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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

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MINING. The Junction North

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 2

AN informal meeting of shareholders in the Junction North Company, convened by Mr Mortimer Stuckey, was held in Adelaide on Friday afternoon. Mr. Stuckey, who…

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A Gold Yield. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 4

The manager of the Arltunga Cyanide Works reports that Peiklus' parcel of 17 tons of stone from the White Range mine yielded a return of 4oz. 10dwt of gold per ton…

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Miners at Bendigo: Searching for Stolen Gold. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

A strike of min[?] has occurred at the Clarence United [?] Bendigo. The manager placed, by order of the directors, before the men a paper which they were…

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Unsealing the Greta Colliery

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

THE work of un[?]aling the Greta mine, which was sealed down early in December through an outbreak of fire, by which five men were [?]ntombed, was beg[?]n on Tuesday night under…

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Accidents in the Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

Last evening, at about 6 o'clock, Michael Ryan, single, sustained very painful injuries in the Proprietary mine. He was breaking some ground on a plot at 400ft. in Block 1[?]…

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MINING. Block 14

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

THE plant ran slowly during the past week treating 1446 tons crudes for 429 tons concentrates and slimes of good value. The dispatch[?] comprised 85 tons oxidised o[?]…

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A Burning Coal Dump

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 4

ABOUT three weeks ago the discovery was made that the coal dump at the rear of the old concentrating plant, Proprietary mine, was on fire [?]where in the centre. The…

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Rich Gold Finds. London, April 15

Western Grazier · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 2

Rich gold reefs have been discovered in the Murchison Range in the [?]vaal…

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MINING. The Victoria Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 2

THE large Cornish pump in the main shaft which has been in disuse for nearly 10 years was given a trial movement towards the end of last week. It responded so satisfactorily…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] New Gold Reefs in the Transvaal. LONDON, Monday Night

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 2

Rich gold reefs, it is reported, have been discovered in the Murchison district, in the Transvaal…

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MINING. Block [?]

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 2

THE plant ran slowly for the week, treating 2695 tons crudes, which yielded 475 [?] concentrates, b[?]lking 32'73[?]. s[?]er, 6[?] per cent, lead, and 7 12 per cent [?]. The…

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A Burning Coal Dump

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 4

ABOUT three weeks ago the discovery was made that the coal dump at the rear of the old concentrating plant, Proprietary mine, was on fire somewhere in the centre. The…

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Mine Accident at Johannesburg: 26 Natives Killed. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 2

The rope of a cage ascending the Geldenhuis Deep mine at Johannesburg broke while the cage was full of men. The cage fell to the bottom, and 26…

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The Greta Colliery Fire. by [?] SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

The workmen employed on the scene of the fire at the Greta colliery have made strong endeavors to remove the heated matter, but at intervals have been driven…

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The Chillagoe Mines. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 1

A telegram has been received [?] the whole of the earthworks and bridges on the Chillagoe Mareeba railway have been finished and the rails laid to the terminus…

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The Abandoned Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 7

"BOYS, I've been thinking." Jim Peters' three companions, who were lounging with him in front of a little log cabin up in the…

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Dismantling a Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 8

THE Kaiser mine, situated a few miles outside of Brok n Hill, seem [?]d to give Mr. Justin M Carthy, is chief proprietor, some trouble. But by bit the visible part of…

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MINING. The North

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 5

Working only eight [?] last week the mill treated 364 tons crudes which [?] tons concentrates, including nine tons from the tables, assaying 62.4 per cent, lead,…

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A Year's Mining Work

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 4

ACCORDING to the statistics of the Mines Department for 1000 telegraphed to us yesterday, Broken Hill continues to produce mineral of greater value than…

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The Price of Lead. Effect of the Fall on the Mines. Junction to Cease Work

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 4

YESTERDAY'S London quotation for lead was £12 54, That is a fall of 3s. 9d, upon the quotation of a week ago, althongh a few days ago the market touched £12 2s 6d. A…

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