MINING. The South
THE mill did consistent work last weeks treating 1716 tons crude sulphides, yielding 336 tons concentrates, including 47 tons from the buddies, worth in bulk 64.3 per cent,…
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Mining & the mines, 1899
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The Rising Tide of Gold
THE director of the United States Mint, the Hon. G. E. Roberts, writes in the Forum on the increasing supply of gold. He quotes returns and estimates to show that the…
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THE mill last week did improved work, treating 1034 tons crude sulphides, returning 215 tons concentrates, including 26 tons from the buddles, worth 32oz. silver, 61 9 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Disputes. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Seven non-unionist miners hare arrived at Catherine Hill Bay to work at the Wallarah colliery there. More men are expected in a few days…
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THE management have decided to explore the most promising portion of this property, and have made a contract for sinking the main shaft, located slightly over the table of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mine Flooded. Nearly a Calamity. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The crank-pin of an engine at Chalk's No. 3 mine, Carisbrook, snapped and stopped the engines. The afternoon shift was below at the time. All the bores were plugged and the…
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MR. E. J. HORWOOD has been appointed "manager of the Broken Hill works" of the Proprietary mine…
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THE mill had a fair run last week, treating 1700 tons crude sulphides, yielding 300 tons concentrates, assaying in bulk 23.3oz. silver, 61.5 per cent. lead, and 7.8 per…
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WORK at this mine continues to be vigorously proceeded with, although lately the output of the richer argentiferous ores has not been so plentiful as it was a few weeks back. Owing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 30 p.m. a Mine Flooded. Sixty-two Lives Lost. [Reuter's Message.] London, Sunday Afternoon
A brief despatch from Irkutsk, in Eastern Siberia, mentions that a gold mine in that district was suddenly flooded, and that before the men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hawker Copper Mine Syndicate
A meeting of shareholders in the Hawker Copper Mine Syndicate was held at Tait's Masonic Hotel last night. Mr. C. Wright was in the chair. The chairman stated that…
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THE Broken Hill Proprietary shipped for the week ending April 26 to Port Pirie 2857 tons oxidised ores,and 1201 tons mill products…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— a Mine Flooded. Sixty-two Lives Lost. [Reuter's Message.] London, Sunday Afternoon
A brief despatch from Irkutsk, in Eastern Siberia, mentions that a gold mine in that district was suddenly flooded, and that before the men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] Mining Returns. SYDNEY
The gold yield of New South Wales for the month of April was 31,894oz…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Shocking Mining Fatality. a Miner Buried Beneath a Fall. Another Jambed Between Timbers. Difficult Work of Rescue Four Hours' Agony
A SHOCKING fatality occurred in Block 11 of the Broken Hill Proprietary mine last night. About 8 o'clock two men, Matthew Gardner and Samuel Lawn, were…
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A CONFERENCES will be held in the Trades Hall this evening between delegates from the various Labor bodies and the Ministerial Association regarding Sundny work on the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MINING. The Proposed Amalgamation
THE representative of the Mines Selection Company of London, who has returned from his visit to the Barrier (says the Age), will probably meet the directors of the Btoken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strike of Miners. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The miners employed on the Prince of Wales mine, Gundagai, have struck work against a proposed reduction of wages by 5s. per week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Kalgoorlie Desperado. Sticking-up Case. Mine Accountant Robbed. What the Thief Missed. [By Telegraph.] Kalgoorlie
A wave of excitement spread over the town and district yesterday afternoon as the news circulated that Mortimer Crooks, the accountant, and a clerk of the Lake View…
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NOT often are such touches given to proceedings before the coroner as that which marked the evidence of Gardner's room-mate yesterday. They had come…
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