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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

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Terrible Mining Fatality. Two Men Killed at Castlemaine. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2

A dreadful accident occurred at Castlemaine last evening, David Harry Johns (31) and Robert Arthur Davey (29) were beating out a stope in…

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

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

Messrs. S. C Ward and Co. have received the following London quotations:— Salphides, 5[?] 6d sales…

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Central Mine Creep. Report of the Commission. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1903 · page 2

The report of the Royal Commission on the Central mine creep, Broken Hill, has been received by Mr. Kidd, Minister for Mines. Mr. Kidd will…

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Mine Manager Killed. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2

Mr. John Temby, manager of the Associated gold mine, Kalgoorlie, West Australia, [?]ied St K[?]da last even[?] ing as the result of injuries received in…

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Fall in a Mine. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2

William Able fell in a mine at Chil[?]ern yesterday afternoon and was killed…

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The Gippsland Coal Trouble. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 1

The Jumbunna Coalmining Company has engaged 100 miners at Bendigo at 9[?]. per day to take the place of the men on strike…

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The Gippsland Coal Strike Arrivai of the "Free Laborers," [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2

The men engagod in Melbourne and Bendigo to take the plate of the miners on strike in Gippsland arrived by train at Outtrim and Jumbunna…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] a Boy's Find, SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 2

A boy named Peroy James found a nagget of gold weighing 13dw[?] in Queen-street, Galgong, yesterday…

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Gippsland Coal Strike. "Free Laborers" Joining the Union, [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 2

Everything is qulet at the Jumbunna and Oattrim coal mines, where some 70 or 80 men on Monday took the places of the miners on strike…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 1

AN accident occurred this afternoon at the P[?]oprfetary mine. A timberman named Harry Davis, working in Block 13, at the 400ft. level, fell down…

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A Cobalt Mine at Lobethal

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 2

Mr. John M[?]re, of L[?]bebhal, South Australia, who has always taken a deep interest in mining matters, and three of his neighbore, have (says the…

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The Newcastle Collieries The Hewing Rate. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 2

It is rumored that a number of the proprietors of the Newcastle and district collieries propose intimating to the miners that the must sufer a 6d…

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Sale of a Mine. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 2

The Parra[?] Cupper Mines Company has purchased the Yelta mine, adjoining Moo[?]. The property covers 620 acres and is in nine…

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The Gippsland Miners. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 2

Six of the men who left Bendigo for the J[?]a and O[?]m coal mines on Monday returned to Bendigo last night, dissatisfied with the state of…

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

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 2

Messrs S. C Ward and Co. have received the following London share quotations:— Lake View Con[?] 52, 6d sales…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Mine Accidents in the West. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

Thomas Bath, president of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, Kalgoorlie, was overcome by fames in the Great Boulder Main Reef mine…

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Nature's Revo[?]t. [Reuter's Messages.] Terrible Disaster in Canada. A Volcanic Outbreak. Mountains Fall on a Township. A Colliery Set Ablaze. Many Lives Lost. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

A terrible disaster, attributed to a volca[?]i[?] disturbance, has destroyed a colliery and pare of the township at Frank, or Frances, in the siouth west…

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The Gippsland Collieries. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2

Nothing new has arisen with regard to the Gippsland collieries dispute. A miner named M'Nab, who assaulted Mr. Boyd, M.L.A., a director,…

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[By Telegraph.] a Mine Sold. HOBART

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2

The Western mine, Zsehan, which has been closed for two years has been sold. The purchaser is a London Syndicate, The property is to be…

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West Australian Gold Yield, PERTH

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2

The West Australian gold yield for April was £208,626 E; valued at £751,057, which is the second highest. return on record…

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