MINING. Block 14
DURING the past fortnight, despite the holidays, the mill did fair wOrk, treating 3402 tonS crudes, producing 1053 tons of concentrates and slimes of good silver and…
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Mining & the mines, 1898
643 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 33
Mining. [By Telegraph.] Smelting at Port Pirie. ADELAIDE
Large quantities of flax are to be shipped from Yankalilla to Port Pirie for the purpose of treating the ores at the Proprietary smelters there…
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The holidays interfered with the working of the mill last week, which only treated 550 tons crude sulphides, assaying from the trommels 11cz…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Klondyke Goldfields. LONDON
The chief of police at Dawson City, on the Klondyke goldfields, reports that the supplies of provisions there will last till April next…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Industrial Struggle in Britain. Miners' Conference Presses for Eight Hours. The Engineers' Dispute. [Reuter's Message.] London
At the annual conference of the Miners' Federation now sitting at Bristol it was resolved to press for an eight hours day. In connection with the engineers' strike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Production. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The gold returns of the colony for the year just ended show a decrease of 3754oz., but an increase in the value of the gold of £15,013…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. [Reuter's Message.] The Miners' Conference. LONDON
At the annual conference of the Miners' Federation now in session at Bristol a resolution has been passed demanding that the claute relating to the power of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Mining Accident at Zeehan. Suffocated by "Slurry." HOBART
A telegram from Zeenan reports a fatal accident at the Silvester mine Five men were caught by a run of "slurry," in drive 100ft. deep, which washed the men into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Junction North
Stoping continues in full swing at the back of the 750ft. Southward the ore body, which is being carried about 40ft. in length and 25ft. in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Engineering Dispute. Aid from the Miners' Federation. Speech of Mr. Burt Censured. Picketing the Pickets. [Reuter's Message.] London
The Miners' Federation has decided to contribute £300 weekly to the engineers' strike fund. The Sunderland Trades Council has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Colliery Flooded
A DESTRUCTIVE flood recently stopped the work of 1200 men and boys at the Tawd Vale collieries, near Ormskirk, Lancashire. The two pits are called the Arley and the…
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RUNNING only 40 hours last week, the mill treated 350 tons crude sulphides, assaying from the trommels 20.7 per cent. lead, 6.2oz. silver, and 16 5 per cent. zinc, returning 65…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Minister for Mines Thrown from a Buggy. SYDNEY
The Minister for Mines, Mr. Sydney Smith, was driving near Macquarie, in the Bathurst district, when the horse bolted and the buggy was smashed. Mr. Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Klondyke Goldfield. a Government Surveyor's Opinions
Mr William Ogilvie, the Dominion Government surveyor of the North-West Territory, delivered a lecture at Victoria, B.C., recently (says the "San Francisco…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Accident
CALEN PEDLER, a miner, aged 53 years, was injured by a fall of ground in Wigg's No. 3 level, Block 12, this morning. Dr. Groves attended, and ordered the patient to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. Managers' Reports
BLOCK 10.—Campbell Shaft—615ft. level: Stopes without change; aways, 18.8oz. silver, 16.35 per cent. lead, and 24.5 per cent zinc. 515ft. level: Stopes producing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bush Fires in Tasmania. The Flames on a Coal Mine. Narrow Escapes from Suffocation. [By Telegraph.] Hobart
The weather is cooler to-day; but the longed-for rain has not yet come, and further destruction from bush fires continues to be reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Timber. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner
SIR,—I have before me your issue of November 24, in which your leading article deals with the all-important subject of mine timber. I thank you far your reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Yield of the Colony. Figures for the Year
THE officials of the Mines Department have collected the statistics and prepared a return of the gold produced in New South Wales during the four quarters ending…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MINING. The Junction
The mill ran steadily last week, treating 650 tons crude sulphides, assaying from the trommels 12.5cz. silver, 23.2 per cent. lead, and 15.1 per cent. zinc, returning 150 tons…
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