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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

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Black Miners Objected To. Capetown

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 8

The Transvaal Miners' Association has issued a statement notifying that they will refuse to admit colored laborers into the association, despite the…

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The Minister for Mines. To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 4

Sir,—I see there is a possibility of Mr. Miner Cann taking on the office of Minister for Mines—nearly time, too, that a miner should. If it takes a…

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The New Zealand Strike. the Huntley Mines. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 4

Advices from Auckland say that the anticipated rush for work after the strike at the Huntley mines has not been realised. The directors have…

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Mining. Adelaide Share Market. Afternoon Ouotations. Amalgamated Zinc. Night Shift Temporarily Suspended

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 8

The general manager of the Amalgamated Zinc (De Bavay's) advertises in "The Miner" this evening that there will be no night shift in the mill. The…

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Protecting the Mines. Johannesburg

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

It is stated that the Government arranged to call out all burghers to guard the mines and protect property. The gunsmiths' stocks of revolvers…

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Black Miners Objected To. Capetown

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

The Transvaal Miners' Association has issued a statement notifying that they will refuse to admit colored laborers into the association, despite the…

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Goldfields Water Scheme. Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

There was a net debit of £31,952 on the Goldfields water scheme during the year 1913. The income amounted to £254,920, the working expenses to…

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Pelaw Main Colliery Again. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 5

The Pelaw Main wheelers engaged on afternoon shift agreed yesterday afternoon to resume work, but when the time came half of the men did not…

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Trouble at a Mine. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 5

Trouble has occurred at the Gibraltar mine, at Adelong, owing to the contract system, and practically all the miners are out…

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Mining. London Share Market. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 4

The latest London share quotations include:—Broken Hill Proprietary 34/9; Broken Hill Block 10, 30/5; Broken Hill South, £7 5/…

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Stock Market, Rich Mine, Adventures

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 6

One of the new pictures to be screened at Lenard's next change of programme will be "In the Shadow of the Mountains," a story of mining (with a few…

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Explosion in a Mine. Twelve Men Entombed. [Reuter's Message.] Birmingham (Alabama)

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 4

An explosion, due to gas originating in coal dust, has entombed 12 men emploved in a mine by the Davis Creek Coal Company…

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Cathcart Gold Mines

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 2

The management of the Cathcart gold mines, Denicull Creek (Victoria), reports that underground operations were resumed on the 5th instant, and…

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Gold Yield of New South Wales. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 2

The gold yield of New South Wales for the month of December was 13,638oz. fine, which was valued at £8145 less than the yield for the…

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Mining. Block 10

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 6

The general manager of Block 10 reports for the fortnight ended January 7:— Development…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. a General Strike. South African Labor War. Starting From To-day. Miners and All Trades Join in Result of the Ballot. General-martial Law. (Reuter's Message.) Capetown, Wednesday Morning

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 6

News has been received that a general strike was declared by the Trades Federation at Johannesburg late last night, as a result of the miners ballots…

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Miners Will Protect the Mines. Johannesburg

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

The situation among the miners along the line of reef continues on the whole satisfactory. The reports from East Rand, Germiston, Central Rand, and…

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Mine Managers Optimistic

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

Reports from the East Rand proprictary mines show that except for a few men out at the Angels and Driefontein sections, the whole group is in full…

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Gold in America. Frozen to Death. (Reuter's Message.) Now York

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

The intense cold caused by the snowstorms on the coast has been keenly felt in New York, where the temperature to-day fell below zero. Nine…

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Trouble in a Diamond Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 January 1914 · page 6

A number of mechanics emloyed on the Premier diamond mine, which is a vast property near Pretoria, struck this afternoon. The…

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