absurdly…

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MINING. The Junction

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 2

The crown and pinion wheels have arrived from Gawler, and have been placed in position in the enginehouse at M'Intyre shaft. It is expected…

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Colliery Explosion in America. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 2

A New York despatch reports that a serious colliery explosion has occurred at the Red Ca[?]on. As a result of the explosion 70 miners were killed and…

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Alleged Gold Robbery. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 2

At midnight on Thursday Lockie Thompson, a stonebreaker employed at the buttery on the Wentworth mines at Lucknow, was arrested on a charge…

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