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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

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MINING. The Junction North

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 3

With 15 hours' stoppages for the week the plant dealt with 1061 tons crude sulphides, which produced 173 tons concentrates, including 29 tons from the buddies, worth in…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] The Balmain Mine Accident. "Shaftmen Should be Medically Examined." SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 2

The inquest on the death of the men who were killed at the Sydney colliery last Saturday has resulted in a ve[?]lict of accidental d[?]h; a ri[?]er was added expressing the…

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Fatal Colliery Accident. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 2

Thomas Ashton, a miner, who had been working at the Pacific Co-operative Colliery, Teralba, has expired at the Wallsend hospital from injuries received on the 16th instant…

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MINING. Block 14

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 3

THE mill had a very heavy run last week— indeed, topping all previous records. The quantity or crudes dealt with was 2028 tons, which yielded 823 tons concentrates and…

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The Coal Trade. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 2

At a mass meeting of the South Bulli colliery miners on Saturday a letter was received from the provincial council of the A. L. F. informing the men that the council…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The North Mine. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 2

Mr. H. J. Daly, who is understood to be the representative of English shareholders, and who has been appointed a director of the North mine, vice Mr. H. Dodds, deceased, began…

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The North Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 1

MR. H. J. DALY has been elected to the North mine beard in place of the late Mr. Henry Dodds. The special meeting of shareholders called to appoint Mr. Daly an extra…

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A Far-North South Australian Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 2

The Mount Gunson copper mine, which is situated about 85 miles north-west of Port Augusta, has (the Advertiser says) an immense deposit of low-grade copper ore spread…

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Terrible Fatality at the South Mine. Two Miners Killed. A Mysterious Explosion

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 2

ONE of those unaccountable occurrences which render the occupation of the miner so very risky happened at the South mine at about 1 o'clock this morning. An explosion, the cause…

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MINING. The Junction North

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 2

THE plant had a very fair run last week, treating 1099 tons crude sulphides for 182 tons concentrates, including 29 tons from the buddles, worth in bulk 62'4 per cent. lead,…

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A Rejected Coal Tax. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 2

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has privately declined the proposal to place a tax of 2s. 6d. a ton on the export of coal, despite the probability that it would…

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The Desired Footway Over the Mines. An Official Report

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 4

IN consequence of an application made by the municipal council for the construction of a footway over the Broken Hill Proprietary mine to the South, the Mines…

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The South Mine Fatality. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 4

MR. MAITLAND, P.M., held an Inquest this afternoon into the deaths of the two men, Alfred May and William H. Barkley, who were killed by an explosion in the South…

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Barrier Miner. Thursday, March 29, 1900. the Crisis in the Coal Trade

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 2

TROUBLE is brewing again on the New South Wales coalfiekds. Mr. J. B. Nicholson, one of the Labor members who is least given to sensationalism,…

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The War. Collieries Destroyed. Boers Looting the Free State. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 4

Two Boer prisoners have escaped from their custody at Simons Town, in Cape Colony. The Boers report that they have…

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MINING. Consolation G. M. Company

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 2

A LARGELY attended meeting of shareholders was held last night at the Silver Age Hotel. Mr. T. Murphy, the local director, presided A letter was read from Mr. R. S. Ford,…

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Commandeering Gold at Pretoria. London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 2

The Transvaal Government has commandeered half a million sovereigns from the five banks in Pretoria. Half the amount has been commandeered from…

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The Peril of the Mines

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

A cable minage yesterday said that the English owned probities at Johannesburg aro being undermine!. The President ot the Sooth African Be-,…

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MINING. The Mount Browne District

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

A LOCAL correspondent writes:— Mining in this district has been very quiet for soma time, Little fresh is being done; but a few old hands, who have been fighting…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Coen Fields. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 April 1900 · page 3

The gold warden at Coen has telegraphed to the Mines Department that several nice specimens are being. fount on the Hamilton rush. One weighing 5½b. was smelted for…

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