Coalminers' Wants. Higher Wages Asked For. The Weighing Provisions. Nationalisation of the Mines. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 May 1898 · page 2
At a special meeting of the Newcastle Miners' Delegate Board yesterday a resolution was affirmed in favor of an increase in the selling price of coal and also of miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Disaster in Westphalia. London, May 23
Western Grazier · Wednesday 25 May 1898 · page 3
By a fire in the Zolliun mine at Bortmund, in Westphalia, 45 miners were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MINING. The Australian B. H. Consuls: The Rich Developments Continue
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 May 1898 · page 2
MATTERS underground in this mine continue to look remarkably satisfactory. Mr. G. Smith, the general manager, says that when be left for his holiday some few weeks back…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. The Rival Fleets. Spain in Want of Coal. Troops Massing for Cuba. The Fate of the Philippines. Proposed Cession to France. 1000 Men Leave for Manilla. [Reuter's Messages.] the Spanish Fleet. in Want of Coal. London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 May 1898 · page 2
Reports received from New York state that the Spanish fleet in command of Admiral Cervcras, which had reached Cuba, is returning to the French island…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School of Mines Students
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 May 1898 · page 2
THE lecture by Mr. Pitcairn last night on concentration, delivered for the benefit of the School of Mines students, in the Town Hall, was well attended. Mr. Hawker, lecturer at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold-paved Streets
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 May 1898 · page 3
FARMERS and people in rural districts who have never visited the metropolis have some very queer ideas of what a large city really is. The yellow metal is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MINING. Junction North
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 May 1898 · page 2
THE week's despatches comprised 240 tons first-grade sulphides to Block 14, Port Adelaide, and 65 tons of the same material to G. Wills and Co., Port Pirie; also 181 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 May 1898 · page 2
As already briefly mentioned in our wires from Adelaide, an important proposal wa placed before the shareholders in the above company on Tuesday by the directors. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alluvial Miners' Troubles. Report of the Commission. Its Recommendations. [By Telegraph.] Perth
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 May 1898 · page 2
The report of the Mining Commission has been published. It is a voluminous document. The recommendations include:—That in future holders of all leases and claims shall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The South: Important Sale of Concentrates
Barrier Miner · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 2
IT was announced on Tuesday last by the directors of the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company that an agreement had been entered into with the Broken Hill South Company…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Troubles. [Reuter's Message.] London
Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 2
The miners' federation has resolved to take a ballot to decide whether to press or not for an advance of 10 per cent. on the wages of miners generally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rich Gold Find. Melbourne
Western Grazier · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 2
A marvellously rich gold find is reported from Warrigal. One assay gives 1877 ounces to the ton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Westralian Mining Laws. [By Telegraph.] Perth
Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 2
The London Chamber of Mines has cabled to the Premier that at a public meeting of investors interested in West Australian mines a resolution, proposed by Mr. Begg and seconded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Saturday, May 28, 1898. the Westralian Mining Laws
Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 2
FOR very many months past a Royal Commission has been taking evidence in all parts of West, Australia, with the object of recommending to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Monday, May 30, 1898. the Welsh Miners
Barrier Miner · Monday 30 May 1898 · page 2
A VERY interesting little piece of information, throwing a sidelight upon the progress of trades unionism in Great Britain, was included in Saturday's cable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Adelaide School of Mines
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 May 1898 · page 3
THE students of the Adelaide School of Mines, their mining lecturer (Mr. E. W. Hawker), and the registrar (Mr. Hughes) have returned to Adelaide, after spending a week at Broken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British Mine Disaster. The Company DIstributes Five Hundred Pounds
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 May 1898 · page 2
THE management of the British mine has voluntarily granted the sum of £500, to be divided amongst the families affected by the fatal accident on February 28 last, whereby…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. an Unequipped Army. Review of the Troops. Collision at Sea. an American Cruiser Damaged. the Annexation of Hawaii. the Arrest of a War Correspondent. [Reuter's Messages.] the Cruiser Harvard. in Want of Coal. London
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 May 1898 · page 2
The United States armed cruiser Harvard, formerly the New York, has put into Kingston, Jamaica, a British possession, to effect repairs to her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The South
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 3
Although the mill ran last week without stoppages, the returns were below the average. The crude sulphides treated were 1812 tons, assaying 29 per cent. lead, 6.5oz…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Junction Mine. Half-yearly Meeting. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 1
The half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Junction mine was held this afternoon. Mr. J.H. Howe, who occupied the chair, said that Mr. Joel Phillips, the manager, expectcd to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →