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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

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MINING. The Junction

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 2

PROGRESSIVE work is steadily proceeding on the Junction. Browne shaft has been stripped down 20ft. below 675ft. and timbered 46ft., and…

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Frightful Mining Disaster. SYDNEY

Western Grazier · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 2

A frightful disaster [?] the Cardigan Proprietary mine, near [?] on Tuesday night. A [?] of water took place in a sh[?] of the…

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Barrier Miner. Saturday, March 22, 1902. a Year's Mining

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 2

MR. SEE was on the most solid of grounds when he spoke of the vast importance of the mining industry to the State. In 1901, a year of…

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Three Thousand Pounds Damages. Granted Against a Coal Company. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 1

In No. 2 Jury Court to-day a man named Hunter sued T. Saywell, trading as the South Clifton Coal Company, claiming damages for…

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Miners, Read. How One of Your Mates was Cured. Bile Beans for Biliousness the Enemy of Foul Air

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 3

MINERS more than others are likely to ishale foul air, and, consequently, as a rule those who follow that occupation do not enjoy the best of health…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 March 1902 · page 4

A man named Leddy, employed at Baxter and Saddler's open cut, Proprietary mine, had a rather sensational experience this morning. He was…

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The Transvaal Gold Production

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 March 1902 · page 2

The production of the Witwatersrand mines for the month of January has been declared by the Johannesburg Chamber of Mines at 70,340…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle Coal Export. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 2

The quantity of coal exported from Newcastle last week to places beyond the State totalled 55,803 tons. This is among the heaviest…

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Damages for a Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 2

GEORGE S. HUNTER was awarded £3000 damages in Sydney the other day (as then wired to the MINER) for injuries received in an accident at the…

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Coal at Maitland. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 2

On the Aberdare Coal Company's property at Maitland a seam of excellent coal, 33ft, thick, has been struck in the bore…

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The Searching of Miners. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 2

Edward Hammel, a miner, has issued a writ claiming £500 damages from Mr. Mitchinson, manager of the Clarence United Company, at…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 March 1902 · page 2

The Ambulance was called to the Central mine last evening to remove to his home an employee named Henry Davis, who sustained a nasty…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Tarcoola. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 March 1902 · page 2

Mr. Grundy, the manager of the Government battery at Tarcoola, has telegraphed that the works have treated five tons of ore from the…

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The Ballarat Mining Disaster. SYDNEY

Western Grazier · Wednesday 26 March 1902 · page 3

The bodies of mansfield and Hunter, se[?]., have been recovered from the Cardigan mine, Ballarat. There are still two men to be accounted for…

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MINING. Chillagoe

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 March 1902 · page 2

The first ordinary general meeting of shareholders in the New Chillagoe Railway and Mines Company, Limited, was held in Melbourne on…

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Rich Gold Struck. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 March 1902 · page 1

Rich gold was struck to-day in the Sebastopol Plateau No. 1 mine. Mining men state that the stone is the best raised for the past 10…

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The Rating of the Mines

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the council was held on Thursday night to decide what steps should be taken with regard to the proposed conference with the…

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MINING. The Junction

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 2

VERY fair results are still being obtained from progressive work. Preparatory work at Browne shaft having been completed, sinking has been…

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A Broken Hill Miner Strikes Gold

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 3

MR. W. SMITH, of Abbot-street North, Broken Hill South, has just had a stroke of excellent luck. For years he has worked in a local mine,…

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MINING. Carmichael-Bradford Process

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 April 1902 · page 2

THE experiments at West Broken Hill conducted under the supervision of Mr. T. C. Tait, chairman of the Carmichael-Bradford Desulphurising…

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