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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Gold Returns. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 2

The West Australian gold outputs for December was 189[?]754[?]z. The year's out put was 2,177,441oz, and the total output of the State to date…

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A Colliery on Fire. [Reuter's Message.] London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 4

A serious fire has broken out in the Uspensk colliery in Russia. Fifty-eight miners perished. Eleven others were entombed for five days before…

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Examination of Mine Managers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

ON December 16, 17, and 18 the Board of Examiners under the Mines Inspection Act, 1901 (Messrs. Slee, James Taylor, and G. E. Moore),…

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MINING. The Junction

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

THIS mine, which was closed down all through the holidays, will resume work on Monday, but will confine attention to driving the main level…

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A Colliery on Fire. [Reuter's Message.] London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 4

A serious fire has broken out in the U[?]penak [?]lliery in Russia. Fifty-eight miners perished. Eleven others were entombed for five days before…

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MINING. The Share Market

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 2

THE Adelaide Stock Exchange reopened to-day. The market was improved right through. Silver stocks all showed an advance in buyers' prices…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Suicide of a Mine Manger, HOBART

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 2

James Bean, well known as manager of the Jukes Proprietary mine, Queenstown, suicided on Saturday by cutting his throat…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] N. S. W. Gold Yield SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 2

The gold yield of New South Wales last year was valued at £1,080,773…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Sensational Strike of Gold. A Southern Cross Find. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 2

Some weeks ago two men, Lang and Hat, pegged out and leased some ground in the centre of Southern Cross township, where gold had been…

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Miners' Wages on the Murchison

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 3

A TELEGRAM from One (W. A.) states: —"The rates of wages of miners on the Murchison and at Peak Hill and A[?]botts at present range from £4 to…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Queensland Gold [?]ield. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 January 1903 · page 2

The gold yield of Queensland for the month of December was 62,510[?]z…

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Barrier Miner. Thursday, January 8, 1903 Westralian Mining Progress

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 January 1903 · page 2

THE output of gold in West Australia d[?]ring 1902 ca[?]ily constitutes a record for that State. Comm[?]n[?]ing with a total of 302oz, in 1886, there was the…

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Outtrim Colliery Trouble [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 2

The directors of the Outtrim colliery yesterday forwarded to the miners of their collieries particulars of the proposed new races. At present the…

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MINING. Block 10

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 2

THE mill, running 36 hours for the week, treated 74-4 tons crudes for 129 tons concentra[?], of high metal value. The shipments were 554 tons net. The…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] a Tasmanian Mine. LAUNCESTON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 2

At a meeting of the directors of the Tasmania Company yesterday the offer from an E[?]glish syndicate to purchase the property was refused. The…

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Big Mine Mishaps

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 January 1903 · page 2

Three accidents occurred in Block 13, Proprietary mine, on Saturday evening. The victim of the first mishap was W. Lyold, who while…

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Lands and Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 2

THERE has been only a slight falling off in the Mines office business for the past 12 months, but in the Lands office transactions, in consequence of…

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Outtrim Colliery Trouble. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 2

Work was resumed at the Outtrim colliery yesterday with only one shift. Great dissatisfaction is expressed by the men, who have the public…

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Miners' Accident Fund. The First Breach

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 2

A CAS[?], the first of its kind, came before the West Maitland police court, when James Ralston was charged with a breach of the regulations under the…

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Mining at Broken Hill. Some Impressive Figures

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 3

MR. W. E. WAINWRIGHT, surface manager of the South, [?]ding to a request, has made available some figures which he presented at a recent…

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