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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

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Three-shift Collieries. London, Tuesday Night

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 8

The executives of the Miners' Federation has recommended to the Northumberland Association to call out the men in the three-shift collieries in order…

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Miners and Politics. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 8

The council of the Derbyshire Miners' Association has resolved that unless Mr. Kenyon's election expenses are paid a ballot of members on the…

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Newcastle's Coal Facilities. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

The State Treasurer says that it is owing to the neglect of past Governments, with regard to Newcastle and other places, that so much money has…

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Mining. London Market

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 8

Ward and Co. (per White and Hosier) supply the following quotations of the London market (dated 31/12/13):— South, m. £7 5/; South Extended, on…

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The Mines. Resumption After the Holidays

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 8

Work was resumed on some of the mines along the line of lode to-day, but the employees of several are still on holidays…

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Central Mine Cricket Club. Central Mine Cricket Club. Annual Social and Cricket Match. Presentation of Trophies

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 8

The tenth annual cricket match between the Central mine timbermen and the shift bosses took place on Boxing Day, and the annual social in…

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Two Miners Killed. a Tasmanian Mishap. Launceston

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

Two men, John Kirby (28), and Thomas Reid (35), were killed in the Tasmania mi[?]e. Beaconsfield, yesterday, through a fall of dirt…

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Pneumonia Among Miners a Valuable Report. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

Sir Almroth E. Wright, the d[?]atinguished medical scientist, has completed his report on pneumonia among the Rand miners, whereof the first part…

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Barrier Miner. Saturday, January 3, 1914. Sixty Tons of Gold

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

THE lump sum voted by Parliament the other day for various purposes, together with the £3,000,000 loan just arranged for, make up a total, from…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. General Cables. [Reuter's Messages.] Miners and House Rent. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 6

The Miners in Northumber landshire, by a two to one majority, have decided to demand from the mine owners 3/ a week as rent allowance, to be paid to…

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Mining. London Market

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 4

Clarke and Co. (per J. M. Stephens) supply the following London quotations (dated January 5, 1913):—Proprietary, m. 35/; North, m. 51/;…

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The Following Appeared in Saturday's Second Edition the Welsh Colliery Disaster. Home Office Inquiry. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 8

The Home Office inquiry into the Sengheuydd colliery disaster, in Wales, has been opened. Mr. Shaw, the mine manager, gave…

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The Cobar Mining Field. Work Not Resumed. Miners and Their Families Leaving. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

Work has not been resumed on the mines at Cobar since the holidays. A difference has arisen through the management deciding to make contracts for…

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Mining. the South

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 1

The general manager of the South mine reports for the period of 11 days ended December 31:— General…

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Mining. the London Market

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

Clarke and Co. (per J. M. Stephens) supply the following London share quotations (dated January 5):—Proprietary, m. 35/; North, m. 51/; Block 10,…

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Explosion in China. Sixteen Miners Killed. [Reuter's Message.]

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

An explosion of fire-damp in a coal mine in the Kulja district of China yesterday caused the death of 16 colliers…

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The Mines. Work Resumed on the Line of Lode

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

Work is again in full swing along the line of lode. All departments have resumed operations at the Junction mine, and at the South mine a…

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School of Mines Scholarship

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 2

The Council of the Adelaide School of Mines and Industries offer two entrance scholarships—one for a day student and one for evening, classes—for competition…

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General Cables. [Reuter's Messages.] South African Miners. Durban

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 2

The miners who threatened to strike for a rise of wages have accepted the masters' terms, except that they be paid their wages while negotiations to…

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Strike at the Tacoma Mines. Pitched Battle Fought. [Reuter's Message.] Tacoma

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 4

The Austrian strikers to-day fought a pitched battle on the hill overlooking the Tacoma smelter plant, from which the men recently declared a…

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