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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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The Collieries' Trouble. Judge Heydon's Tactful Remarks. Men Decide to Resume Work. Federation Unprepared for a Strike. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 2

In giving the decision of the Special A[?]bitration Court, sitting at Newcastle, in the Teralba colliery case yesterday the President, Judge Heydon, said that…

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Unlawful Possession of Gold. Two Men Charged. Kalg[?]orlie

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 2

Two young men, George M'Donald and Joseph Reidy, were arrested by the detectives yesterday on a charge of being unlawfully in possession of…

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[?]Llegally at a Mine Battery. Two Men Committed fer Trial. One Man Shot in the Foot. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 4

Henry Cousins and Charles Coleman were to-day committed For-trial at the Bondigo police court on, a charge of being found at night at the battery…

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The German State and Private Coal-mining

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 2

The offorts of the German State to secura a firm footing within the German coal-mining industry, so that it may be more independent of, or able to exercise, a…

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Collieries' Dispute. a Special Court Decision. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 8

The Special Court appointed to set tle the Northern collieries dispute, and presided over by Judge Heydon, gave its decision to-day in the first…

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The Rand Mines. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 8

The working costs of 65 mines, representing 99 per cent. of the entire tonnage of the Rand, were 10s. per ton in November, compared with 22s. 6d., the average…

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Mining. the London Market. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 4

Broken Hill shares were quoted on 'Change to-day as follow:—Proprietary 53s. 9d. British, 12s.; Block 10, 55s.; North, 30s.; South, 65s…

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British Miners. Eight-hours Bill. Employers Raise Objections. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 4

An influential deputation, representing the Mining Association of Great Britain, yesterday waited upon the Home Secretary (Mr. Horbert…

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Buried Cities in Rhodesia. "King Solomon's Mines." Fascinating Story of a Lost Nation

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 3

Not for many a day, says a writer in an American contemporary, have the world's scientists been so fluttered as they are over the newly-announced…

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The Colliery Troubles. Teralba Men Resuming Work. A Difficulty Overcome Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 8

The men at four of the Teralba collieries resumed work yesterday in obedience to the finding of the Special Arbitration Court and in deference to…

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Mining. the London Market. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

Clarke and Co, (per Stephens and Bartlett) supply the latest London share quotations (dated Friday, 5.15 p.m.) a[?] under;—Great Boulder, m. 23s. 6d.; Ivanhoe, m. £7 1s. 3d.;…

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Colliery Troubles. Pelaw Main Colliery Idle. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

The Pelaw Main colliery was idle on Saturday afternoon, through unpunctuality on the part of the wheelers…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 4

At the Central mine this morning Hoare sustained a broken [?] [?] a stone falling on it while [?] was working on the 700ft. level. He…

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Australasian Gold Return

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

The Australasian gold return for the post three years' shows a gradual falling off. Taking the total yields for the Commonwealth and New Zealand, the figures…

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The Shuttleton Mine. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

A wire received at Nymagee from Crowl Creek intimates that the Shuttleton mine has been sold to an English syndicate, for £5500…

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Cabinet Reconstruction. Mines and Agriculture. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

So far as can be gathered the impression is that the Mines Department when separated from the Department of Agriculture will go with the Chief…

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Fatal Mine Accident. At the Great Cobar. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred at the Great Cobar mine on Saturday evening. When a young married man named John William Pascoe was in a bucket tho rope…

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Mining. the London Market. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

Ward and Co. (per White and Hosier) supply the latest London share quotations (dated Saturday, 1.30 p.m.) us under:[?]Proprietary, in 53s. [?]d.; British b, 13s.;…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 4

At the Central mine this morning J. Hoare sustained a broken toe through a stone falling on it while he was working on the 700ft. level. He…

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Industrial Troubles. Wages and Work. Men Put Off at Lithgow. Tell-tale Board at South Clifton Colliery. Conrad Miners Looked Out. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

The Pelaw Main colliery is idle again. A meeting was held yesterday, during which the district secretary interrupted the address of Mr. Brennan, who declared that the…

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