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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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The Weather, Record Gold Night

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 August 1905 · page 2

Last night was the season's record cold night, the mercury fulling as low as 20 degrees. Those up early enough to-day had the novel experience of…

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MINING. The South

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 August 1905 · page 1

The South plant, which is working freely in all sections, did very fair service for the week, trating 3709 tons crade sulphides for a yield of 671 tons…

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Filters in Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 3

With regard to the request of the miners at Bendigo that the Minister of Mines should make a regulation for the keeping of filters in the mines, it is…

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MINING. The North

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 1

Running 16 shifts during the past week the North plant did very proritublo work, treating 17-18 tons cruae sulphldes for a yield or 360 tons, bulking 69 per…

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How the O.k. Mine Was Found

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 2

Mr. John Munro, the orignal prospector of the O.K., the North Queensland copper mine which has made so much stir lately, has…

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The Barrier Mines. No. X.—Blook 14

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 August 1905 · page 5

The property immediately adjoining the Broken Hill Proprietary to the northward is known as Block 14, Strictly speaking, it might bo said to…

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Opal Mining

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 August 1905 · page 2

Our White Cliffs correspondent writes: —The opal market is still in a low slate, with little or no demand. The first consignment of "candle-box" opal,…

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Mining. [Reuteh's Message.] B.H. Proprietary Shares. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 August 1905 · page 2

Broken Hill Proprietary shares are now quoted in London at 51s. 6d…

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MINING. The Gentrai Creep. Everything Tranquil

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 August 1905 · page 2

The only chungo that has taken place in affairs at the Central mine up to this morning is that the New Kintore shaft is almost ready to receive the cages and…

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The Gold Yield. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 2

The gold yield of the State for July was 30,155oz., and the yield for the seven months of the year 142,024oz…

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Mining. [By Telgrapph.] Block 10. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 2

Mr. Stanley Low, the general manager, told the directors of Block 10 Company yesterday that he considered the position at the mine at Broken Hill to…

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Mining. [By Telgrapph.] The Coppabella Field. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 4

Mr. Henry Gore, chairman of the Coppabella Silver and Lead Company, who has just returned to Germanton from the mine, expresses himself highly…

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Gold at 4200ft. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 August 1905 · page 2

Gold has been found at a depth of 4200ft. in the Now Chum Railway mine, Bendigo. This is believed to be the greatest depth record of the world…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Coppabella Field. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 August 1905 · page 4

Mr. Renry Gore chairman of the Coppabella Silver and Lead Company, who has just returned to Cermanion from the mine expresses himself lighly…

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

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 August 1905 · page 2

Mews, S. C. Ward and Co. s latest Landon share quetations (dated wednesday. 6 p.m.), are:— Broken Hill Proprietary, buyers 51s…

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British Mine Working

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 6

A Blue Book issued in June shows that the total number of persons employed in or about all the mines of the United Kingdom in 1904 was 877,057,…

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Telephones in Mines

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 6

Mr. W. Abraham, inspector of mines at Bendigo, has submitted a report to the Minister on the practicability of adopting telephones as a means of…

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A Mining Policy

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 6

At the Easter Conference of the P.L.C. of Victoria it was resolved that a conference of delegates from the State Parliamentary Labor party and P.L.C…

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Drowned in a Mine. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 4

John Ashmore, a miner, was accidentally drowned yesterday while assisting to unwater the Day Dawn shaft, Braidwood. The…

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Fate of a Gold Discoverer

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 6

An old age pensioner named Hugh Massey Stewart died at Tanjil River (Victoria) last week. Deceased had lived for 40 years in the hut where his…

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