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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

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A Mining Trouble. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 November 1904 · page 2

The manager of the New Hillgrove Proprietary Company recently requested his miners to resume work at midnight on Sunday…

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Mining in Queensland. Government Aid Invoked. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 November 1904 · page 1

Mr. Willcocks, a well-known mining investor, has intimated to the Government his willingness to put down shafts to test the Cloncurry fields, if subsidised at the rate of £…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] West Australian Gold Returns. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 November 1904 · page 2

The gold yield of the State for October was 208,925oz., the third hghest quantity for a month on record. The production for the 10 months of the present year has been…

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Milparinka News. MINING

Western Grazier · Wednesday 2 November 1904 · page 2

More than ordinary interest attached to news that same in on the 27th inst, from Mount Browas way to the effect that James McKenzie (one of our oldest and…

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Mine Mishaps

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 November 1904 · page 2

A miner named Albert Moyle was working in Block 11, Proprietary mine, on the 800ft level, early this morning, when a rock fell on his foot and bruised it. Moyle was taken to…

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Explosion in a Colliery. Miners Killed and Injured. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 2

An explosion occurred in the Abedare colliery, in the Hunter River district, yesterday. One miner, named Davis, was killed, and four other miners were injured…

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Barrier Mines. Friday, November 4, 1904. Preferential Trade

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 2

IT would seem that very shortly the Australian Parliament will be forced to a discussion of the matter of preferential Empire trade…

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Northern Mines Cricket Club

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 4

A meeting of the Northern Mines Cricket Club was held last night at the Wilcannia Club Hotel. There was a good attendance, and Mr. A. Gillick was in the chair. A…

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A Giant Coal See[?]

Western Grazier · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 3

A bore put down at Cessnock, near Matland, in the State of New South Wales, recently penetrated, at a depth of 280ft. a [?] of coal [?] in thickness…

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The Barrier Mines. Review of the Week's Work

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 5

Only two out of the four sections of the Block 10 now mill have been running continually for the past week. This has been due to the fact that one of the boilers…

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Mining at Fairy Hill

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 November 1904 · page 2

Two copper claims at present being worked at Fairy Hill promise to develop into mines of some importance. They are known as the Paynter and the Boomerang,…

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Mining. [Reuter's Message.] Broken Hill Proprietary Shares. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 November 1904 · page 2

Broken Hill Proprietary shares quoted in London at 45s. [BT TELEGRAPH.]…

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A Mine Explosion. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

An explosion, of gas occurred, at the Good Hope, colliery at Ipswich, blowing, the cage out of the shaft, and severely burning [?]…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Queensland Gold Yield. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 2

The gold yield of Queensland for the month of October was 48,207oz…

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Opal Mining

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 2

Our White Cliffs correspondent writes:— The market is still brisk for all classes of opal. The output this week is an improvement on last. A few fair-sized parcels were…

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The Mining Industry. to the Editor

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 3

Sir,—I offer no apology for again trespassing on your indulgence to continue my crusade against the Department of Mines, and keep the ball rulling, urging reform in…

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The North Mine. a 2s. 6d. Dividend. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 November 1904 · page 1

The North Broken Hill Company has declared a dividend of 2s. 6d. per share…

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Newcastle Coal Trimmers. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 November 1904 · page 2

All the coaltrimmers at Newcastle, with the exception of the employees of a firm of stevedores who yielded to the men, are still on strike, and refuse to resume work until…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The North. Dividend, 2s. 6d; Bonus, 3d. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 November 1904 · page 2

As the declaration of the dividend of 2s. [?]. by the North Broken Hill Company will only absorb £12,500, the sum of £1500 would remain on hand as part of the profits earned…

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Russia and Japan. the Taking of Port Arthur. Another Step Advanced. Neglected Wounded in the Fortress. an Appeal for Help. Terrible Mine Explosion. Seven Hundred Russians Killed and Wounded. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 November 1904 · page 2

Mr. Bennett Burleigh, the Daily Telegraph's war correspondent, cables that vast numbers of neglected Russian wounded are lying…

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