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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 4

The Junction North (says the "Bulletin") is producing concentrates at the rate of pretty nearly 400 tons per week. A contract for the disposal of…

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Alleged Illegal Gold Buying

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 2

A sensation was caused, in Ballarat on Saturday, when George Hill, a well-known mercantile man, and secretary to the Ballarat and…

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The Change of Venue. Coal Miners' Protest. Newcastle Labor Council. Will Not Sanction a General Strike. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 3

The Colliery Employees' Federation recently wrote to the Newcastle Trades and Labor Council asking it to cooperate in an effective protest against…

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South Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 6

The South mine dispatched 2209 tons of concentrates to Port Adelaide during last week. The mine and mill were closed down at 8 a.m. on Friday,…

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Colliery Troubles. Disagreement at the Pacific Colliery. an Impending Settlement. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 6

A difference has arisen at the Pacific colliery, in the Teralba district, over the interpretation of the Teralba award. The section concerned reads as follows:…

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Qualified Miners. To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 3

Sir,—I think the people of Broken Hill owe much to "The Miner" for the independent stand it has taken in defende of law and order, and…

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The Pelaw Main Colliery. a Short-lived Strike. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 6

A dispute took place at the Pelaw Main colliery about the payment of certain allowances, which the men claimed to be due. The manager refused to…

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Gold From Silver. a Remarkable Conversation

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 4

A contributer to the "Matin" reproduces in that journal the points of a remarkable conversation he recently had with Sir William Ramsay at…

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The Lockout and "Who Owns the Mines?" To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 3

Sir,—Is it not shameful, scandalous, and uncivilised that a few men should own and control the lives of 50,000 people? Yet John Darling and Co…

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Canadian Coal. What Recent Surveys Show. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 6

Recent surveys show that there are forty thousand million tons of marketable coal on the Canadian north-western coalfields…

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This Burwood Colliery. Thrown Idle by Boys. Work Resumed. Boys Prosecuted and Fined. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 6

About three weeks ago the Burwood colliery was thrown idle, owing to some boys engaged as horsedrivers going on strike, the complaint being that the…

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The Industrial Situation. Coal Lumpers' Union. Continuation of Levy. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 8

The Coal Lumpers' Union has decided to continue their levy in aid of the Broken Hill lockout. Up to the present £469 has been transmitted to…

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O.K. Mines. Meeting of Shareholders. Recent Adverse Legal Decision. Directors' Action Confirmed. Cairns

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 8

At the extraordinary general meeting of the O.K. mines' shareholders, held to-day, it was unanimously agreed to confirm the action of the directors in…

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Newcastle Miners and Mr. Bowling. Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 April 1909 · page 3

It is generally believed at Newcastle that miners do not welcome the general strike statements by Mr. Peter Bowling at the Labor Congress. They…

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A Shift That Failed. Trouble at the North Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 April 1909 · page 2

The usually smooth surface of things at the North mine was slightly ruffied on Thursday night last, when only about 11 men of the night shift…

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The Junction Mine. the Half-yearly Meeting. Complaints Against the Directors

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 April 1909 · page 2

The first half-yearly meeting of the reconstructed Broken Hill Junction Company was held in Adelaide yesterday (as already briefly reported in "The…

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Gold Stealing. Eaglehawk Miners. Willing to Be Searched. a Conditional Agreement Signed. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 4

FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1909. THE CONFERNCE GRANTED…

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White Cliffs Opal Mines Ltd

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 2

The usual public meeting took place outside the Trades Hall last evening. The proceedings, however, were much curtailed in order to give all present…

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Newcastle Coal Trad. No Sign of Improvement. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 2

It is generally believed at Newcastle that miners do not welcome the general strike statements by Mr. Peter Bowling at the Labor Congress. They…

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