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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

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State Industries. Coal Mine and Ironworks. Mr. J. H. Cann's Investigations. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

Mr. J. H. Cann (Minister for Mines) is pursuing inquiries into the coal requirements of the State so far as applies to the railways and other great…

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May Down Tools. Stir Amongst Mount Lyell Miners. Zeehan (Tas.)

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 4

The decision of the Ballarat miners over the de-registration of the Federated Mining Employees' Association has created a great stir in the Mount Lyell…

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Fire at Eaglehawk. Stops Operations at the Mine. One Hundred Men Idle. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

A fire broke out in the engine-room of the Golden Point mine; Eaglehawk, on Sunday night, and spread to a second building, and both were destroyed…

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Broken Hill Gold and Copper Company

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 1

"The Miner's" Silverton correspondent writes that the engine to drive the batteries of the Broken Hill gold and Copper Company at the Diamond…

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Mining. the Price of Silver. London, Monday Night

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 8

Bar silver (standard) was quoted to-day in London at 2/2 per ounce…

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Industrial Matters. Northern Coalfields' Trouble. Six-hours' Shifts Suggested. Summonses Issued Against Miners. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 4

The offer of the Minister of Labor (Mr. J. Estell) to reappoint the Royal Commission to inquire into mining matters is not viewed with favor by…

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Canadian Mine Disaster. Hundred and Ninety-seven Deaths. Many Others Injured. (Reuter's Message.) Hillcrest (Alberta)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 4

The total death-roll in the Fernie coal mine disaster is 197. Among the rescued are 47 who are seriously injured; many of the bodies recovered…

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The Hillcrest Mine Disaster. Recovering the Bodies. a Total of 181 So Far. (Reuter's Message). Alberta

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 8

The rescue parties at the Hillcrest colliery discovered 50 bodies in one of the tunnels of the mine. Altogether the men have brought 181 dead bodies…

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Summonses Against Miners. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 2

One hundred and forty of the Whitburn miners have received summonses for taking part in a strike on June 1…

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Broken Hill Mines. the Royal Commission. Sixth Day

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 4

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the labor and other conditions in the Broken Hill mines resumed its sitting in the Town Hall…

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MINING. (Reuter's Message.) the Price of Silver. London, Wednesday Night

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 4

Bar silver (standard) was quoted to-day at 2s. 1 7[?]d. per ounce…

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The Battle of Butte. I.W.W. Against Unionists. Miners' Hall Dynamited. (Reuter's Message.) Butte (Montana)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 2

A further conflict occurred to-day, between the I.W.W. strikers and the unionists. A crowd marched on the Miners'…

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Broken Hill Mines. the Royal Commission. Seventh Day

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the labor and other conditions in the Broken Hill mines resumed its sitting at the Town Hall…

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Broken Hill Mines. the Royal Commission. Sixth Day

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the labor and other conditions hi the Broken Hill mines resumed its sitting in the Town Hall…

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Mining. the Price of Silver. London, Thursday Night

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4

Bar silver (standard) was quoted to-day in London at 2s. 1 15-16d. per ounce…

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Mining in Papua. Railway to Be Constructed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 2

Arrangements have been completed for the immediate construction of a railway from Pt. Morsby to the Astrolabe mining field, in Papua…

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Mine Mishaps

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

The Victoria Ambulance received a call last night from the British mine, where Mr. J. Williams, a single man, employed as a trucker at Thompson's…

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Romance of Rand Mines

Western Grazier · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

Up to 1884 there was scarcely a suspicion of gold in the Transvaal, and the country was regarded as a barren loud, lacking in all the…

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Broken Hill Mines. the Royal Commission-seventh Day

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 6

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the labor and other conditions in the Broken Hill mines resumed its sitting at the Town Hall…

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Mining. the Price of Silver. London, Thursday Night

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 8

Bar silver (standard) was quoted to-day in London at 2s. 1 15-16d. per[?] ounce…

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