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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

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Mine Mishap

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 2

F. Burton, 45 years of age, a single man, was working on the 600ft. level afc Blackwood Shaft, British mine, this morning when a rock fell and hit him…

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Port Pirie Coal Trouble

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 2

The Port Pirie correspondent of "The Register" telegraphed on 1 uesday evening: development in connection with the trouble at the coal elevators…

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Fire Engines Bought by Mines

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 4

The two Broken Hill fire engines advertised for sale by the New South. Wales Board of Commissioners, superseded by the more modern equipment,…

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In Australia. Trawlers and Mine-sweepers. Operations on New South Wales Coast

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 4

Sydney, people (says the "Evening News") are wondering why it is that so little trawled fish is obtainable of late The fact is that only one vessel…

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Mine Mishap

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 1

J. Dannett, a boilermaker's apprentice, while lifting some iron at the boiler shop at the North Mine this morning, had his toes crushed as the…

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The Coastal Storms. Collieries Affected by Landslides

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 4

A Sydney correspondent telegraphs to the "Register":— Following upon the heavy rains on the south coast, where a foot of rain fell…

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The Australian Coal Supply. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 2

The Prime Minister has called a conference for Wednesday week in Melbourne of representatives of all the States, exoept Queensland, to consider…

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Mining. the Share Market. Adelaide Quotations

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 2

Ward and Co. (per White and Hosier) supply the following quotations of the Adelaide Stock Exchange:— Morning…

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Internal Germany. the Strikes. Extending to Mining Districts. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 1

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent telegraphs that Socialist representatives from all parts of Germany and Austria, are arriving in Berlin, also…

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New South Wales. Colliery Proprietors 'And the Coal Contract. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 4

A number of the colliery proprietors state that they had no knowledge of the New South Wales Government's coal contract with the Victorian…

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Mining. British Broken Hile Proprietary. Half-yearly Report

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 6

Atter charging all administrative es penses and allowing £5670 for depw dation on the company's plant am machinery, there is shown in the…

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Mining. the Junction

Barrier Miner · Sunday 3 February 1918 · page 2

Following is the official report of the Junction mine for the month ending January 31:— Browne shaft.—No. 9 level, west…

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The Broken Hill Mines. Toll of Accidents. Mr. Brookfield's Criticism. Reply by Minister of Mines. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 3 February 1918 · page 2

The criticism of the Mines Department by Mr. P. S. Brookfield M.L.A., during the recent censure debate in the Legislative Assembly, was referred…

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Bolshevik Government Controlling Foreign Money. Gold Jewellery Requisitioned. ("The Times" Message.) Petrograd

Barrier Miner · Sunday 3 February 1918 · page 1

In order to obtain possession of the funds belonging to the old Russian Government lying in banks abroad, the Bolshevik Government refuses to allow…

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The Northern Collieries. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

The disputes at the Burwood and Branxton collieries have been settled, and the mines are to resume work today. The Northern District Colliery…

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Mine Mishap

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 4

R. Birdon, while employed at the South mine to-day as a boilermaker, had his foot badly bruised as the result of a hammer falling on it. Mr. Birdon,…

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South Australia. Coal Control Conference. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 4

Mr. A. H. Peake; the Premier, will leave for Melbourne to-morrow to attend a conference in respect to the coal control…

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Mine Mishap

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 1

R. Birdon, while employed at the South mine Monday as a boilermaker, had his foot badly bruised as the result of a hammer falling on it. Mr. Birdon,…

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Coal Supplies. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

The collier Saros arrived at Port Adelaide to-day with 4500 tons of coal on board…

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Killed in Great Boulder Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

On Saturday morning (says a Kalgoorlie telegram) a young man named August Erickson, a trucker, was killed by a fall of rock on the Great Boulder…

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