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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

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Mining Accident

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 2

A MINER named George Skillbock was conveyed to the Hospital this morning suffering from injuries he had received while working in the Proprietary…

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The Coal Trade Crisis

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 4

MR. NULTY, secretary of the Shearers' concert, has received a wire from Mr. J. Curley, general secretary of the Newcastle miners, thanking the…

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MINING The Junction North

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 2

THE management has arranged with Messrs. G. Wills and Co. for the dispatch of 600 tons sulphides to Europe, and already 150 tons has been…

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Breaches of the Mining Law. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 4

In the Ballarat Court to-day Marshall, manager of the Washington claim, was fined 10s. for employing a braceman under the age of 18…

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Mining [By Telegraph.] Shepherding Mining Leases. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 2

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Sydney Smith) has had under consideration the alleged abuses in connection with the shepherding of mining leases, with special…

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The Red Hill Tin Mines. Sold to an English Syndicate. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 2

The Red Hill tin mines have been sold to an English syndicate for £7500 cash and 25,000 fully paid up-shares…

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The Coal Trade Crisis. Notices re Resumption of Work Posted. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 2

Acting on the resolutions agreed to at the recent conference of mineowners in Sydney, notices have been posted at all the mines in this district, stating the terms on which…

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Placing Explosives in a Mine with Intent to Do Grievous Bodily Harm. Accused Committed for Trial

Western Grazier · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 3

At White Cliffs on Monday last, before Mr Walterus Brown, P.M., Michael Murphy (on remand) was charged with placing explosive in a mining shaft with intent to do…

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The Gilded West. The Bursting of the Boom. The Boulder North-west Mine. Serious Misrepresentations. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 2

The secretary of the Boulder North-West has received instructions from the board of directors to write to the chairman of the Stock Exchange, Adelaide,…

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The Coal Trade Crisis. Meeting of Miners' Delegates. C[?] from the Proprietors. [BY [?].] SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 June 1896 · page 3

The Newcastle Miners and D[?] Board met on Saturday afternoon and evening with closed doors. It h[?] however, transpired that the principal…

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[?] Mines. Monday, June 22, 1896. the Presidential Contest and Silver

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 June 1896 · page 2

ON Thursday the delegates of the Republican party in the United States assembled at St. Louis and selected Mr. M'Kinley to be the candidate of…

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Mining [By Telegraph.] The Western Fields. Probability of their Extension to South Australia. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 June 1896 · page 2

Mr. H. L. Y. Brown, the South Australian Government Geologist, has furnished an official report upon the West Australian fields. Remarking…

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MINING. The North

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 2

AFTER belog idle for a week for repairs, the mill resumed active operations on Saturday and is now running smoothly and well. The west crosscut…

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The Coal Trade Crisis. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 4

The Newcastle miners' delegate board referred to the members the question of accepting the owners' terms posted on the mines during the last…

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The Ballarat Mining Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 2

The inquest on Samuel Lower and his son Robert, who were recently killed in a mine at Ballarat, showed that the fall of earth which crushed…

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A Mining Action. Australian Smelting Company v. British S. M. Company. A New Trial Granted. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 2

The Full Court yesterday ordered a new trial in the case of the Australian Smelting Company against the British Broken Hill S. M. Company in…

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Mining Applications

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 June 1896 · page 3

THE following applications for mining leases have been lodged with the Registrar since Jone 11:- John Robert [?]r, George Alexander…

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Alleged Attempt to Wreck a Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 June 1896 · page 3

A TE[?] story of an alleged [?] to wreck a mine at White [?] has already been [?] by telegram in the [?] and the…

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The Coal Trade Crisis. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 June 1896 · page 2

It is announced that the colliery proprietors have determined not to depart from the proposals agreed on at the recent conference in Sydney, no…

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The Coal Trade Crisis. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 June 1896 · page 1

The Newcastle miners' delegate board referred to the members the question of accepting the owners' terms posted on the mines during the last…

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