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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines
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Aa Orange telegram reports that at a mass meeting of miners held at Lucknow 300 were present. The object of the meeting was to consider…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JOSEPH BOURNE, who was being examined before the Mine Accidents Commission when the First Edition went to press, repeated that the Block…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The ballot taken by the Lucknow (Wentworth Proprietary) miners has resulted in the acceptance of the reduced scale of wages. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Through a breakage of the stonecracker last week the mill ran short time by 16 hours, treating 1680 tons crude sulphides, producing 326 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JOHN POLKINGHORNE, further examined by Mr. Williams, contributed a quantity of evidence regarding fuses and "shoots;" the average pace of a fuse depended on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Mines Accidents Commission sat again to-day in the Council-chambers. William John Williams appeared and stated that at the half-yearly meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A week ago a fire was discovered in an old shaft on the Carlisle lease, Bendigo. It is believed that it was caused by some boys throwing down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How comes it that so very many incompetent men work in the Broken Hill mines? One after the other the witnesses presented to the Accident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE mill did very fair work last week, treating 1000 tons crude sulphides, produring 210 tons concentrates and 35 tons climes. The former assayed 27-2oz. silver,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Mines Accidents Commission sat again to-day in thc Council-chambers. William John Williams ppeared and stated that at the half-yeany meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WHEN the First Edition went to press Joseph Wilks, stock inspector, had concluded his evidence before the Mine Accidents Commission. The next witness was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mines Accidents Commission sat again this morning at the Council-chambers. JOSEPH WILKS, inspector of stock, was the first witness examined. His object, he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Armstrong, an elderly miner, has been killed at Dargo by a fall of earth. Thomas Carroll and William Price, miners working in Lansell's 180 mine,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Operations on this mine, which some little time back were temporarily suspended, have been resumed, and the sinking of the shaft is proceeding. At a depth of 90ft. a vein of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHEN the First Edition went to press E. J. Horwood, mine manager of the Proprietary, was still under examination by Mr. Edwards. Continuing his evidence, he said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EDWARD JAMES HORWOOD, mining manager of the Proprietary, stated that he had been for 10 years in Broken Hill, and for nine and a half years connected with the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHEN the First Edition went to press E. J. Horwood, mine manager of the Proprietary, was still under examination by Mr. Edwards. Continuing his evidence, he said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A mud rush has occurred in the Da Beers mine at Kimberley, which entombed several Europeans and 50 natives. Twenty have been rescued,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Royal Commission on Mine Accidents sat again this morning at 10 o'clock. E. J. HORWOOD, miling manager of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When the Second Edition of the MINER went to Press, Alexander Stewart, general manager of the Proprietary, was in the witness…
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