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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

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Late Mining. the South

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 4

Last week the South mine dispatches consisted of 1181 tons of concentrates. In development werk the GI winze from the 970ft. level has…

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Victorian Coal. Advantages to the State Railways. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 2

It was stated at a dinner at Powlett Basin yesterday that by using coal from the field the Victorian Railways Commissioners will save £30,000 this…

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Recent Coal Strike. Hetton Miners Unable to Resume. Owing to Water in Colliery. Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

The Hetton miners will be unable to resume work for some time owing to the height of water in the colliery…

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Searching Mimers. the Trouble at Cathcart Mine. Directors and Miners Confer

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 4

In connection with the trouble that arose at the Cathcart mine, at Ararat, Victoria, last Thursday through the miners objecting to being searched by…

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Accidents at the South Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 4

This morning a miner named J. Hampton was working at the 500ft. level at the South mine when he was struck by the handle of a windlass over…

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Queensland Coal. From Hodgkinson Field. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

First-class coal has been brought to Cairns from the Hodgkinson field…

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Lost in a Mine. a Peculiar Experience. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

It is seldom that anybody gets lost in a coalmine, but this happened to a lad named John Kelly at the Mount Keira mine on Monday…

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Coal on Fire. the Dump at Powlett River. Spontaneous Combustion the Cause

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 3

The strictest secrecy has (says the "Age" of March 11) been maintained by the Mines Department regarding a series of outbreaks of fire among the…

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Port Pirie Waterside Workers. Trouble Feared. May Affect Broken Hill Mines. Port Pirie

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

Whilst South Australia is still suffering from the dislocation of business and losses occasioned by the coal strike there is reason to fear further trouble,…

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Accident at the North Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 8

This afternoon two miners named James Hallett and John Leyson, employed on the 800ft. level at the North mine, received severe injuries from a…

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The Mines Rating. To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 1

Sir,—At his meeting at the Junction Hotel, Mr. Massey was asked if he would "use his influence to get the Local Government Act amended so…

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The Hetton Colliery. Resumption of Work Indefinite. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

The Minister of Mines is not able to say when the Department will be able to authorise the resumption of work in the Hetton colliery, owing to…

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MINING. [Reuter's Message.] German Mining Concessions in Morroco. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

During a debate in the Reichstag yesterday on the German mining concessions in Morocco, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg (Imperial Chancellor…

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The Great Lesson of the Coal Strike

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

THAT the long-drawn-out and disastrous coal strike should at last be over, and the majority of the mines in all the districts have either…

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Late Mining. the De Bavay Plant

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 6

The first section of the big new plant of the Amalgamated Zinc (de Bavay's) was given a run yesterday, and responded satisfactorily. Of course, in…

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An Arbitration Case. Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association. Against New South Wales Coal Proprietors. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

The case between the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association and the New South Wales mining companies, arising out of the coal strike,…

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Recent Coal Strike. Delegate Goes to Gaol. the Last Oe Thirteen, Convicted of Instigating a Strike. Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

Thomas Frith, ono of the 13 miners' delegates who were fined £100—in default, imprisonment—on the charge of instigating a strike, surrendered…

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The Papuan Goldfields. Discouraging Official Report

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 2

The attractions of the Papuan goldfields have (says the "Age") turned out to be somewhat chimerical. In his latest report on the progress of…

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Search System at Mines. Miners' Strike at Ararat. a Personal Objection. Over 150 Men Leave Work

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 7

The serious difficulty which (as already wired to "The Miner") arose on March 10 in connection with the Cathcart mine at Ararat still remains…

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Accident at the North Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 6

This afternoon two miners named James Hallett and John Leyson, employed on the 800ft. level, at the North mine, received severe injuries from a…

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