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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines
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A small Government grant had been made for the Commonwealth celebrations, but this was supplemented by private citizens, and a creditable display was the result. The city…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following were amongst the shipments made for week ending December 26:- Broken Hill Proprietary to Port Pirie, 3326 tons, consisting of 1519 tons oxidised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three directors of the Outtrim coal mine visited the mine yesterday. They think there is now every prospect of a speedy settlement of the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland gold yield for December totalled 62,395oz. HOBART, Saturday. The minerals exported from Tasmania…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BOTH the norrh and south drives at the 100ft. of No. 2 shaft on Block 6 continue to carry fall faces of gcod pay ore with no insications of foot or hanging wail. Northward the driva…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of employees at Block 14 mine waa held in the Trades Hall yesterday afternoon to elect an employees' committee in accordance with the provision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LORD ROBERTS' reputation as a very b[?] man has undoubtedly been enhanced by his fall year's campaign in South Africa; but can we yet with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The enemy did damage at the Kleinfontein mine to the extent of £250,000. Two years' work will be required to pat the mino in the same state as it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FOR nearly three weeks the plant has been subjected to a thorough overhaul. Numerous repairs and adjustments for economising labor have been made, and Mr. J. Woolcock,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE is room for very Benong complaint respecting the method by which the local committees ander the Miners' Accident Belief Act are being brought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The difficulty regarding the coal supply has resulted in the price going np to 50s. per ton. There is less coal in Adelaide and at the Port than there has b[?]en for a long time. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE are few Australians who have not heard of "The Welcome Nugget," and there are few museums existing in the colonies without a model of that precious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE problem involved in taming the zinc in the [?]phides to profitable account, which has so important a bearing on the future of Broken Hill, has been more or less zealously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE is come talk, locally, of legislation being passed shortly, dealing with the registration of opal buyers, and asking them to keep a record of all sales effected by them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owing to the increased, cost ot coal, the price of gas in Adelaide has been raised by 1s. 6d. per 1000 feet and the price of coke to £1 12s. 6d. per ton. Users of gas have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following tabulated statement of hands emplojed on the various Barrier mines in December 1899 and 1900 respectively is from official sources:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The plant for the Port Augusts smelters has all arrived in the colony, and the work of erectirg will be begun shortly. The first plant will treat 30 tons daily, but provision…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There was no change in the price of Newcastle coal yesterday, and the question now is when will the contracts with the consumers be reiumed. The importers are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WE print to-day a really extraordinary letter from a correspondent who makes a perfervid declamation against the new Miners' Accident Relief Act. Our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three of the Labor representatives from the Barrier to the Commonwealth celebrations in Sydney have returned to Broken Hill. Two cemailed a while longer in sydney, two were…
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