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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Sydney Share Market. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 3

At the closing of the Exchange last evening Chillagoe, Mungana, and Mount Lyell shares were all wanted at a substantial advance, but…

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Sent From the Tomb. Dying Miners' Last Messages

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 3

No more pathetic story has ever been told than that contained in a few roughly-pencilled sheets of paper found during the closing week of…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Two Miners Killed. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 2

While men were boring in the 991ft. level in the Hustlers' Reef No. 1 mine, Bendigo, ten tons of stone came away from the roof of a…

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Fatality at the Big Mine. Frank Harrington Killed. Another Man Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 2

DEEP regret was everywhere expressed to-day when it was reported that Frank Harrington had met his death by a fall of ore at the…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] New South Wales Gold Yield. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 2

The gold yield of New South Wales for January was 46,235oz., valued at £161,831…

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Mine Fatalities and Juries

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 2

THE new Mines Inspection Act, which only came into force on Saturday last, was referred to at the inquest on Frank Harrington…

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Accident at the Big Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 1

A MILLHAND at the new mill, Proprietary mine, named J. Gemmell, had a rather sensational experience this afternoon. One of the hydraulic lifts…

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The Bendigo Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 2

The Argus correspondent gives the following details of the bad accident which happened last week at a wellknown Bendigo mine:—The Hustler's…

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MINING. South Blocks. Half-yearly Report

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 February 1902 · page 2

THE report of the South Blocks Company for the half-year, ending December 31 has been issued. The directors say that work has…

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Suffocated by Gold

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 February 1902 · page 2

A GOLD refiner, James Micoulas by name, 28 years old, was at work in a laboratory in the Rue de Cha[?]enton, Paris, on January 1, when he was…

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MINING. The South Blocks

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 February 1902 · page 2

PROGRESSIVE work on Block 6 i[?] without anything of unusual importance for the week. No. 3 shaft was sunk another 5ft., which makes it…

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A Barrier Mine's Case. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 1

The Full Court to day gave judg ment in the matter of the ar[?]itration in the action between the New Pinnacle Group Silver-mining Company and…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Chillagoe Reconstruction. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

In consequence of the established rule of the Stock Exchange that an official quotation cannot be given for stock in limited liability…

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The Cobar Copper Mines. Trouble with the Railway Commissioners. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 2

The superintendant of the Cobar copper mines has received a telegram from the head railway office in Sydney, intimating that the Railway…

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The Federal Parliament. Fostering the Mining Industry. Probable Assistance to Iron and Zinc. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 2

The House of Representatives spent all last evening further discussing the tariff. Division VIA.—"Metals and…

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Mining. [By Telegraph] The Cobar Mines. Serious Effect of the Drought. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

Owing to the scarcity of water the Cobar gold mine is closing down one half of its works, and 100 miners have been dismissed. If rain does…

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Miners and Their Wages. Action Against the Blayney Company. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

In the Blayney Small Debts' Court yesterday six miners sued the Great Blayney Copper Mining and Smelting Company for wages due at the…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Opal Fields. White Cliffs

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 2

A parcel of opal, obtained from Block 5, has been sold for £1100. One stone taken from the parcel, after being cut and polished, showed…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Great Cobar Mine. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 February 1902 · page 2

The Foll Court yesterday afternoon entered on the hearing of the appeal by the dissentient shareholders of the Great Cobar copper…

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Mines Inspection Board. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 February 1902 · page 4

The appointment of a board of examiners under the Mines Inspection Act has been made. The following constitute the board:—Messrs. W. H…

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