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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

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Telegraphic News The Broken Hill Water Supply. Mines Closed Down. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 2

The whole of the mines at Broken Hill have shut down, and 5000 men are thrown out of employment. The position in Broken Hill is…

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The Position on the Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 June 1903 · page 2

Aff[?]lrs along the line of [?]ode remain in statu quo, and although a considerable number of men are still finding work in many [?]ances it is only of a…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The New Opal Field. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 June 1903 · page 2

Fifty-seven miners' rights have been issued at Walgett during [?] present year, 24 of which were issued during the last three days of last w[?] in…

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Alleged Gold Robberies. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 4

An Orange telegram states that persistent rumors ara in circulation there regarding the robbery of [?]ich stone from the Lucknow gold mines,…

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A New Goldfield. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 2

Remarkably rich gold find continue[?] to be reported from Prathen, near Warwick, on the Darling Downs, Several Sydney and Brisbane…

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Explosion in a Mine. Loss of 175 Lives. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 2

A frighrtful explosion occurred yes terday in the Union Pacific mine at Hauna, Wyoming, U S A. The explosion set the mine on fire,…

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A Mine's Luck. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 2

The Imperial mine, Cha[?]s Towers, has been working for four years without paying a dividend, and £11,[?]00 has been expended in development. A meeting for…

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Live Stock on the Mines

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 2

IT IS only [?]sionally that anything [?] In tha proceedings of the Arbitration Court which tende to relieve the monotony of the mast of evidence…

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The Albert Goldfield

Western Grazier · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 2

It seems extraordinary that, with the very rich returns which have been won from [?] to time on the Albert Goldfield, developments on a larger scale have not…

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The Miners V. the Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 2

AFTER sitting for nearly 13 days the Arbitration Court closed its sittings as aboat 2 o'olook yeaterday afternoon, The proceediogs were watched by a…

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Colliery Hewing Rates. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 2

The Registrar of the Arbitration Courth has notified the Collery Employees' Federation and the Northorn Colliery Proprietors' Association that…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Another Oil Discovery. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 2

It is reported the petroleum has now been discovered near the Murray In the neighborhood of Mannnm…

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Explosion in a Mine. WELLINGTON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 July 1903 · page 2

Charles Dawson and Henry Olsen were seriously injured by an explosion in the Globe mine, Reefton, yeaterday. Olsen was a recent arrival from…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Mining in Siberia. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 July 1903 · page 3

A syndicate, headed by Messrs. Ferdinand Peck and Lyman Gage, of the United Stater, has obtained exclusive trading and mining privileges…

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The Water Famine. Consultation with the Mine Managers. The Erection of Condensers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 July 1903 · page 2

LAST evening, at the Freemasons' Hotel, the members of the Mine Managers' Association consluted with O'Sullivan, Minister for Works,…

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Alleged Gold Stealing. Four Men Arrested. [By Telegraph.] [?] MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 July 1903 · page 2

A big robbery of copper plates was recently reported from the Cassilis mine, Ome[?], yesterday. Four suspects, William Roberts, Edward…

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A Disappointed Rainmaker. Dr. MacCarthy "Throws up the Sponge." He is "Sorry for the Poor Miners."

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 July 1903 · page 2

The unyielding dryness of the Barrier atmosphere has completely baffled Dr. MacCarthy. After three more days gasmaking on the Stephens…

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The Collie Mining Trouble The Mine Shut Down. [By Telegraph] Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 July 1903 · page 2

Owing to the failure to settle the labor trouble with its miners the Collie Mining Company has ehut the mine down…

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Effect on the Coal Trade

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 July 1903 · page 2

A Wollongong correspondent wrote on Saturday:—"The coal trade of the district has not been so brisk this week, several collieries not working…

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The Water Famine. Operations on the Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 July 1903 · page 2

WITH the exception of the Broken Hill Proprietary, which is raising oxidised ores, the British, which continues to perform ordinary productive…

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