Fatal Colliery Accident
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—A miner named Chalmers died at Minmi this morning, from the effects of an accident at the No. 2 Minmi pit, which took place yesterday. While at work in…
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Mining
HILLGROVE, Tuesday.—The Baker's Creek Company's battery cleaned up on Saturday for a total return of 1178oz 16dwt of smelted gold, this being the final clean-up for the half-year. The…
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Lord Roberts is going in for army reform with a vengeance. He has abolished gold lace on uniform trousers, and gold sashes and belts. There is no doubt he has struck at one of the…
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Victory (Charlers Towers) Gold-mining Company. Limited (by telegraph).—Cyanide return: 782 tons treated for 266oz. bullion, value £697. Baker's Creek G.M. Company crushed 204 tons from…
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The Deputy Master of the Mint announces that from the beginning of the new year a fresh coinage of gold will be issued from the Royal Mint in Macquarie-street. It is intended to strike…
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The Sydney Stock Exchange and inter-State exchanges being closed owing to the holidays, there is no business to report. The Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company…
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The diamond drill is still in active service at the 350ft. level of the Boomerang North-Western Associated, and the management are confident that boring operations will be successful…
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During the year the wonderful Waihi mine, at the Thames, N.Z., produced bullion to the value of £425,000, and the New Zealand "Herald" believes that in place of any falling-off…
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Stuart and Mert[?]n received advices to-day that 13 tons of stone sent to Cockle Creek from their reef at Major's Creck averaged 40z. 1dwt. 17gr. of gold per ton. Wiggins and Cook have sent seven tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Country News. Mining Fatalities. a Large Record. Broken Hill
The year just closed for Broken Hill has been the most fruitful in fatalities of any for many years. The mines claimed 24 victims, zinc works one. Other statistics are: Sudden deaths, suicides, and child…
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A miner named Francis Chalmers died at Minmi at 7 a.m. yesterday from the effects of injuries received on the previous day at Brown's No. 2 Colliery. After the accident deceased…
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WYALONG, Wednesday.—For the last month of the old year Sully's works treated 334 tons for 1108oz. At Neeld's work at the 400ft level is being carried on with very satisfactory results,…
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KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--At Hannan's North fair-grade ore is being stoped out, and the supply is sufficient to keep the mill running three shifts. The neighboring property, the Golden Zone, has…
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Golden Ridge has crushed 100 tons for 101oz…
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The Turkish transport Ismyr, from Kiel, where she embarked the sailors of the warship Fuad, now under repair in that port, has arrived at the Piraeus (says a telegram from Athens, dated…
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Mr. Kaufman arrived at Kalgoorlie by to-day's train. The Golden Ridge syndicate crushed during December 100 tons for 101oz…
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Alexandra, bq, 610 tons, Westport N.Z., to S.S. Islands Balclutha, sh, 1614 tons, Newcastle to San Francisco or Honolulu…
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The ship Balclutha arrived yesterday afternoon from Melbourne to load a full cargo of coal for Honolulu or San Francisco; and the steamship Guthrie cleared at the Custom-house for Hongkong,…
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Last week Block 10 at Broken Hill put through 1464 tons of crude ore, which yielded 269 tons of concentrates, giving 33oz. silver, 64 per cent, of lead, and 712 per cent, of zinc…
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