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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

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MINING. The North Half-yearly Report

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 3

The report of the directors of the North Mine for the half-year ending Jane 30 is brief. Development work, the directors say, has…

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MINING. The Junction North

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 July 1900 · page 2

THE plant, owing to adjustments and repairs did slow work for the week, treating 642 ton crude sulphides, which returned 102 ton concentrates, assaying in bulk 59[?]5 per cent…

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The Tarcoola Gold Rush. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 July 1900 · page 4

It is reported that rich gold-bearing reefs have been discovered six miles north-west of Tarcoola, from which pince there has been a rush to peg ont claims there…

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MINING. The North

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 July 1900 · page 2

RUNNING full time last week, less 13 hours' stoppages for adjustments and repairs, the mill treated 944 tons crudes, assaying 20.8 per cent. lead, 10.6oz, silver, and 17.1 per…

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MINING. The Junction

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 2

The plant, which is in first-class order, had a profitable run last week. The crudes treated totalled 1695 tons, and gave 234 tons concentrates, including 35 tons from the…

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Mine Signalling

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 July 1900 · page 2

In the July report of the "Transactions of the New South Wales Chamber of Mines" the following announcement is made:— a uniform Code of Signala in Mines.—Your…

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The Coal Trade. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 July 1900 · page 2

The southern colliery proprietors have declined to concede the men any immediate rise in the hewing rate…

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Hours of Mine Engineers. a Bill to Regulate Them

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 July 1900 · page 3

IN the Assembly, on Wenesday evening. Mr. Edden, in moving the second reading of the Mine Engineers' Hours Regulation Bill, said that the time had gone by when it…

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Mining. [Reuter's Message.] Broken Hill Proprietary Shares. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 July 1900 · page 2

Broken Hill Proprietary shares are now quoted in London at 47s. 6d…

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A Fire in a Copper Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 July 1900 · page 3

THE sensation of the week in the Lake Superior copper district and in mining circles eenerally is the fire which broke out on Sunday in the Calumet and Hecla mine (says…

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MINING. The Proprietary's Coke Supply

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 July 1900 · page 2

THE Argus, reporting the coal-for-coking contract just, entered into by the Broken Hill Proprietary and referred, to already in our telegrams, says:—An important contract has…

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Mine Manager Stuck Up. [By Telegraph.] Perth, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 July 1900 · page 2

About 2 o'clock this morning Mr. Harris manager of Hannan's Proprietary mine, was awakened at his residence at the Boulder by three masked men, armed with revolvers,…

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Barrier Miner. Tuesday, July 31, 1900. the Rating of the Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 July 1900 · page 2

WE have tried for over 10 years to find out what the law says about the rating of mines for municipal purposes, and we have failed. Even an appeal to Sir…

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The Coal Hewing Rate. The Premier's Mediation. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 July 1900 · page 2

At a meeting of the Newcastle Miners Delegate Board last evening, a letter was read from Mr. Kirkpatrick, Under-Secretary for Trade, as follows:—" I have the honor,…

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The Town Assessments. The Taxation of the Mines. The Valuations Adopted. Adoption of the Estimates Postponed

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 July 1900 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the municipal council was held laat night to receive the report of the valuers (Messrs. J. E. Brown and E. H. Dawson) and the estimates for the ensuing…

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A Mine Football Match

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 4

ALL through the season a considerable amount of rivalry has existed between members of the two crack football clubs along the line of lode—the Block 14 Stars and the Block 14…

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Mine and Mill Returns

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 2

South, week ending July 27.—Treated 1858 tons crude ore, producing 361 tons firstgrade concentrates, assaying 64 per cent. lead, 22oz silver, 10 per cent. zinc, and 102…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Tarcoola Goldfield. Reported Rich Discovery. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 2

The Warden of Goldfields has telegraphed to the Minister of Mines, that a rich discovery of gold has been made at Tarcoola adjoining Sare's shaft…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Two Miners Probably Drowned. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 2

Water broke from a some worked ground into a rise where James P[?]ton and John Tisdale were working in the Great Eldorado mine, and it is feared that they have been drowned…

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In Search of Gold. a Great Exodus. Ploughing Through a Sea of Ice

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 2

A DESPATCH from, Victoria, British Columbia, dated June 30, says:— The stampede of the miners and others who have been carried away by the gold fever to…

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