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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

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Fatally Injured in a Coal Mine. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 2

Hezekiah Williams, a miner of Broadmeadow, has died in the New castle Hospital from injuries received in coal mining…

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The Welsh Collieries. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 1

A hundred thousand miners in South Wales and Monmouthshire have given notice to the coalowners to terminate the present sliding scale of…

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MINING. The South

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 2

THE mill last week ran consistently, treating 1651 tons crude sulohides, assaying from the trommels 22 per cent. lead, 6oz. silver, and 17 per cent…

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Overcome by Smoke Fames in a Mine. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 2

Three men were Working in Royal Standard mine, Singleton, at the 50ft. level, when the air became very bad, the smoke from the engine oeing…

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The Lucknow Strike. Questions in the Assembly. Meeting of Miners. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 October 1897 · page 2

In the Assembly last evening the Premier (Mr. Reid), in reply to Mr. Sleath, said he was ignorant as to whether Mr. Want (Attorney-General)…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Colony's Gold Product. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 2

The total quantity of gold produced in the colony in the July-September quarter was 94,991 ounces…

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Mining in Victoria. Operations of English Syndicates [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 4

The Government has advanced £5000 by way of loan to Chalk's No. 3 Amalgamated mine, Carisbrook, for the purpose of erecting a pumping plant…

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The Klondyke Goldfields. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 2

A gold mining expert who was sent to Klondyke by the Rothschilds reports that the statements as to the stupendous wealth of the fields on the Yukon River are in no…

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MINING. Block 14

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 October 1897 · page 3

Running full time last week, the mill treated 2688 tons crude sulphides, producing 644 tons concentrates of good silver and lead contents. The week's…

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Mining Fatality near Coolgardie. COOLGARDIE

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 October 1897 · page 2

The police have received a wire stating that a man has been accidentally killed on the Oaklands lease. No name is given…

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Mining in Victoria. Operations of English Syndicates [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 October 1897 · page 1

The Government has advanced £5000 by way of loan to Chalk's No.3 Amalgamated mine, Carisbrook, for the purpose of erecting a pumping plant…

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MINING. The B. H. Proprietary: A Trial Run for the New Mill

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 October 1897 · page 4

The new concentrating plant is so well advanced towards completion that last week steam was turned on from the nest of boilers erected to supply…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Fatal Coal Mine Accident. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 October 1897 · page 2

Ernest Moore was ascending the shaft at Ralston's Colliery, Maitland, last night, when his head struck against a seam of coal, and his neck was…

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MINING. The South

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 October 1897 · page 2

OWING to the holiday last week the mill ran only five days, treating 1300 tons crude sulphides, assaying from the trommels 22 per cent. lead, 6oz…

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The Trouble at the Big Mine. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 October 1897 · page 3

SIR,—I wish to correct a statement about the men being sent home from block 12 on Friday. We were taken from block ll to block 12, and when…

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New Year Gold Mining Company

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 October 1897 · page 4

A MEETING of the Broken Hill New Year Gold Mining Company was held last night at the Criterion Hotel; the following resolution was confirmed:—…

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MINING. The North

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 October 1897 · page 2

RUNNING two shifts last week for five days only, the mill treated 573 tons crude sulphides, assaying from the trommels 23 6 per cent. lead, 6-5oz…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 13 October 1897 · page 3

A miner named Ernest Moore had his nook broken while ascending a shift at Ralsten's Colliery, Maitland…

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Klondyke Goldfields. an Expert Opinion. London, Oct. 10

Western Grazier · Wednesday 13 October 1897 · page 2

The gold-mining expert, who was sons to the klondyke goldfield by the Rothschilds, reports that the it moment of stupendous wealth is in no…

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New Year Gold Mining Company

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 October 1897 · page 1

A MEETING of the Broken Hill New Year Gold Mining Company was held last night at the Criterion Hotel; the followipg resolution was confirmed:—…

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