MINING. The South
FOR the week the mill dealt with 801 tons crude sulphides, which yielded 149 tons concentrates, including 10 tons from the buddles, assaying 63.6 per cent, lead, 18.7oz, silver, and…
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Mining & the mines, 1900
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The Rand Mines
A message from Pretoria via Lorenzo Marques, November 30, states:—"The Minister of Mines has officially announced the October output, the returns being given…
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THE plant, which had 82 hours' stoppages last week, treated 420 tons crude sulphide ore, assaying from the trommels 22 per cent, lead, ll.6oz. silver, and 16 per cent, zinc,…
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The Rev. C. W. Abel, who is going to London on furlough, after 10 years' missionary work in New Guinea, told a city reporter he had received information from a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Accidents in '99. The Roll of Inquests
DURING the year 1899 31 inquests' were held. Accidents on the mines are of course responsible for this undoubted large total in a town the size of Broken Hill, mining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cage Accident at the Proprietary. Miraculous Escape of Miners. Two Slightly Hurt
AN accident of an extraordinary nature, though fortunately unattended by serious consequences, occurred this afternoon at Block 12, Proprietary mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining. [Reuter's Message.] The Price of Silver. LONDON
Bar silver (standard) is now quoted at 2s. 3 1-16d. per ounce…
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WITH 56 hours' stoppages for the week, the mill dealt with 302 tons crudes, which yielded 47 tons concentrates, including 9 tons from the buddies, worth 61.5 per cent. lead,…
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THE following abstract statement of hands employed on the various mines towards the end of last year is obtained from official sources, and may be accepted as substantially…
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Mr. C. F. Courtney, manager of the Central mine (Sulphide Corporation, Limited), writes:—"I have the honor to enclose you cheque for £30 14s. 4d., being the total of a…
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THE business transacted at the Broken Hill Lands and Mines offices during 1899 has been very much heavier than that of the previous 12 months. An increase is…
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THE plant treated last week 1200 tons crude ore, which returned 202 tons concentrates, including 12 tons from the buddles, assaying 63.3 per cent. lead, 18.6oz. silver, and 8.2 per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining. [By Telegraph.] Gold Returns. MELBOURNE
The Ballarat Central gold returns tor the year were 68,000oz., which ls 4000oz. below that ot 1898…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Strike in the West. Colony's Lines Utterly Disorganised. Goods Traffic Entirely Stopped. Goldfields Short of Food and Fuel Supplies. Alarming Rise in the Price of Provisions. [By Telegraph.] Perth, Tuesday Evening
Pursuant to the determination arrived at last night by the locomotive enginedriver and firemen, the men as a body ceased work to-day. Those who should have gone on at…
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THE plant, running 56 hours' short time last week, dealt with 640 tons crude ore, assaying from the t[?]ommels 19.8 per cent. lead, 12oz. silver, and 16.7 per cent. zinc,…
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THE following quotations, dated London, January 10, have been received by Messrs. Clarke and Co.:—Associated, £6 2s. 6d; Great Boulder, 34s.; Perseverance, £10 6s…
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THE owner of a coal tract near Pittsburg, says an American contemporary, is building a model mining town, with the object of supplying to the 3000 employees in the mines…
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THE following quotations, dated London, January 11, have been received by Messrs. Clarke and Co.:—Associated, £5 10s.; Bayley's United, 13s.; Chillagoe, 27s. 6d.;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Patriotic Miners. Sydney
The miners of the Hetton colliery, in the Newcastle district, at a general meeting, resolved that each miner should contribute 6d. fortnightly towards the Patriotic Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING. Bullion Returns
BLOCK 10, week ending January 10.— Treated 2781 tons crude ore, producing 466 tons concentrates. Junction North, weekending January 10.—…
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