Books and Other Things. The Miners' Jingle Book
EDWARD DYSON is not a great poet. Some might even deny that he is a poet at all. But if they were cynical they would add that because he is not a poet and yet is a…
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Mining & the mines, 1897
777 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 39
MINING. The Junction North
No work was done in the shaft last week, but as soon as the necessary arragements are made for thoroughly draining the water sinking will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Mining Accident. SYDNEY
John Tweddel, miner, of the Sunlight mine, Hillgrove, has been injured by a fall of earth. The latest report to hand is to the effect that his condition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How the Mines will be Affected. The Supplies of Coal. Reassuring Statements
Taking them altogether, the Barrier mines will not be affected seriously by the shipping trouble, unless the strike lasts over three months. In such case,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. Block 14
Running only four days last week, the mill treated 1375 tons crades for 456 tons concentrates and slimes of the usual fair silver and lead contents…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stray Notes. The Growth of Gold
SOME paragraphs that have appeared in Eaglish and Scottish papers concerning Mr. J. C. F. Johnson's experiments in gold-deposition have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maritime Labor Trouble. The Effect on the Mines. More Reassuring Statements
MR. JOEL PHILLIPS, of the Junction and Junction North mines, when asked by a MINER representative to-day if the strike of engineers would in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MINING. Junction and Junction North
Mr. Phillips, of the Junction and Junction North mines, spent a good part of yesterday inspecting the underground workings of these…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Wednesday, January 6,1897. Some Mine Yields in '96
SOME day, when there is an Auatralian Common wrath, we shall have a federal Statistical bu[?]; and that will be a clear gain in accurately estimating the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rio Tinto Mine
The average dividend paid by the Rio Tinto company, whose mines in Spain are managed by Mr. William Rich, jan., of Redruth, over 18 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Manager's Marriage
THE marriage was celebrated yesterday afternoon, at the Blende street Primitive Methodist Church, of Miss Edith K. Tregoweth, youngest daughter of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miners' Congress. The President's Address. Nationalisation Under Discussion. [By Cable.] London
The annaal congress of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain is being held at Leicester. Mr. Ben. Pickard, M.P., the president, in his opening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] Prospecting Assistance in S. A. ADELAIDE
A deputation has waited on the Commissioner of Crown Lands asking that a subsidy may be granted to the Kirkeek Treasure Mining Company…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Victorian Gold Yield. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon
The gold yield for the past year was 812,086oz., or an increase over 1895 of over 84,000oz. It is the highest return for 14 years. The production from each district is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Brilliant Mine Explosion. a Government Reward Offered. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
The Government has offered a reward of £500, in addition to the company's reward of £500, for the apprehension of the guilty person who caused the explosion, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Junction
The despatches last week comprised 676 tons first-grade sulphides to Mr. F. H. Snow, Port Pirie, and 746 tons to Block 14 locally. Prospecting work is being pushed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Miner Killed at the Proprietary Mine. Fatal Fall Down a Pass
A miner named Edward Degenhardt met his death in the Proprietary mine last night. He was working on the fifth floor at the 500ft. level Dickenson shaft (Block…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Western Goldfields Further Exemption Refused. PERTH
The Minister for Mines has informed a deputation which waited upon him that, as there were so many people now in the colony who looked to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Looting a Mine. Sensational Capture at Bendigo. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
There was a sensation in Bendigo last night when Edward West, an enginedriver employed at Lansell's 180 mine, and William Grenfell, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier MIner. Tuesday, January 12,1897. the Training of Mine Managers
AN interesting discussion has been proceeding in some of the English technical journals, apparently snggested by the "Made in Germany"…
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