The Mining Conference. Sydney
At the Mining Conference yesterday, resolutions were carried in favor of the Government providing a scheme of water supply where necessary…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
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MINING. The Junction
The dispatches for the week ending Saturday comprised 1059 tom loose sulphides, all mined from the western development. The full quantity was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Monday, February 17, 1896. the Big Mine Yield
IT was not cheerful news with which the Broken Hill Proprietary people accompanied the announcement that laab week's output of silver amounted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Newcastle Miners. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
At a meeting of the Lambton and Burwood wheelers it was decided to adhere to the former notice, demanding twopence per skip increase…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The B. H. Proprietary
MB ALEXANDDER STEWART, the general manager or the B. H. Proprietary, has lately been confined to his house through an acute attack of sciatica…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collapsing Coal Mines. LONDON, Tuesday Evening
An alarming report concerning the Gouffre Mountain coal mines, in France, has been made. It appears that the ground is slipping at the rate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Accidents
AN elderly man named James Jones has been under the treatment of Dr. Groves for a fortnight past, suffering from the effocts of an accident with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The South
THE mill last week treated 1122 tons crudes, assaying from the trommels 27 per cent, lead, 5.4oz. Bilver, and 17 4 per cent; zinc, producing 322 tons…
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William Proctor, a heavy mining speculator, has suicided at Parramatta by shooting himself in the head. Financial troubles were the cause…
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An alarming report concerning the Gouffre Mountain coal mines, i[?] France, has been made. It appears that the ground is slipping at the rate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] Sydney-side News. SYDNEY
The Minister has decided to offer a reward of £1000 for the discovery of payable gold in the colony at a depth of 2000ft…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disasters in America. Fifty-five Killed in a Colliery Explosion. Terrible Fire at Troy. Thirty Lives Lost. [By Cable.] London
New York dispatcher report a terrible colliery explosion in Denver, Colorado, and a destructive fire at Troy, State of New York, both of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. Managers' Reports
THE BRITISH, to February 12:âBlackwood shaftâ300 level: West crosscut lengthened 5ft., making its total length from plat [?]200ft., the face showing sulphide ore,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Accident. LONDON
A fatal accident has accurred in a colliery at Leigh, in Lancashire. Several miners were being lowered, when the rope broke and the cage and its occupants were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stray Notes. Coal and Silver
A PARTICULARLY instructive table has been prepared and is issued from the Government Statist's Office showing the expert of Newcastle coal during the last five years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Junction
As reportad on Saturday afternoon, the branch tramway was opened on that day for traffic. In the morning an engine passed over the line as far as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [Bt Telegraph.] Rich Gold Discovery. STONEY
A gold reef estimated to yield lOOoz. to the ton has been found at Crow Mountain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Troubles. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Austinmere colliery has been closed. A large number of men are thrown out in consequence. The Greta colliery has also been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The B. H. Proprietary
The despatches last week comprised 783 tons oxidised ores to Port Pirie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work and Wages. The Central Mine. Men Introduced from Ballarat) Under Agreement
BY this morning's express a number of men, stated to be about 30, arrived at Broken Hill from Ballarat, most of them with the following copy of an…
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