Two Miners Entombed. SYDNEY
Alfred Dawson, married, with six children, and Thomas Carpenter, unmarried, miners, working at Sofala, were entombed yesterday by the roof of a tunnel in which they were…
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Mining & the mines, 1899
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Sunday Work on the Mines. a Conference of Delegates
DELEGATES appointed from the various Labor bodies and from the Broken Hill Ministerial Association met in the Trades Hall last night for the purpose of discussing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Telegraph] The Revival in South Australia. ADELAIDE
The Government, owing to the revival of mining in South Australia, has considered it advisable to appoint an inspector of mines. The office has not been filled since the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Broken Hill Proprietary: The Extension of the Mill
THE work of duplicating the concentrating plant is being treated as urgent, and consequently rapid strides are being made in the erection. To accommodate these extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sermon to Underground Miners
ON Sunday night, at the South Broken Hill Wesleyan Church, the Rev. T. B. Angwin, M.A., commenced a series of addresses to operatives. He began with the underground…
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THE plant, which is in thorough going order, treated last week 1850 tons crude sulphides, yielding 560 tons concentrates and slimes of good silver and lead contents. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Junction North
THE mill, which lost 12 hours last week through trouble with the rolls, treated 1051 tons crude sulphides, producing 187 tons concentrates, including 24 tons from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales Coal Mines. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The coal and shale mines in New South Wales, according to statistics just issued, last year employed 10,519 persons and produced 4,735,949 tons of mineral. During the…
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THE mill, working two shifts lost week, dealt with 1735 tons crude sulphides, yielding 275 tons concentrates, worth in bulk 24.7oz. silver, 61.7 per cent. lead, and 7-1 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Wilfley Concentrator: Successful Work Accomplished
MR. F. L. ROUDEBUSH, representing the Wilfley Ore Concentrator Syndicate, has been in Broken Hill nearly three weeks conducting a series of experiments with this…
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FOR the past fortnight the contractors have deepened the main shaft 9ft., making the full depth 69ft. Prospects in the bottom show an improvement, the ground being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Belgian Miners' Strike. LONDON
An advance in wages of 5 per cent. has been granted to the miners on strike in Belgium. The strikers have accordingly decided to return to work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work on the Mines. The New System
THE management at the Proprietary has within the past fortnight introduced a system of payment by weight for ore raised, and the only hitch that has so…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MINING. The British
THE plant, which is running very smoothly, did satisfactory and increased service last fortnight, treating 4546 tons crude sulphides, Eroduciug 614 tons first-grade concentrates,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mining Trouble. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The management of Barambogie mine, Chiltern, yesterday suspended blocking operations, giving as a reason that during the last four week the mine has gone back £400,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MINING. The Junction: The Halfyearly Report
IN the half-yearly report to March 31 of the Junction S. M. Company, the directors say at the outset that they "are not satisfied with the results of the period under review…
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THE mill, running full time on two shifts last week treated 340 tons crude sulphides, assaying from the trommels 19.5 per cent. lead, 11.6oz, silver, and 17.1 per cent. zinc,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work on the Mines. Nominations for Check Weighmen
AN adjourned meeting of Proprietary Company's miners was held at Harris' Criterion Hall last night. There was an attendance of between 50 and 60 men. The chair was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sunday Work on the Mines
A MEETING of the committee appointed by the recent conference of members of the Labor bodies and the Ministerial Association was held at the Trales Hall last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Junction North
THE mill, running full time with no stoppages, did steady work last week, treating 1207 tons crude sulphides, yielding 200 tons concentrates, worth in bulk 30.9oz. silver, 60.[?] per…
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