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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 27 of 60

Floods in Tasmania. Interruption of Mining Operations. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 6

Reports from all the mining districts of the State show that the exceptionally heavy rainfall experienced within the past week or so has caused…

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Threatened Colliery Strike. a Serious Position. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 June 1906 · page 7

The trouble which has prevailed at the collieries in the northern district for some weeks has now reached a critical stasa. should this crisis…

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Bendigo Gold Discovery. Commemorative Monument. Molbourno

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 June 1906 · page 7

A monument was unvoiled at Bendigo to-day in celebration of the discovery of gold there. The State Premier (Mr. Thomas Bent) performed the…

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Coolgardie Mining Accident. Thc Isolation of Miners..Kalgoorlie, Saturday

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 July 1906 · page 1

Tim inquest concerning the death' of Thomas M'Kinley, who died,as the result of. fn juries'sustained'at the Iva-ihoe mino on June.10, was concluded at…

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The Colliery Trouble. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 July 1906 · page 2

The trouble with the wheelers in the Newcastle district collieries continues…

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Mining. West Australian Gold Yield. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 2

The June gold yield ot the State is given as 145,029 une ounces, valued at £608,527…

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Unwatering the Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 4

Now that the water remaining, in the North and Junction North mines has (cached so low a lovel slow progress is being made with the unwatering. as…

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The C. S. A. Mines Limited

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 4

During theweek ended June 24 the main shaft at the C.S.A. Mint's Limited, Cobar, was sunk a further 14.1., the total dapth boina now 88ft. The…

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Mining. the British Mill

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 4

The British mill for tho four days ended June 30 dealt with 1502 tons of crude ore, assaying 16.1 per cent, lead, 10oz. silver, and 16.3 per cent. zinp,…

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MINING. The South Mill

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 4

Owing to the breakages in the Nos. 1 and 2 rolls at the South mill there were 17 hours' stoppages last week. A total of 3001 tons of crude are were…

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Valuable Cake of Gold. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 2

A cake of gold valued at between £10,000 and £11.000 has been lound in the Tasmamazn mine at Beaconsfield…

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The Threatened Colliery Trouble. Settlement Probable. Miners' Federation Advice. Work Resumed in Several Collieries. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 2

A settlement of what threatened to be trouble in connection with the Newcastle collieries, occasioned by the dissatisfaction and threatened strike of…

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The Conrad Mine. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 2

The Conrad group of mines at Howell, near Inverell, are now being successfully worked by a big English company…

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Death of a Mining Investor. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 4

Mr. George Marics, 68 years of age, who has been prominently identified with mining the Araluen and Braidwood districts is dead…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Third Edition:— Latest Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Colliery Disaster. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 4

A flood imprisoned six miners at the Caradocvale colliery at Glamorganshire, in Wales. Two of the three men were drowned, whilst two…

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The Colliery Trouble. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 2

The colliery trouble is practically unchanged. Three collieries are still idle A settlement is probable next week. Twenty summonse, have been issued…

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The C.s.a. Mines Limited

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 2

The sample assay taken from the main shaft of the C.S.A. Mines Limited, Cobar, at 64ft. gave 0.2 per cont. copper, 1.6 per cent. lead. 2dwt. 1gr. gold,…

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Amusements. "The Power of Gold."

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 3

Sanford's American Players have evidently captured the vote and interest of Broken Hill theatregoers, for full houses have been the rule since the…

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Labor on the Barrier. Men Employed on the Mines

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 2

A good deal has lately been heard of the number of men who are out of employment in Broken Hill, but judging by the official raturns furnished by…

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The Collieries Trouble. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 2

The trouble at the Newcastle, district collieries constituted by the demands of the wheelers and the refusal of the colliery proprietors to comply…

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