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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1899

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MINING. The Junction North: An Improved Outlook

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 April 1899 · page 2

THE mill, running eight shifts short time last week, dealt with 515 tons crude sulphides, assaying 14oz. silver, 19 per cent. lead, and 12 per cent. zinc, producing 108 tons…

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The Treatment of Gold Sulphides

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 April 1899 · page 2

A correspondent wrote from Kalgoorlie on the 1st instant:—The sulphide plant on the Laka View Consols is now on the eve of starting, and a short description of the mechanism…

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MINING. The British: A Vu[?]h

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 April 1899 · page 2

A VUGH of considerable dimensions has been broken into in the British mine at the back of the 300ft. level. The vugh consists of a series of caverns, extending under the present…

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MINING. The Junction

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 2

THE mill, working two shifts, last week dealt with 1516 tons crude sulphides, producing 300 tons concentrates, valued in bulk at 23oz. silver, 61.8 per cent. lead, and 8.2 per cent…

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A Coal-stealer Fired At. An Exciting Chase. Was he " The Burglar?"

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 2

AN exciting episode occurred at the Junction mine last night. About half-past 8 o'clock William Shackle, the night watchman, in the course of his rounds, observed a man quietly…

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Horses Which Win Their Weight in Gold

Western Grazier · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 4

It must be a little surprising even to lovers of horse-racing to learn that sixteen horses have won for their owners an aggregate sum of £517,306 or an average…

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The Fairy Hill Copper Mine. Indignant Shareholders

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 April 1899 · page 2

A meeting of shareholders in the Fairy Hill Copper Company was held on Saturday night at the Silver Age Hotel. Mr. C. F. Valentine presided…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Quarterly Returns. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 April 1899 · page 2

The Department of Mines has issued its quarterly mineral return, which shows the following figures:—Value of silver ingots and matte exported from New South Wales…

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MINING. Barrir Tin Prospects

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 2

THERE is every anticipation of an early revival of tin-mining on the Barrier. A few months hack Mr. E. O. Davies, representing certain Melbourne speculators, repegged and…

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The Burra Mines

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 2

The following is from the 54th annual report of the directors of the South Australian Mining Association:—"The receipts from rents for the halfyear ended on March 31 last…

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MINING. The Junction North

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 2

THE mill did good service last week, treating 1178 tons crude sulphides, producing 205 tons concentrates, includiug 23 tons from the buddies, worth in bulk 32 6oz. silver, 63 5 per…

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Barrier Miner. Wednesday, April 19, 1899. Cornish Mining Lessons

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 2

THOSE who have fallen into the way of thinking of mines as things of only a year or two—of a score or so of years at the most—could not be recommended…

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The Mining Laws. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 2

A deputation from the Chamber of Mines yesterday afternoon urged on Mr. Cook, Minister of Mines, the carty amendment of the mining laws of New South Wales. The…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Strike of Belgian Miners. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 2

Twenty-two thousand miners employed in the collieries of Charleroi and Mons in the province of Hainault, in Belgium, have struck work for an advance in their…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] English Purchases in Queensland. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 3

Mr. Inch, representing an English syndicate, has purchased the Sweet William copper mine at Mount Molloy and the Tyrconnel gold mine on the H[?]kinson…

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The Northern Mines. The Proposed Amalgamation. Mines now being Inspected

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 4

MR. HERBERT J. DALY, representing the Consolidated Mines Selection Company, Limited, London, arrived in Broken Hill from Melbourne early this week to inspect…

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MINING. The Junction

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 2

THE mill, running two shifts, last week treated 1785 tons crude sulphides, producing 305 tons concentrates, worth in bulk 21.2oz. silver, 60 per cent lead, ami 7.8 per cent,…

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A Goldfields Incident

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 2

AN attempted robbery of rather a daring charac:er is reported as having occurred on the Boulder-road, Kalgootlic. Mr. H. C. Wright, a resident of Boulder City, was…

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MINING. Block 14

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 2

THE mill, which is working most satisfactorily, did good service last week, dealing with 2184 tons crude sulphides, producing 661 tons concentrates and slimes of very fair…

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Sunday Labor in Mines. Protest in Kalgoorlie. [By Telegraph.] Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 2

A mass meeting was held, on Saturday night, attended by 3000 men, to discuss the question of Sunday labor in mines. Addresses were delivered by Mr. Callahan, manager of…

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