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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

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Chinese As Miners

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 2

THE Northern Territory Times of December 11 writes:—"It is said that an application has been made—or is about to be made—by [?] certain Chinese for permission to introduce…

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MINING. The Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 2

THE output of the Broken Hill Proprietary for the four weeks ending December 30 was:—Gold, nil; silver, 800,044[?] load, 5210 tons; antimonial lead, 52 tons…

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It Travels Fast. Gold News in Broken Hill Travels Nearly as Fast at B[?]d

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 3

HAVE yon heard the good news? Heard neighbors talking about it? It means a new back for an old one. Not necessarily old in years,…

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Lands and Mines Offices. The Business of the Year

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 3

DURING the past 12 months the Lands Office business transacted in Broken Hill has been almost at a standstill, owing to the Western Lands Board…

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Robbery of Gold. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 2

Jacob Fox, a passenger by the steamar Peregrine from Sydney to Maryborough, has reported that on the night of leaving Sydney be [?]d £135…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] In South Australia. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 3

The manager of the Arltunga battery reports that the ore treated at the battery from March, 1898, to November, 1903, was 3222 tons, which…

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Queensland Gold Yield. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 2

The gold yield of the State for the year 1903 was 909,887 crude ounces. The mine dividends for the year totalled £989,050…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] New Zealand Gold. WELLINGTON

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 2

The increase of gold exported from New Zealand last year was valued at £86,398…

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The Gippsland Collieries. [By Telegraph] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 2

The Jumbanna and O[?]trim collieries, according to the directors, are now in fall work, and the management reckons on employing 100 extra men…

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Operations to be Resumed at the Victoria Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 2

The Victoria Bro[?]en Hill Company will resume work early in the new year. When operations were suspended, at the close of 1902, the main shaft had been sunk to a…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Opal Prospecting. Disposition of Parties. Some Good Finds. White Cliefs

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 2

The men selected to prospect for opal in the White [?]ff district were taken to the different selected sites on Thursday, under the direction of the War[?]e[?], and were…

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New Caledonia Mines. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

The Rothschilds deny that they are trying to induce France to send more convicts to work the nickel mines in New Caledonia…

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New South Wales Gold Yield. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

The gold yield of New South Wales for the year 1903 totalled 254,260[?]z. Its value was £1,080 029…

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Rand Mines and Miners. a Ballarat M[?]'s Experiences [BY [?]] MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 2

Mr. W. J H[?] well-known Ballarat mining manger, who has just returned from South Af[?] gives his experience of the Rand mines, where…

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Another Colliery Trouble Arbitration Award Ignored., [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 2

The miners of the Northern Extended coll[?]ery, in the Newcastle district, refused to proceed to work yesterday under the award given by…

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Colliery Troubles. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 2

The co[?]ery trouble in the north is spr[?]ding. Yesterday the men of several other collieries in the Teralba district…

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Colliery Troubles. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 4

It is reported in Sydney this afternoon that the miners at the Roond[?] colliery, in the Newcastle district, have gone out on strike, following the…

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Killed in a Mine. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 3

A miner named M[?]in Abrahamson was killed in the new In[?]line shaft, Long Tannel mine, Walkalle, yesterday. He and a mate named Driscoll…

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Deep Leads Mining MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 2

The reports that big English capital is being put into the ope[?]g up of the Berry and other Victorian deep leads prove to be correct. The managing…

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Wallaroo Mines on Fire. The Outlook Serious. Centred in Taylor's Shaft. Extends to Surface Works. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 2

A fire broke [?] yesterday [?] Taylor's [?], Wallaroo Mines, and the present outlook is a serious one. The fire is supposed to have started…

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