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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

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The British Mine's Law Suit. An Appeal. [By Telegraph.] "Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 July 1898 · page 4

The appeal in the suit Australian Smelting Co. against the British Broken Hill Co. was before the Full Court yesterday afternoon. The Smelting Company claimed…

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The Mystery of the Old North Mine. Chapter Xiii. How Robin's Heart Was Won

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 July 1898 · page 3

ROBIN'S was a tedious convalescence. His broken bones were slow in healing. The shock to his system had been great, and it was long ere he could shake off the effects of…

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Mining

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 2

THE opening ceremony in connection with the reconstructed Kay's Luck Gold alining Company, Lanccoario (Victoria), was carried out last week in the presence of a number of…

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The Mystery of the Old North Mine. Chapter Xiv. a Formidable Rival

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 July 1898 · page 1

MEANWHILE Mona and her father returned to the vicarage, talking as they did so of poor Robin's ill looks and of his case generally…

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MINING. The Little Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 July 1898 · page 2

PROBABLY none of the few outside shows at present being worked have better prospects than the Little Broken Hill, a property in the Rockwell Paddock, about 11 miles east…

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Newcastle Coal Trade. Conference of Masters and Men. Prices to be Advanced in 1899. Concession of a General Agreement

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 July 1898 · page 3

THE adjourned conference between the coalowners and miners' representatives with reference to a proposal to increase the selling price of coal, took place at the…

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The Big Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 July 1898 · page 2

IF it is not trne that familiarity breeds contempt, it is at any rate true that it frequently breeds indifference. Yosterday the MINER spoke of the fact that…

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MINING. Oro Exports

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 July 1898 · page 3

The Broken Hill Proprietary shipped for the fortnight cutting July 21, to Port firle, 6908 tons oxidised ores and 1414 tons sulphide concentrates…

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The Mystery of the Old North Mine. Chapter Xv Six Months Aftebwards

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 July 1898 · page 1

Is was autumn Summer, with its long bright days, was over. In the Laucashire fields the blackened grass showed traces of its pristine greenness; the trees, dingy,…

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MINING. [By TELEGRAPH.] Chillagoe. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 2

The directors of the Queensland Mining, Prospecting, and Investment Company have returned to Cairns, after inspecting their properties at Chillagoe. They report that…

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MINING. Block 14

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 August 1898 · page 2

THE mill accomplished good work lost week, treating 2013 tous cruiies, producing 600 tons concentrates and slimes of very fair silver and lead contents. The week's shipment to the…

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MINING. The South: The Halfyearly Report

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 August 1898 · page 2

THE directors of the Broken Hill South have issued their halfrearly report to June 30. The directors, in their own statement, set out that " the quantity of [?]re raised during…

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The Mystery of the Old North Mine. Chapter Xvi. Disastrous Sequel to a Marriage Proposal

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 August 1898 · page 1

"OH, Mona! My darling girl, how I love you! How I worship the very ground walk upon! I would give —" "Hush, hush, please!" cried Mona…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday.— a Mining Trouble. Reduction of Wages. [By Telegraph.]

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 August 1898 · page 4

The miners, truckers, bracemen, sharpeners, and laborers at the Gibraltar Consolidated mine, at Adelong, received notice that their wages would be reduced to-day, the…

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MINING. The North

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 August 1898 · page 2

THE mill ran steadily last week, treating 650 tons crude sulphides, assaying from the trommels 23 6 per cent, lead, 5.7oz. silver, and 15-4 per cent, zinc, producing 1C3 tons…

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News From Klondyke. The Gold Returns Disappointing

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 August 1898 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT wrote to the S. M. Herald from Victoria, British Columbia, on June 30: News, comes from the Yukon Basin which is of the greatest interest, in view of the…

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The Governor's Visit. On the Mines

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 August 1898 · page 4

THIS morning a visit was paid by the viceregal party to the Proprietary Company's mine. The party consisted of the visitors, the Mayor, Mr. Allison (council clerk), and…

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MINING. The Chillagoe Field. The Queensland Geologist's Report

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 August 1898 · page 2

In the course of a report to the Minister of Mines on the Chillagoe mining district and the projected railway, the Government Geologist of Queensland, Mr. R. L. Jack,…

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The Mystery of the Old North Mine. Chapter Xvii. Strange Discoveries Below Ground

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 August 1898 · page 1

HORACE TURNER never knew how longhelay there, insensible to, all his troubles, and the danger he was in of being suffocated by bad gases, or smothered by the falling in of the…

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MINING. The Junction

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 August 1898 · page 2

THE new mill last week ran consistently treating 1800 tous crudes, producing 303 tons concentrates, assaying 62 6 per cent, lead, 23.5oz. silver, and 8.3 per cent. zinc. As the…

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