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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

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Mine Mishap

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 3

While J. Herreen was lifting a truck on to a plat sheet on the 1000ft. level at the South mine this morning, he slipped and the truck passed over his…

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Chrome Iron Mine. Discovery in Africa

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 3

A message from Bulawayo (via Cape-town) states that a company with a large capital has been formed to work a huge deposit of chrome and iron ore…

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South Australia. Coal Supplies Low. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 1

Mr. Goodman, who went to Melbourne in search of coal supplies for the Municipal Tramways Trust, returned to Adelaide yesterday…

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Wallaroo Mines to Close on April 15 Official Announcement. Govt. Considers Position. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 4

Sir Lancelot Stirling, the chairman of the Wallaroo aad Moonta Mining and Smelting Company, on Tuesday in a chairman's address to the…

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Mining American Copper Stocks Going on the Market During Next 15 MONTHS (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 3

The United States Government has agreed with the copper producers that the £100,000,000 worth of copper owned by the War Department will be sold…

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Mining. Gold in Siberia Found in and Near Rivers (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 4

A telegram from Omsk, Western Siberia, reports the discovery of gold-bearing reefs, near the source of the River Anagara. Also that the River…

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South Australia. Coal Shortage Eased Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 2

The arrival of 600 tons of coal has eased the position on the South Australian railways, but the need for economy is still urgent…

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Miners and Police Fight in Westphalia 11 Killed and 37 Wounded Miners' Strike Spreading (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Copenhagen correspondent telegraphs:— "Reports from Essen state that the miners' strike has spread to 11 pits at…

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British Coal Strike a Misunderstanding Statement by Officials. Sankey Commission Report May Be Favored by Ballot. (United Service Message) London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 1

The Miners' Federation discounts that there is any significance attached to the strikes in Wales and the Mid-lands. They can, says the officials of…

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Effect on Coal Industry Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 2

Admiral Clarkson states that the New South Wales quarantine regulations are strangling the coal industry at Pirt Pirie and elsewhere…

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The Peninsula Mines Appeal to Federal Govt. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 4

The South Australian Government will ask the Federal Government to promptly negetiate with the British Government in regard to the price of…

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Cobar Miners Relief Orders to Cease. Work Offered Elsewhere

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 1

It has been decided to cease the issue of relief orders and railway passes to the miners of Cobar from Monday next, April 14 (Says the "Evening News")…

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State Coal Bill Increase May Reach £1300,000 Yearly Meeting of the Cabinet. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 1

The State Cabinet at a meeting held yesterday considered the matter of the prospect of having to pay an increased coal bill of something like £300,000 a…

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Coal Mining Industry Employers and Employees Again Meet in Conference Proceeding Adjourned Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 4

Representatives of the colliery proprietors and the Coal and Shade Emplayees' Federations met in conference in Sydney yesterday, when further…

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Coal Mining Industry Employers and Employees Again Meet in Conference Proceedings Adjourned Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 11

Representatives of the colliery proprietors and the Coal and Shade Employees' Federations met in conference in Sydney yesterday, when further…

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North Bulli Miners Resume Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 4

The trouble with the miners at the North Bulli colliery has been settled. Work has been resumed…

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North Bulli Miners Resume Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 11

The trouble with the miners at the North Bulli colliery has been settled. Work has been resumed…

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Adelaide Coal Supplies Are Short of Requirements Transport Curtailment. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 1

Mr. Goodman, general manager of the Municipal, Tramways Trust, who recently visited Melbourne in the interests of the coal copsumers, says [?]…

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Adelaide Coal Supples Are Short of Reqoirements Transport Curtailment. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 11

Mr. Goodman, general manager of the Municipal Tramways Trust, who recently visited Melbourne in the interests of the coal, consumers, says that…

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Mine Mishap

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 4

While working at the Central mine mill at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon F. Williams fell down a ladderway and had his collarbone fractured. Mr…

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