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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

1,190 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 18 of 60

The Jetsam of a Big Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 2

The huge scale on which operations are carried on at the Proprietary mine is evidenced in many ways, and no visitor can wander over the company's…

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Tasmanian Mining. a Diamond Discovery. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 4

The Government Geologist, reporting on the recently reported diamond discovery at Long Plains, says that the stone is a bright octahedral…

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MINING. [Router's Message.] London Share Market. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 2

Broken Hill stocks were quoted on Change to-day as follows —Proprietary buyers 7ls. 3d., sillers 73s. 9d. British, buyers 33s. 6d., sellers 34s…

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The Gold Yield. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1906 · page 4

The gold yield of the State for April was 152,216cz. of fine gold, valued at £646,574…

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O.K. Copper Mine. a Supplementary Report. Cairns

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1906 · page 2

The manager of the O.K. copper mine furnishes the following supplementary report:—"The main ore body has been struck in the bottom level at…

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South Australia. Status of School of Mines. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1906 · page 2

Representatives of the South Australian School of Mines and of the various Schools of Mines throughout the State will meet the Premier and have a…

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Mining. the London Market. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1906 · page 2

Messrs. Clarke and Co.'s latest London share quotations (dated Wednesday, 5.20 p.m.) are:—Associated, sellers 43s. 9d.; Oroya-Brownhill, middle…

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Mining. the Zinc Corporation

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 4

Mr. C. S. Herzig, until recently a member of the board of directors of the Zinc Corporation and manager of the corporation's castern branch, has been…

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The Northern Mines. the Water Rising Rapidly

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 2

The writer is now rising rapidly in the three Northern mines which are being flooded, and the managements are very sanguine of being able to beat the…

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New South Wales. Coal Hewing Rate. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 2

The Newcastle coalminers have given notice of a demand for an increase of 8d. per ton in the hewing rate, to take effect from September 1…

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Mine Explosion. Dreadful Accident at Ballarat. A Manager Blown to Pieces. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 4

A dreadful accident occurred at Green's Freehold mine, Gordons, near Ballarat, to-day. Thomas Weatherall, the manager, was at the bottom of the…

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Mine Foreman Assaulted

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 8

An assault case in which was a good deal of the clement of pathos was heard by Mr. Stevenson S.M., in the Police Court this morning. William…

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Opal Mining

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 4

"The Miner" correspondent at White Cliffs writes:— Encouraging reports continue to come from the Bunker held, where…

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Queensland Mining Laws. Proposed Amendments. Facilitation of Mining on Private Property. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 8

Replying to a deputation that waited upon him at Cloncurry, the Premier (Mr. Kidston) said that one of the first measures to be introdued to the…

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Oxygen Smoke-helmets in Mining Disasters

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 3

Both the French and British daily press have called attention to the splendid assistance that is being rendered on the scene of the French mine…

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The Olary Finds. a Review of the District. South Australian Ventures Not Popular. a Promising Gold Centre. Mozanite and Thorium

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 5

The Olary district, on the main trunk line from Adelaide to Broken Hill, and about 80 miles from the lastnamed thriving mining centre, has come into…

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The Northern Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1906 · page 2

The work of flooding the northern mines continue to progress without bitch of any kind. At noon to-day the water had risen to 37ft. above the 6OOft. level…

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Mining. London Share Market. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1906 · page 2

Broken Hill Proprietary shares [?]ere [?]oted to-day on Change at—buyers 71s. 3d., sol[?]ers 73s. 9a…

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German Miners' Fate. the Westphalian Explosion. Bodies Found After Eleven Months. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1906 · page 2

Twenty-two corpses have been found in the Borussia coal mine, in Westphalia, Germany. There are indications that the…

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Rand Mining. Repatriation of Chinese. Legality of the Notice to Be Tested. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1906 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Johannesburg states that the mining industry at Johannesburg intends applying to the Supreme Court to test the legality…

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