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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Demand for Coal. Newcastle Busy. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 1

Within the past few days 15 steamers and four sailing vessels have arrived at Newcastle for coal. Mostly all the pits are in full swing. The influx of shipping and the demand for…

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The War. Spanish Gunboat Captured. Also a Coal Ship. a British Protest. the Invasion of Cuba. Troops Start at Once. [Reuter's Messages.] the Spanish Fleet. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 2

The Hon. John D. Long, the United States Secretory of the Navy, will neither confirm nor deny the correctness of the report that Captain W. S. Schley sighted…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 4 p m. the Far East. German Fleet in Want of Coal. Japan and China. China and Foreign Trade. [Reuter's Message.] London, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 4

A military officer at Kiaochou, in China, reports that the German fleet in tho East is paralysed owing to the action of Russia and Britain purchasing…

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MINING. Graham Berry's Counsel

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 June 1898 · page 3

Graham Berry, the old Victorian leader, writes:—"The Commonwealth Bill is not a perfect measure, and the division list will show that I voted with those members of the…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— the Far East. German Fleet in Want of Coal. Japan and China. China and Foreign Trade. [Reuter's Message.] London, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 June 1898 · page 1

A military officer at Kiaochou, in China, reports that the German fleet in the East is paralysed owing to the action of Russia and Britain purchasing…

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MINING. The Junction

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 2

THE new mill treated last week 1535 tons crude sulphides, assaying from the trommels 10.2oz. silver, 17 per cent, lead, and 14.1 per cent. zinc., returning 300 tons concentrates…

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Mines Ventilation. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 1

The time for receiving applications in the competition for the bonus of £1000 offered by the Government for a scheme of ventilation for mines has closed. There are 180…

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Klondyke Miners Drowned. a Schooner Founders. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 2

The schooner Lady Jane Grey has foundered whilst on a voyage from Seattle, United States, to Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. Thirty-four miners,…

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MINING. Block 14

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 June 1898 · page 3

THE shipments to the works at Port Adelaide last week totalled 704 tons, comprising 468 tons sulphide concentrates, 139 tons crude carbonates, and 97 tons sulphide slimes. The…

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State Coal Mines. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 June 1898 · page 2

The Western coalminers favor the proposal for the establishment of State coal mines in each district. Builders' ironmongery. Prest and Hocking…

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MINING. The South

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 June 1898 · page 3

THE [?] consistently last week, treating [?] per cent lead, [?]oz. silver, and 1100 per cent. zinc, pre[?]ing [?]35 tons concentrates of good lead…

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MINING. Chillagoe

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 June 1898 · page 2

OUR Brisbane correspondent wires: "Warden Haldane, of Herberton, telegraphs to the Secretary of Mines that in view of considerable excitement existing in the southern…

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Miners' Widows. The Proposed National Accident Fund. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 June 1898 · page 3

Mr. Josiah Thomas, M.L.A., has seen Mr. Sydney Smith, and has laid before him those arguments which have been submitted by the MINER and others which have occurred to…

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Running the Mines and Forts at Santiago. A Brave Lieutenant. London, June 6

Western Grazier · Wednesday 8 June 1898 · page 3

The United States Sonate has reduced the proposed issue of bonds to two hundred million dollars. With regard to the sinking of the…

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Stray Notes. Miners' Widows

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 June 1898 · page 2

MR. JOSIAH THOMAS' enemies sometimes accuse him of indolence. After he had been in Queensland, money-getting, during that great strike of ours, the Queensland leaders—…

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MINING. The Little Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 June 1898 · page 3

The manager of the Little Broken Hill Syndicate reports the sale of a parcel of ore of about 30 tons to the Proprietary mine; it assayed in bulk 43 per cent. lead and 15oz…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 June 1898 · page 3

BLOCK 10, to June 1:—Campbell shaft— 715ft. level: Stopes in very hard material assaying 25oz. silver, 16.7 per cent. lead, and 17.5 per cent. zinc. 615ft. level: South…

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Klondyke Gold Yield. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 June 1898 · page 2

It is expected that the value of the gold output at the Klondyke goldfields in July will amount to between 12,000,000 and 15,000,000 dollars…

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MINING. The Junction

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 2

RUNNING fall time last week the mill treated 1700 tons crude sulphides, assaying from the trommels 10.3oz. silver, 15.5 per cent. lead, and 16.5 per cent. zinc, producing 310 tons…

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The Dynamite Outrage. The Attempt on f Mine. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 2

There is great excitement throughout the Bendigo district over the dynamite explosion reported last evening. One result of the outrage is that 25 of the men who have been…

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