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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The New Guinea Goldfields. New Find at Yule Island. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 June 1897 · page 3

The schooner Alioe May has arrived at Cooktown from Port Moresby, New Gainea, with 43 miners suffering from fever. The master of the schooner…

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Barrier Miner. Monday, June 28, 1897. Accidents in the Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 June 1897 · page 2

SUPPOSING the position with regard to accidents at the Broken Hill mines to be no worse than was represented in the MINER report of…

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Late Cable News. Prospecting on the Gold Coast LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 June 1897 · page 4

By arrangement with the Australian Premiers a number of Chinese miners with Australian experience are to be sent to the Gold Coast, West…

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The Lithgow Mines. Conference Between Miners and Mineowners. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 2

A conference between the Lithgow miners and mineowners took place yesterday. The miners presented a long list of grievances and asked for…

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The Ventilation of Mines. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 2

A board has been appointed to draft the conditions under which a bonus of £1000 is [?]red by the Government for an improved method…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Prospecting at Teetulpa. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 2

The Warden of the Goldfields leaves on July 6 for Teetulpa, where he will meet those willing to form Goverement prospecting parties, beginning work in…

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Late Cable News. Prospecting on the Gold Coast LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 1

By arrangement with the Australian Premiers & number of Chinese miners with Australian experience are to be sent to the Gold C[?]as, West…

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Fatal Mine Accident. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 2

A miner named J. Hand has been crushed to death by a fall of the earth in the Day Dawn and Wyndham mine, Charters Towers…

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Miners' Conference at Lithgow. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 3

A conference was held at Lithgow last night between the colliery proprietors and the miners with regard to an increase in the [?]owing rate…

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Accidents at the Mines. [By Telegraph.] Further References in the House. A Commission of Inquiry to be Appointed. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 2

In the Assembly last night, Mr. Ferguson, on a motion for adjournment, said that in answer to a question of his a few nights before the…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 July 1897 · page 4

A YOUNG man named George Lees met with an accident on the Proprietary south slag dump just before 5 o'clock this morning. He was driving a slag…

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Alleged Gold Stealing. The Wentworth Mines (Orange) Shut Down. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 July 1897 · page 4

An Orange telegram reports that the whole of the workmen employed by the Wentworth Goldmining Company, numbering several hundred, have been…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The June Dividends. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 July 1897 · page 2

The list of Australasian mining dividends, for the month of June has been posted at the Exchange. The totals are:—New South Wales,…

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The Queensland Mining Commission. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 July 1897 · page 4

Before the Mining Commission yesterday Mr. Alex. Corrie stated that he had been deputed by the Brisbane Stuck Exchange to give evidence…

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Alleged Gold Stealing. The Wentworth Mines (Orange) Shut Down. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 1

An Orange telegram reports that the whole of the workmen employed by the Wentworth Goldmining Company, numbering several hundred, have been…

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MINING. The North Central

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 3

The crosscut from near the bottom of the shaft at the 700ft. westward towards the B. H. Proprietary now measures 10ft. A soft schistose rock,…

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The Queensland Mining Commission. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 1

Before the Mining Commission yesterday Mr. Alex. Corrie stated that be had been deputed by the Brisbane Stock Exchange to give evidence…

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MINING. Junction North

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 2

Every exertion is being used to basten the erection of the new hauling plant. The two large Lancashire boilers are built in, and a third one, removed from the old…

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Sale of the Ivanhee Mine. Melbourne

Western Grazier · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 3

Negotiations are ponding for the sale of the Ivanhee mine, West Australia, for £500,000 cash and 50,000 sharos in the London company at £5…

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The Lucknow Gold Robberies. Notice Posted at the Wentworth Mine. Closed Down for an Indefinite Period. An Offer to the Men. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 2

The following notice has been posted outside the Wentworth Proprietary office, Lucknow:—"In consequence of the systematic extensive robberies of auriferous ore…

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