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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Arbitration Court. Sittings at Melbourne. To-day's Proceedings. Smelting and Zinc Concentrates. the Company's Intentions. Will Carry Out Existing Contracts. Master Builder's Evidence. Mining Engineer in the Box. Mr. Dickenson Recalled. Caustic Comments by the President. Paying for a New Plant. Out of the Men's Wages. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 4

The proceedings in the arbitration case, respecting the industrial dispute between the A.M.A. of Broken Hill and Port Pirie and the…

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Newcastle Miners and Coal Commission. Mr. Peter Bowling's Resignation. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 2

Since the award was given in the Teralba cases, and owing to the number of disputes which have arisen between the miners and the colliery…

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A Colliery Fatality. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 2

A youth named Hanbury Crockett, was run over by a truck at the Hetton Company's colliery at Teralba yesterday and killed…

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Queensland Mining Accident. Second Fall of Earth. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 2

A second fall of earth occurred at the Lady Jane mine Mungana (Queensland) yesterday, cutting off any chance of rescuing John Lee, the…

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The Color Line. Miners Object to an Asiatic Cook. a Satisfactory Explanation. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 4

Nine of the delegates attending the Miners' Conference at Bendigo who are quartered at Cooper's Hotel, yesterday made the discovery that the [?]ook was…

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South Greta Colliery. Miners Paid Off Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 4

The miners at the South Gretn colliery, with the exception of the shiftmen, on Snturday received their pay tickets, endorsed "Paid off; tools…

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Gold Production and Commerce

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 1

Just recently the London "Statist" predicted a revival in trude and industry as a result of the gradual inerense in the world's production of gold, and…

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Wages Board for Miners. Adopted at Bendigo Conference

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 7

The annual conference of the A.M.A. of Victoria and Tasmania was continued in the Trades Hall to-day (says the Bendigo correspondent of the "Age"…

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Sapphire Mining. News About a Little-known Industry

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 2

Durning 1907 there was (says the "People") a marked increse in the number of men employed in the output from sapphire mines on the Anakie…

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Mine on Fire. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

Word has been received at westport (N.Z.) that the Westport Coal Company's mine at Millerton is on fire. The company refuses to give…

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Serious Injuries to Miners. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

A fall of earth at the St. George mine, Mount Magnet, yesterday caused serious injury to Frederick Morton and Joseph Gibson. The…

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Westralian Arbitration Court. Coal Mining Award Expires. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 4

Tim award of the Westralian Arbitration Court applying to coal mining expired on Monday…

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Mine on Fire. Flooding Operations to Be Carried Out. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 4

All efforts to subdue the fire at the Millerton mine, New Zealand, have been directed to blocking up the outlet preparatory to flooding the mine…

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Colliery Strike in West Australia. Sub-letting of Contracts. Objected to by the Men. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 4

A strike occurred on Monday at the Collie Proprietory mine, which at present is let on tribute. The trouble is said to be the sub-letting of…

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Mining. Proprietary Half-yearly Meeting. Remarks by the Chairman

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 8

Speaking at the half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company on Friday, Mr. John Darling, chairman of directors, referred to the…

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Mr. Holland Defended. Protest by the Coal Lumpers. Against His Exclusion From the Union Platform. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 4

At the meeting of the Young Coal Lumpers' Union yesterday the following resolution was agreed to:—"That this meeting believes that those who…

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Westralian Goldfields. Specimens From a New Find. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 5

Eleven bags of specimens from a new find at Bayley's mine were lodged in the West Australian Bank yesterday. The estimated value of the ore is about…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Arbitration Court. Sittings at Melbourne. To-day's Proceedings. Mr. Kelynack's Address. the Judge Wants Undertaking. That Company Will Resume Work. Mr. Kelynack Unable to Give It. Shareholdrs Must Be Consulted One in Every Hundred of Australia's Population. Dependent on the Proprietary Mine. Court Adjourned. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 6

The proceedings in the arbiration case, respecting the industrial dispute between the A.M.A. of Broken Hill and Port Pirie, and the Proprietary…

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The Shale Miners. Application for a Board. Decision Deferred. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 2

Application was made in the Industrial Court yesterday for a board for the Western District shale mining employees…

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The Millerton Mine. Fire Under Control. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 2

Westport advices state that the fire at the Millerton mine is now under complete control. The locality where the fire broke out is sealed up and…

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