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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

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On the Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 4

PRODUCTIVE work was resumed on the South this morning, both on surface and underground, the mine and mill going full time[?]With the exception…

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The Water Supply. Work at the Mines. Pr[?]g as Usual

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 3

THE resumption of pumping operations at the S[?]eph as C[?] reservior has enabled the various mines to obtain the necessary supplies of water, and…

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Mine Mishaps

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 September 1903 · page 2

Two slight accidents occurred in barring down ground at the Proprietary mine last night. The more serious of the two happened in Block…

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The Chillagoe Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 September 1903 · page 2

The output of the Chillagoe furnaces for August (says the Argus) varies very little from that for July, despite the fact that a larger quantity of ore…

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Barrier Mines. Friday, September 11, 1903. Wanted, a National Party

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 September 1903 · page 2

PERHAPS the most sensational and meet important thing that has yet happened in connection with Federal position is the carrying, against…

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Buried in a Mine. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 September 1903 · page 2

Charles Thomas and Richard Warren were working in the stopes at the 1700ft. level in the Great Northern mine, Bendigo, yesterday afternoon…

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Mining. [Reuter's Message.] The Associated Blocks. A Meeting in London. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 September 1903 · page 2

An uproarious meeting, lasting three hours, of shareholders in the Associated Great Northern Blocks Gold mining Company, West Australia,…

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The Price of Coal. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 September 1903 · page 2

A meeting of the northern colliery proprietory has resolved that from January 1 next the selling price of the best screened coal shall be reduced to…

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The Gippsland Coal Strike Appeal for a Conference. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 September 1903 · page 2

The Gippsland coal miners on strike have appealed to the managers of the Outtrim and Jumbunna mines to meet them in conference, with a view of an…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Delprat Zinc Process. The Potter Protest. Case Advances a Stage. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 September 1903 · page 2

The dispute concerning the Delprat"salt cake" zinc process occupied several hours before the Commissioner of Patents yesterday afternoon…

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Mine Mishaps

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 September 1903 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, just as the day shift was knocking off at the Proprietary mine, John Glanville, who was leaving his work at the 640ft…

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The Chillagoe Mines[?]

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 September 1903 · page 2

The weekly report of the Chillagoe Company states:—Queensland, 160ft. level: Stoping ore[?] Pen[?]e open [?]t producing good [?]ed ore in…

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Ancient Mining

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 3

Mr. Henry Hartrick, of Walhalla, has (says the Argus) received from his brother, Mr J. S. Hartrick, who was for 14 years an employee of the…

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The Gippsland Coal Strike Strikers Leaving. [By Telegraph.]

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. Many of the coalminers on strike at Jumbunna have sold their homes and left the district owing to their inability…

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Northern Territory Mining

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 September 1903 · page 2

Three Western Australian prospectors arrived at Port Darwin in a small [?]ailing boat on Saturday from Wyndham. They report having found good…

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MINING. The North

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 September 1903 · page 2

WORK at the North mine romain[?] confined to the cutting of the plat at the 800ft of the main shaft, which is making only fair progress, and to…

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

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 September 1903 · page 3

Massrs. S. C. Ward and Co. have received the following latest London share quotations:— Lake View Consols, sales 32s 6d…

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A Mystery of the Goldfields. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 September 1903 · page 2

The remains of a man were found by a prospecting party on the Marchison, 70 miles north-east of M[?]. The man appeared to have been dead…

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Fire on a Mine. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 September 1903 · page 4

The engine house on the Specimen Hill United mine, Eaglehawk, wad destroyed by gire yesterday. The valuable machinery on the surface was greatly…

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South Mine Cricket Club

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 2

A well-attended meeting of the South Mine Cricket Club was held at the Prince Consort Hotel on Thursday evening, Mr. J. M'Konzie in the…

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