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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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£100,000 FOUND. Discovery of Mysterious Gold

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 8

An extraordinary discovery of treasure has been made at the Samara good's station, telegraphs the Odessa correspondent of the…

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

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 5

Messrs. S. C. Ward and Co.'s. latest London share quotations (dated Friday, 6 p.m.) are:— Broken Hill Proprietary, sellers 50s…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 September 1905 · page 2

Two accidents of a minor nature occurred at the Proprietary mine late on Saturday afternoon. The first happened to a miner named…

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

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 September 1905 · page 2

Broken Hill Proprietary shares are now quoted in London at 50s…

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Miners for the Gold Coast

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 September 1905 · page 2

A party of 12 miners and three hatterymen have been engaged at Bendigo by Mr. J, smalley, solicitor, as tho representative of the Earkwn and Abossa…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 September 1905 · page 2

Peter O'Brien, a miner, working at the 600ft. lovel of the South mine, met with a painful accident while coming off afternoon shift last night. He had…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 2

William Rennan, miner, working at the 500ft, level of Block 12, Proprietary mine, ricked his back last night while pushing a truck…

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Opal Mining

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 2

Our White chiffs correspondent writes: —Mining matters are still quist, with a depressed market for nearly all classes of opal. A reaotion is looked…

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SUN [?] [?] Work of the Mines

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 3

On Sunday week last the Very Rev. Father O'Father O.P., speaking at the cathedral of the Sacred Heart entered an emphatic frotest again a what…

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Queensland Gold Yield. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 2

The Queen-land gold yield for August was 50,256oz…

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

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 2

News from Coppabella states that the tuanel in the original mine is now in about 50ft. and the face of the the [?] looks better than ever. Active operations…

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MINING. The South

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 4

The South plant troated for the week ending September 2 3705 tons crude sulphides for a yield of 577 tons concentrates, bulking 68,2 per cent. lead,…

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August Gold Yield. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 2

The gold yield of New South Wales for August was 20,489oz…

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[By Telegraph.] The O K. Mine. Caurns (G.), Thursday

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the directors of tho U.K. Copper Mines was held at the office of Mr. J. Draper (the secretary) on the 5th instant Tuesday). A…

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Mining. [Reuter's Message.] The North Company. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 2

The London Stock Exchange committee has appointed September 20 as special settling day for the North Broken Hill S.M. Company…

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South Mine Fatality. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 1

The coroner (Mr. T. Hall, J.P.I held an inquest without a jury at the Court house this afternoon into the death of Peter James O'Brion, who died at the…

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South Mine Fatality. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 2

The corner (.Mr. T. Hall, J.P.) held an inquest at the Courthouse yesterday afternoon on the body of Peter James O'Brien, fatally injured by a falt of are…

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Miners' Hours. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 2

The committee of the Bendigo Miners' Association last night discussed the question of reduced hours for miners working in deep…

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Baunier Mine Saturday, September 9, 1905 the Totalisator

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 4

EVEN though more mention of the go-ahead and very successful colony makes some people, as Mr. Bent, for instance, mad, it…

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Labor Troubles at Blinman Mine. The Company's Version

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 3

The Blinman correspondent of the "Registor," under date September 2, writes:—As several incorrect reports have been cirenlated about the labor…

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