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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines
1,138 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 57
The question of whether the strike of 1000 wood cutters in the Kalgoorlie district will involve the closing down of the mines at the Golden Mile,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The manager of the Cathcart gold mines, Ararat (Victorin), reports, under date of January 5:—Resumed underground work on the 3rd instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred in a sulphur mine at Truro (Italy) to-day, seven miners being suffocated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A landslide occurred at the Rio Tinto copper mine (Spain) yesterday, killing five men and injuring five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two miners, Vapiopolus and R. Wilsdon, were drilling a hole in a rise at the Gladsome mine, Comet Vale (W.A.), on Saturday, when a terrific explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last night a rich discovery was made at the 930ft. level on the indicator at the Woah Hawp Canton mine, Ballarat East. In one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The December out put at the Golden Ridge mine was 2703 tons for £7018, a profit of £3700 and £750 transferred to the plant renewal fund. The Chaffers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ministor of Mines yesterday promised a deputation that he would again consider the question of the extra ventilation of mines, and see that efficient…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bullfinch field proper is now connected wih the Goldfields' water scheme. There is, notwithstanding the connection, a shortage of water in the south…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bullfinch Proprietary Company has had some time two men timbering in the north drive, known as the water shaft. Yesterday they exposed a rush…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The undersigned shareholders in the British mine wish to ask the Adelaide directors through the columns of "The Minor," why they failed to keep their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Negotiations for the settlement of the firewood strike were in progress at Kalgoorlie on Tuesday, but there was no tangible result to report. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The men at the Northern Extended colliery, Teralba, refused to go to work yesterday morning, owing to the big reduction in the rate for shooting and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The inquiry into the disaster at the Wallsend colliery, which resulted in the death of two men from "black damp," was concluded yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →With the fuel supplies on the mines last diminishing, there is still no approach towards a settlement of the firewood strike…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There are signs of increased activity at the Broken Hill Proprietary mine, and it is expected that at about the end of the month everything will be in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ambulance at 5.30 o'clock this morning received a call to the South mine, where a miner named D. Pratt sustained a dislocated shoulder through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mexican officials at Cananea recently announced the rediscovery of the old Santa Fe Teresa, gold mine, one of the few really "lost mines" of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →P. GLOVER'S ALLUVIAL CLAIM. The above is a photographic view of P. Glover's alluvial mine, on the One-Mile Lead, Mount Browne. It has been worked at depths varying from 280 to 250 feet for the last 10 years, often by Glover alone, and during last year by Glover and Gilby. Glover reports that from the end of January to the end of November,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An English bulldog with an unfriendly countenance and generous display of gold teeth sat in an automobile in Washington-street, Indianapolis…
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