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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Gold Dredging Returns. WELLINGTON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 2

The returns of 52 O[?]ago dredges for a recent week averaged 26. z. per dredge…

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Mining. [Reuter's Mesage.] In the Transvall. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 2

An extensive negging out of gold olaims has taken place at Heidelberg, Wilgepoort, and Klerksdorp, in the Transvaal. Many thousand mining…

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The United Progress Association. Water Conservation and Mining. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 2

The United Progress Association at its conferemce yesterday resolved that the Government should take Immediate notion for the conservation of…

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The Gippsland Miners. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 2

A general meeting of the shareholders in the Jambunna Colliery Company was held yesterday afternoon…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] London Share Sales. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 2

Messrs. S. C Ward and Co. have received the following London share quotations:— Sulphides, sales 5s 9d…

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Cue Gold Mining

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 2

M. A P. writes:—Those who have fellowed my tip and bought Cae goldmining shares when they were 12s. have their reward, so far as an advance…

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The Gippsland Miners. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 2

The secretary of the Outtrim Mining Company has written to the secretary of the Miners' Union that any further correspondence proposing a conference…

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Barrier Miner. Saturday, April 18 1903 the Gippsland Coal Strike

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 2

IT is an unhappy thing for Victoria that there is in that State no legal machinery that can be brought into operation for the settlement of the…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Aritunga Field. A New Find. Stock Exchange Excitement. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 2

Great excitement prev[?]ed on the Stock Exchange last evening, when another important wire from the Government Geologist at Allce…

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Fatality at the South Mine

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 April 1903 · page 2

An accident occurred in the South mine on Saturday night whereby two men were injured, one fatally. J. E. Montgomery, a trucker, and G…

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Sale of a Mine. LAUNCESTON

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 April 1903 · page 2

A Queenstown telegram states that the Western Tharsis mine was submitted at auction on Saturday. Bidding started at £50 and advanced to £100,…

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Collie Coal Trouble. Dispute Settled. [By Telegraph.] Perth, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 April 1903 · page 2

The labor trouble at the Proprietary coal mines, Collie, is over. The Minister for Lands visited Collie last week, and after interviewing both sides…

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Mining. [Reuter's Message.] Coalmining in Sydney Harbor. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 April 1903 · page 2

The shareholders of the Sydney Harbor Collieries, Limited, have approved of the reconstruction of the company. The company will be wound…

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A Fine Gold Yield. PERTH, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 2

The Minister of Mines has received a telegram stating that the Little Wonder mine, M[?] [?] crushed 103 tons of stone for 1037oz of gold…

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The Moonta Mines

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 3

The Moonta correspondent of the Register reports that a namber of [?]riouters have had an interview with the manager of the Moonta mines…

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Gold Stealing. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 2

At the Gympie police court yesterday "Scotty" Anderson, a widower with a young family, well known as a miner and employod in a responsible position…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Water Wanted at Cobar. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 3

It is feared that owing to a scarcity of water the Cobar gold mines will shortly have to suspend operations. The copper mine, too, has only six…

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Miners' Rights. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1903 · page 2

Replying to a telegram published in the Press that surprise was expressed at Goulbarn that the issue of free miners' rights had been suspended by…

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Alleged Gold Robbery. [By Telegraph.] Melbourns

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1903 · page 2

The trial of William Allan, charged with the robbery of gold from the Lord Brassey mine, was concladed at the Ballarat Assises last evening, when…

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Th[?]psland Coal Strike "In Search of Miners. Interested Bandsmen. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2

The Oattrim and Jambunna coalmining companies, whose miners are on strike, are adversing for miners at 9[?]. a day. The Bendigo branch of the…

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