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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1899

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Mining [By Telegraph.] Gold Yields. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 2

The gold yield of New (South Wales for the month of July was 64,656[?]z…

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Ventilation in the Newcastle Collieries. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 4

Commissioner Wade's report on the charges made in connection with the Newcastle colliery was tabled in the Assembly this afternoon. Summarised, it is to the effect…

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Mining at Moonta

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Harvey informs us (Advertiser) that very rapid development has taken place in the No, 4 shaft of the Mid-Moonta mine, which is situa'ed in the centre of the Yelta,…

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MINING. Block 10

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 August 1899 · page 2

The ground in the disturbed section at the back of the 615ft. is being rapidly picked up and everything is being made secure. Stoping in the vicinity is now proceeding as usual. As…

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The Coal Trade Trouble. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 August 1899 · page 2

In the ballot taken on Saturday, it was resolved by a large majority of the Lithgow strikers that the Eskbank men should resume work on the terms offered by the management…

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The Chillagoe Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 4

MESSRS. Cairns and Holloway, of Herberten (Q), wire to the MINER as follows:— At a general meeting of shareholders in the Mount Badinda copper mine, which adjoins…

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MINING. Block 14

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 2

THE mill, which is in first-class working order, ran quietly last week, treating 1871 tons crude sulphides, returning 584 tons concentrates and slimes of the usual fair silver…

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Robbery at a Mine. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 2

A robbery of amalgam has taken place at the Homeward Bound mine, Yalwal. Shortly after midnight last Thursday the mannger of the mine went to the retorting house in…

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Three Miners Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 4

At the Lachlan Goldfields mine, Forbes, today, a number of men were carrying away tailings from the battery when the props under a wheel collapsed, and the wheel in…

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Heavy Rains in Victoria. A Mine Flooded. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 2

Heavy rains have fallen in many parts of the colony. A good deal of carnage has been done in places. Continuous rain flooded the Lord Brassey…

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The Broken Hill Mines. An Additional Inspector Asked For. The New Mining Bill. [By Telegraph.] Sydney. Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 August 1899 · page 4

The members for the Barrier district waited on the Minister for Mines to- day with reference to the large number of fatal accidents in the Broken Hill mines, and urged that an…

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The Dark Hills Copper Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 2

This show, in the Mutooroo paddock, S.A., is being explored with fairly satisfactory results. Operations, however, have been chiefly confined to sinking two shafts, the northern…

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MINING. The Janction

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 2

TUE plant, which is running freely in all sections, dealt in the past week with 1945 tons crude sulphides, producing 800 tons concentrates, worth in bulk 213oz. silver,…

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Electric Power for Mines. Important SchemE at Kalgoorlie, One Plant for Hundreds of Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 August 1899 · page 3

THE development of the Kalgoorlie gold fields has caused the mine managers to look about for a more economical method of generating power for the various individual plants…

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MINING. The British

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 3

The plant during the post werk dealt with about 2000 tons crude sulphider, which produced approximately 360 tons first and second grade concentrates of good silver and lead…

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The Coal Trade Trouble. [By Te;egraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 2

The Bulli coalminers are appealing to Mr. J. A. Hoeue, Minister for Labor, to interfere in their dispute on their behalf. The first of the season's) wool to reach…

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The Potter's Daughter: a Tale of the Trent Valley. Author of " The Mystery of the Old North Mine," " The Squire of Lonsdale," The Hand of His Brother," &c. CHAPTER V. Little John Overhears a Secret

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 1

" JESSIE, come here! Come here! Mrs. Baker's voice was shrill and querulous. It was twelve years and a half since she and her daughter…

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The Coal Mines Trouble. [By Telegbaph.j Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 2

A miner's ballot at the Cakley Fark Pit, Lithgow, on the question that the offer of the company for Is. 4id. Per ton for filling through coal shall be accepted, afficial the…

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MINING. The Fairy Hill Copper Mining Company

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 3

So frr, says Mr. L. H. M. Avery, nothing has been dene regarding laying the grievances of the local shareholders in the fairy Hill Copper Mining Company before the Adelaide…

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Gold at Nackara

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 August 1899 · page 2

The Adverthtr's Petersburg correspondent writes:- The repotted discovery of gold at Nackara has caused great excitement here. When the result of the assay of the specimen…

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