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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

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North Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 2

The general manager of the North mine reports:—For the week ended April 6 the mill treated 3170 tons of prudes, assaying 15.4 per cent, lead,…

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Zinc Corporation Mining Department. Main Lodo

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 4

No. 7 level.—Main crossout was extended a further 21ft. to a total distance of 70ft. from the west side of main shaft, through country rock…

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The Coal Strike. Great Labor Movement. of Unprecedented Magnitude. [Reuter'e Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 2

Mr. Hartahorn, speaking at Maosteg, yesterday, declared that preparations are being made for a labor movement of unprecedented magnitude, which…

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Mining. the London Market. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 2

The following are the latest London share quotations:—Proprietary, 48/; Block 10, 53/9; South (paid), £7 7/6. Ward and Co. (per White and…

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The Goal Strike. [Reuter's Messages.] Miners Secede From the Federation. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 4

The Chirk minera have decided to secede from the North Wales Miners Federation…

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The Coal Strike. Partial Resumption in South Wales. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 2

A partial resumption of work in South Wales has been mude possible owing to the colliery officials acting as eug[?]men. Altogether 200,000 miners are…

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Many Accidents in Mines. Three Killed and Three Injured by Fall of Roof. London, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 4

Many accidents, due to the neglected conditiion of the mines, are reported. Three men were killed and three injured by the fall of a roof at the…

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Late Mining. the Block 10 Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 4

The following is the manager's progress report for the fortnight ended on April 3:— At the 1815ft. level the main…

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The Coal Strike. Half a Million Miners at Work Miners' Federation and Enginemen at Variance. Revolt Against Federation Spreading in South Wales, [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 2

Half a million miners ure now working. The chief hitch is in South Wales. where the Miners' Federation conferred…

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Bolt From the Proprietary Mine. Two Horses Mad Scamper

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 4

Some excitement wan caused at about a quarter to 5 o'clock this afternoon among those who happened to be in the vicinity of the intersection of…

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The Mayor's Fund for the Relief of the Distressed Miners

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 2

THE telegram published in the Third Edition of "The Miner" yesterday an[?]ing that the Sydney Trades and labor Conncid hed dc[?]ded to-appeat to…

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Cable News. Miscellaneous. End of the Coal Strike

Western Grazier · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 3

There were 200,000 miners at work in Great Britain on Tuesday. In some districts resumption is only parti[?]…

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The Coal Strike. Alleged Intimidation. Soldiers on the Scene. Mr. Hartshorne's Utterances Denounced. [Reuter's Message.] London, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 4

Owing to alleged, intimidation in Lancashire, the 63rd Fusiliers have arrived at Leigh, and 500 of the Suffolk, and 300 of the Sixteenth Lancers are…

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The-coal Strike. Statement by the Bishop of Oxford. on the Basis of the Reconstruction of Society. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 8

The Bishop of Oxford stated to-day that wages would no longer settle themselves hy the law of supply and demand. The proper basis of the…

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The Coal Strike. Positions of Enginemen. Warning by Miners' Federation. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 April 1912 · page 4

The miners' agents for some of the mines in Wales says that unless the engineman are more reasonable the federation will be under the painful…

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Mining Disaster. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 April 1912 · page 8

A fall of clay killed four women and some children who were picking coal in an open pit. The victims were all buried by the clay…

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The Coal Strike. Surfacemen's Demands Settled. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 April 1912 · page 8

The demands of the surfacemen employed at the collieries in South Wales have been settled…

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Wet Ground. New Method of Mining. Freezing the Water

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 April 1912 · page 1

A method of shaft-sinking in wet country which, in the American phrase, will "cut ice," is at present attracting attention. This is the adoption of a…

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Paris Letter. Written for "The Miner." Paris, March 8, 1912. The Coal Strike

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 April 1912 · page 7

The United Kingdom is not alone suffering from the coal war; the effects of the grave industrial crisis are being [?] felt in France. The import of…

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The Coal Strike. Miners Entertain Soldiers. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 4

The miners at Leigh, a Lancashire town, yesterday entertained the soldiers sent there to maintain order. To-day the soldiers marched to church…

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