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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Rich Gold at Hillgrove. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 2

Magnificent gold has been struck in the Hillgrove Proprietary mine. The vein is 10in. in width. The winze is now 40ft. through the shoot…

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New Under-secretary for Mines. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 2

It is understood that Messrs. H. B. Sullivan, chief clerk in the Mines Department, and W. S. Campbell, chief inspector in the Agricultural…

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The Mining Engineers

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 2

THE annual session of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers will be opened to-night. A large number of members from the other colonies were…

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Gold Weather in Europe. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 2

Extremely cold weather is being experienced in England and on the Continent. Nine degrees of frost were registered last night in London…

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MINING. Block 10 Half-yearly Report

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 2

THE Block 10 directors, in their half-yearly report to March 31, state that the fall in the price of silver, as compared with the rates for the…

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Searching Miners at Bendigo. a Test Case. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 4

The following appeared in Saturday's Second Edition: The notion brought in the Bendigo Court by Edward Hummell, a miner,…

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Mining Engineers

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 4

FOLLOWING is the official programme for to morrow (Tuesday):- 1O a.m.—Broken Hill Proprietary, underground…

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MINING. The British

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 2

DEVELOPMENT work remains confined to boring with the diamond drill in two places at the 400ft and crosscutting westward at the 600ft. This…

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The Mining Engineers. Official Reception

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 2

THE visiting members of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers were yesterday afternoon officially received by the Mayor…

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Explosion in a Coal Mine. 250 Miners Killed. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 2

A cablegram from New York states that an explosion occurred in the Fraterville mine, on Coal Creek, Tennessee, U. S. A. The mine…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Mount Morgan Mines, BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 2

A deputation of citizens of Mount Morgan waited on the Minister for Railways yesterday, and asked that the Government should arrange to…

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The Mining Engineers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 2

THE visiting members of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers were kept very interested yesterday. In the morning they…

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The Moonta Mines. Extensive Curtailment of Work. Hands to be Reduced. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 1

A notice was posted at the Wallaroo and Moonta mines this morning to the effect that a very extensive curtailment of mining operations had…

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Mining Engineers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 May 1902 · page 1

FOLLOWING is the programme for tomorrow:- 10 a.m.—South, mine, surface, and underground…

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The Mining Engineers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 May 1902 · page 4

FOLLOWING is the programme for to-morrow:- 10 a.m.—Visiting Block 10, surface and underground…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Tarcoola. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 May 1902 · page 2

A splendid gold reef is reported to have been discovered at Glenloth, near Tarcoola…

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Mine Accidents in the West. [By Telegraph.] Perth, Wednesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 May 1902 · page 2

A return issued by the West Australia Mines Department shows that 21 men were killed and 47 injured in mining accidents in West…

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The Mining Engineers. Continuation of the Session

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 May 1902 · page 2

YESTERDAY the visiting members of the Institute of Mining Engineers had another busy but interesting day. In the morning they were…

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Unskilled Mine Labor. Learners in Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 3

AT the Mining Engineers' Annual Conference, Mr. James Hebbard, assistant manager of the Sulphide Corporation mine, and formerly…

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The Mining Engineers

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 2

THE visiting Mining Engineers had a "day off" yesterday. In the morning they visited the South mine; in the afternoon, at the…

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