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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

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Associated Mine. Reported Rich Discovery

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 2

The richest find that has been recorded on the Kalgoorlie field for some time past was made in the tenth level of the Associated receably. At…

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Mine Manger Killed. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 2

Walter Parker, [?] manager of the Perseverance [?] Company, Brookville, [?] day killed by a failing limb of a [?]…

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Another Avalanche. 100 Miners Buried. Reuter's Message.] London, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 4

An avalanche at Pr[?]jelate, in the Tarin dietri[?], in northern Italy, has buried a number of huts containing 100 miners…

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Mining. [By Telegraph] a Year's Work. N.S.W. Mining Laws. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 2

The annual report of the New South Wales Department of Mines has been published. It states that the value of the silver, l[?] and [?]…

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Another [?]Valanche 100 Miners Buried. [Reuter's Message.] London, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 4

An avalanche at P[?] in the Turin distict in northern Italy, has buried a number of [?] con[?] 100 miners…

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Mining Ventures

Western Grazier · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 2

"The claim has come to an end." In these words Mr. James Randell announced to shareholders that the North Duke mine, at Maryborough, had been worked…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Second Edition:— "Creep" in a Gold Mine. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 4

An accident, fortunately not attended by lo[?]s of life, occ[?]red at the Barrangong Gold Dredging Company's works, Young yesterday…

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Gippsland Coal Strike. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 April 1904 · page 2

A mass meeting held on the Yarra Bank yesterday afternoon discussed the O[?]rim coal strike. Senator De Largie said he knew…

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Central Mine Fatality The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 1

THE Coroner (Mr. T. Hall, U P) held an inquest at the Courthouse this afternoon into the death of George Northeast (39), who died in the…

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Mining [Reuter's Message] The British. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 2

According to the half-yearly report of the British Broken Hill Company, the company realised for the half-year ending December 31, after charging…

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A Goldfields Protest

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 2

An open-air meeting was held at Kalgoorlie on Saturday night to consider the master of the extent to which Isalians and Austrians are being…

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New Zealand Gold. AUCKLAND

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 2

The gold won from the Auckland district mines for the first quarter of the current year was valaed at £210,269, a decrease of £11,305…

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Mining. [Reuters' Message.] The Lake George Miner. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 2

An secion has been commenced in the London law courts, the Lake George Mines Company versus Gibbs, Bright, and Company, Authony Gibbs,…

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Miners' Complaint. Suggestions for Overcoming. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 2

The Victorian Society of Chemical Industry last night debated the subject of miners' complaint, which members held was traceable to a d[?]…

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"Miners' Disease."

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 1

The circumstance that the bill to amend the Mines Act will probably be submitted dtiring the next session of the Victorian Parliament lent…

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Mine Accident on the Rand. London, April 27

Western Grazier · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

Forty-three natives were killed on the Rand owing to a cage falling down a shaft in one of the mines…

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Colliery Disaster. Many Men Killed and Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

A subsidence occurred yesterday in a colliery at Tocina, in Andalusia, a Spanish province, causing great loss of life…

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Opal Mining

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 May 1904 · page 3

Our White Cliffs correspondent writes:— Last week a slight reaction set in in the market for low-grade opal. Nearly all the available "poor stuff" was purchased at roduced…

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Sunday Work on the Mines. to the Editor

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 2

Sir,—Not being well read in the arbitration award as given by the Court that sat here in [?]otober last, and having come to the conclusion that the official staffs of some of…

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Missing Mine Manager. Foul Play Suspected. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 2

Sidney Summer[?], manager of the Melb[?] Consols mine, has been missing since last Tuesday. It is now believed that while proceeding from Yer[?], where he had been on…

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