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Newspaper
Menzies Miner
Location
Menzies, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 15, 1900
Page
15
Mining news notes Mew G B D Seale and Co pushing on with a Fraser and Chalmers ten head battery at The Granites on the Potoui. Owned by Mowrs Birkbeck Hofmann and others. Battery being removed from Mr Margaret, with a large portion already delivered. Erection to finish and start crashing in about five to six weeks.
Report of operations for Niagara Propriatory Limited for August 1900. Includes ore extraction sums, stamps at work, hours, crushed tonnage, melted gold weight and values, and monthly expenditures. Details cover ore reduction, mine development, plant costs, and gross value of ore extracted to date.
Crushing results show 148 ton yield at Crisor tone mine with 18405 Sdet average and 18dmt. Boulder Main Reef reports 1384 ton returned, 185L65 Blimen treated, 360 Lone Yield 1500s. Voyage of the Gnteemsland notes baring cleaned up for heath withed in September, total output 6090. North Star reports 9 yield 91508 line average, 498 Hames shift, total output 85108. Gestone crushed 815 tons yield 25008 tailings cyanided 20. Total output 50 percent. Milling development 99 10d, ten stamps for 746 hours.
The Sydney style share report notes a varied Adelaide market with gains in some stocks and steadier demand for others. Listed prices include Associated Northern, Bayley’s Be, Boulder Central, Great Boulder and Bank of England among many, with prices given in shillings and pence. The London section lists a Leeds style glide of quotes for Ananciated, Main Rest, Golden Link, Hainault and Cosmopolitans with several prices displayed in pounds, shillings, and pence.
An Orient line Royal Mail steamer the Ortone is described as a grand 6L7 ft long vessel with 55 ft beam and 87 ft depth on the upper deck. It carries 10 000 hp triple expansion engines, 14 knot speed, and luxurious rooms including a 42 by 80 ft drawing room with organ and grand piano.
August yields reported for Australia United with Stone crushed totals and tonnages. Bayley’s United shows cyanide processing, return tonnages, and total yield. South Kalgoorlie and Brownhill Extender notes mention tollnyide ore treatment and ongoing Ling treatments.
Reported night shooting near Wombremara woolshed five miles from Nundle by Aboriginals. posse closed in, capture rumored as Byoney, Sept 7. Black runners allegedly stole a pipe and watches from a man near Mandle. governors sighted near Nandle as they fled over a ridge. Fear of escape into Callahan's Swamp mountains.
The Goldfields League of Wheelmen intends a day long monster sandgurn with £200 in prize at Bulletio Boulder and Coolgardie. Kalgoorlie and Perth riders will race over 26 miles in a relay road event. The clubs aim to raise £50 for a Leo Baretti grave monument. Frances Inabella, a widow about 40, was found dead at Piccadilly camp today. she lived alone with a son in Perth.
Shortly after midnight a fire alarm rang at the White Bonso Hotel in Mensien. A strong smell of burning wall led to a hurried search, revealing a rear room badly damaged but confined to the room, with minimal overall damage. Reports say a rash incident occurred in Riberia with several parishioners arriving on foot. no clear justification known.
The Wilson Forbes Company concluded its longest and most accessful dramatic season in Menzies. The Maori Hall crowd packed the venue for The Dangers of Paris with sensational drama and mounting suspense, while the cast, including Mr Vivian Edwards and Mr Geo T. M'Kollar, received praise for their performances and stage craft.
Garbled OCR notes mention Mac Navasns Boot and Mya Carnie at Vian and Narnig Wow with unclear events. The text references a morgue, a hospital, and a child with collapsing illness. Mia Carnis is improving but described as temporarily insane, while the family is noted as respected in the district.
The first display of spring and summer merchandise is now shown at Messrs E U Bird and Co's catalog house near Mensies and Leonore. Stock is on view and may be operated by householders.
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