Barrier Miner. Thursday, November 16. Miners' Accident Relief
HARDLY anybody disputes that it is wise for a man to make provision for the maintenance of his dependents while he is incapacitated through illness howere…
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Mining & the mines, 1899
622 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 29 of 32
The Influenza Scourge. a Mine Laid Idle. by Telegraph.] Hobart, Wednesday Afternoon
The manager of the Mount Lyell Pioneer Consolld [?]te[?] mine,Mount Lyell, reports that all the hands on the mine are down with influenza, and that the mine bad been laid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Rand Mines. Some of Them Being Worked by Boers. London
It is reported from Johannesbarg that The Rose, Deep Ferriera, and 10 other of the principal Rand mines are now being worked by Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Inspector at Broken Hill. a Local Examination. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon
The Government recently called for applications for the position of second mining inspector at Broken Hill, Eighteen Broken Hill men have applied for the position, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Boer War. the Situation at Ladysmith. South Africa's Future. News From Mafeking. Boers Working Rand Mines. [Reuter's Messages.] Heliograph News From Ladysmith. a Harmless Bombardment. London
The heliograph message received at Estcourt from Colenso was the last news received from Ladysmith. That gave no information beyond that the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Friday, November 17, 1899. the Mine Accident Fund
THERE is a striking proof of the political progress winch the rainers have made daring the last few years in the fact that the last two Ministers for Mines have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. The Junction
THE plant during the past week treated 1693 tons crude sulphides, yielding 237 tons concentrates, bulking 24 8oz. silver, 60.7 per cent, lead, and 5 7 per cent. zinc. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Half Round the Continent. Vii. a Tour of the Principal Chillagoe Mines
THE chief timbers in the district are ironbark, bloodwood, various species of gum, and the Queensland ash (a very good, solid timber that makes excellent furniture), but there is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. Block 10
IT is understood (says a Melbourne correspondent) that the Broken Hill Block 10 Company has practically concluded arrangements with the West Australian smelting company…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bogus Mine. Arrest on a Charge of Frand
A WARRANT for the arrest of James Lumsden, otherwise Herbert Rose, was executed tn ftourke-strcct a few days ago, says the Age, by Detective M'Manamny. Lumsden is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Half Round the Continent. Viii. Still Among the Mines
MUNGANA may be said to be the terminus of the C[?]illagoe line, but for a considerable distance beyond mineral areas have been secured The Chillagoe Bedford Railway and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Position at Ladysmith. Official Boer Figures. an Attack on a Mine. the Advance of the British Reinforcements. [Reuter's Messages.] General Joubert Ill, Not Dead. the Boer Losses. the British Held As Prisoners. Official Reports From Pretoria. London
Official news received from Pretoria, the Transvaal capital, gives a denial to the report that General Joubert, the Boer Commander-in-Chief, had died…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prosecution Under the Explosives Act. a Mine Manager Fined
IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Maitland, P.M., and Mr. Harrington, J.P., James Retallick, mine manager of the British Company, was charged by G…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MINING Block 14. Half-yearly Report. The Zinc Problem
THE half-yearly report of Block 14 has just been issued. Its most important feature is an announcement with regard to the treatment of the ores for the recovery of zinc…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Gros[?] in a Mine. Men Terrified Some of them Leave Work. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The miners working in a copper mine at Blayney, in the western district, are much worried, something is happening in the mine which they cannot understand. Home…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Barrels of Gold
ONCE a man of the laboring class who had often wished to be rich was offered all the money he wished for if he would accept, without a murmur, the troubles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MINING. The North
THE mill, which lost 33 hours last week, chiefly through an accident at the main shaft, treated 782 tons sulphide ore. assaying from the trommels 208 per cent. lead, 12 6oz…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How the Mines Are Being Worked
A London mining paper states:—A cablegram has been received from the head office of the Ferreira mine, Johannesburg, to the following effect:—'Acting under the advice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Excesses at Johannesburg. Women Looting Shops. Mine Machinery Wrecked. London
News from Johannesburg since the outbreak of the war has been very scarce, and fears were entertained that damage Was being done to the mines by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] Block 10 Meeting. MELBOURNE
The half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Block 10 Company was [?]eld yesterday afternoon. Mr. M'Bryde, the chairman, in moving the…
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