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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

612 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 21 of 31

Mine Managers and the Unemployed. to the Editor

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 July 1903 · page 2

Sir,—I noticed in your issue of Saturday a letter signed "Anobher Rec[?] bite" The writer says he agrees with Mr. Hebbard "that a great deal of the…

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MINING. The Proprietary. Half-Yearly Report

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 July 1903 · page 2

The 36th half-yearly report and balance sheet of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company (to May 31) has been issued…

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Operations at the Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 July 1903 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon Block 10 mill started a second shif[?], and Mr. V F. Stanley Low, the general manager, states it is his intention to run the…

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The Position on the Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 July 1903 · page 4

Preparations are proceeding at the South mine for resuming ore breaking and mill work on Monday on day and afternoon [?]hites R[?]filling will also be…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Wages at Mount Lyell. Queenstown (T[?])

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 July 1903 · page 2

The revision committee appointed by the Gormanston branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, to bring about a scale of wages on the…

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Mine Managers and the Unemployed. to the Editor

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 July 1903 · page 2

SIR,—I have been much intrested in the correspondence on the above subject in year columns. I quite agree with the very temperate remarks in…

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The following appeared in yesterday's late Editions Late Cable News. The Dead Pope. The English Cricketers. Transvaal Diamond Mines. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 July 1903 · page 1

Many of the London newspapers regret A. C Maclaren's section with regard to the English cricket team for Australia. Some pu[?]h a statement…

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The Position on the Mines. BLOCK 10

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 July 1903 · page 4

Productive work at Block 10 mill continues on one and a half abifte daily. Underground all the faces are in good working order, and by patting…

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The Water Famine. The Position on the Mines. the British

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 July 1903 · page 2

THE management of the British, which during the past several weeks has been using mine wa[?] in the boilers, has been so handicapped for…

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

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 July 1903 · page 2

Messrs, S. C. Ward and Co. have received the following latest London share quotations:— Great Boulder, sellers 26[?] 64…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Deep Sinking in Victoria. GOld at 3814[?]. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 July 1903 · page 3

Yesterday gold was discovered at a dept of 3814[?]. in the Victoria quartz mine, Bendigo. It is expected that a week's work will prove the quality of…

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Water in Mines. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 July 1903 · page 3

At a meeting of the Miners' Association as Creswick yesterday several speakers (miners) referred to the dangers they had to face from water…

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The Position on the Mines. BLOCK 10

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 July 1903 · page 4

Productive work at Block 10 mill continues on one and a half shifts daily. U[?]ground all the faces are in good working order, and by putting…

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Britain's Fiscal Policy Mr. Chamberlain's Proposals. Northumberland Miners in Revolt. The Barnard Castle Flection [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 July 1903 · page 2

A great gathering of Northamber land miners, attending their annual picnic at Morpeth, in Northumberland, at the instance of Mr. Thomas Burt,…

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The South Mine. to the Editor

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 3

SIR,—On Monday last when a large number of miners assembled at the South mine in hopes of again getting on to work, being informed when they…

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The Position on the Mines. the British

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 2

In order to increase the mine water supplies a line of piping from Thompson's shaft on Block 16 has been laid to the Janction South shaft on Block…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Explosion in a Mine. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 2

In the Vulcan mine, Irvinebank, yesterday two miners, Maher and Moor, were hammering a charge of dynamite when in exploded, Maher's…

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Gold Stealing in the West [By Telegraph.] Perth, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 2

At the Boulder police court Thomas Danman, ex-publican, was charged with having gold in his possession which might reasonably be supposed…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Sale of a Mine. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 July 1903 · page 3

A Gundagai telegram states:— "Four mining investors, representing Lamb and Co.'s syndicate, Ballarat, have visited the Bark Hub…

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The Mines Water

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 July 1903 · page 2

The manager of Block 10 mine desires to correct the statement made, on the authority of Mr. Charles Eley, general manager of the Silverton…

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