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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

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Frightful Mine Accident. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 May 1896 · page 4

A frightful accident occurred [?]r Ballarat to-day on the Buninyoug Estate Company's mine. Augustus Kent, 22, the son of the manager of…

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Diving for Gold. Walking Along the Catterthun's Deck. Deep-sea Diving Records

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 May 1896 · page 2

TELEGRAMS every day lately have been published as to the undertaking for the recovery of the 10,000 sovereigns known to be buried in the wreck of the Catterthun off…

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The Coal Trade Crisis. The Coal and the Gold Miners. Stawell Branch A. M. A. Refuses Assistance. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 May 1896 · page 2

Newcastle continues exceedingly quiet. No developments have occurred in connection with the strike. MELBOURNE, Monday…

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Frightful Mine Accident. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 May 1896 · page 1

A frightful accident occurred near Ballarat to-day on the Buninyong Estate Company's mine. Augustus Kent, 22, the son of the manager of…

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Silver and Gold. Another Satisfactory Report. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 May 1896 · page 2

The coinage committee in the United States House of Representatives has presented a report recommending the adoption of international gold and…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The New Zealand Revival. AUCKLAND

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 May 1896 · page 2

The Reefton Consolidated Goldfields Company has taken over the Humphries Gully property; the terms provide, besides payment in cash, a…

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Big Bank Defalcations. Substituting Silver for Gold. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 May 1896 · page 2

Louis Wright, well known as a teller in the Union Bank, was arrested on Saturday night and charged with the embezzlement of £70. When first…

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The Coal Trade Crisis. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 May 1896 · page 2

There was a pretty general anticipation that some action would be taken at the meeting of Wallsend miners yesterday evening in the direction of…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Discovery of Diamonds. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 May 1896 · page 2

A messages from Tamworth reports the discovery of diamondiferous country in that neighborhood; the locality is reported to be near the…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Rich Gold Discovery at Maryborough. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 May 1896 · page 2

A very rich gold discovery has been made in the stopes at the 300ft. level in the Sharpe and Barry Amalgamated Company's mine, Maryborough. A…

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Gold Extraction Works at Port Pirie

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 May 1896 · page 2

For some time Mr. J. Jobson, the superintendent, and Mr. W. T. Gronow, his deputy, have been making arrangements whereby, the gold contained in…

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[?] Wednesday, May 20, 1896. Where Is the Gold Going?

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 May 1896 · page 2

AN interesting statement has just been made illustrating the steady though great advance made in gold production in the Band. Owing to the political…

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Coal Mines Regulation Bill

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 May 1896 · page 2

Mr. Sydney Smith (Mines) obtained leave to introduce the Coal Mines Regulation Bill to-night…

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The Coal Trade Crisis. The Southern Collieries. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 May 1896 · page 2

The adjourned conference of Southern (Illawarra) miners and mineowners has agreed the latter to distribute and the former to accept…

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The Coronation of the Czar. Subterranean Mines Discovered. [By Cable.] London, Wednesday

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 May 1896 · page 2

Cypher telegrams received at Milan from Moscow state that a bomb factory has been discovered beneath the street in Moscow along which the grand…

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MINING. The Junction

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 May 1896 · page 2

The mill last week treated 410 tons crudes, producing 100 tons first quality concentrates (assaying 29oz. silver 62 per cent lead and 9.7 per cent, zinc),…

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The Coal Trade Crisis. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 May 1896 · page 3

Newcastle strike matters are unchanged. It is notified that the men who are working will contribute 10 per cent…

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The Coal Trade Crisis. Strike Donation from Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 May 1896 · page 4

MR. J. W. WISE, secretary of the Barrier branch A.M.A., has forwarded of the strite fund, from business people and other sympathisers in…

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Miners' Federation

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 May 1896 · page 3

THE serious complications which seem to be gathering again in the coal industry of the country led the Miners' Executive to hold a further meeting at the Westminster Palace…

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Stray Notes. Something Like a Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 May 1896 · page 2

WHILE Australia, or a fair section of it, is running into wild excitement over the discovery of moderate surface "shows" in "West Australia—"shows" that for even…

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