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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines
1,032 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 52
A Johannesburg message says that after an absence of 10 years sovereigns reappeared all along the Reef to-day, 400,000 sovereigns being distributed to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The House of Commons by 208 votes to 143 rejected the motion of Mr. J. C. Walsh (Labor) for the second reading of the Coal Mines Minimum Wage Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. A. J. Cook, president of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, speaking at Bullwell, said: "We have now prepared the necessary machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reuter's Paris correspondent reports:— The cage which broke away in the Reumaux pit with the loss of 51 lives…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →T. A. Clarke, a miner, had a narrow escape from death while working in the open cut at the Proprietary mine today. He was partly buried by a fall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE news that miners on the Rand were being paid in gold again after 10 years of paper currency appears to indicate that South Africa has unofficially gone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A number of miners were trapped in the Montague pit at Scotswood, near Newcastle, owing to an inflow of water due to a hole breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Stock Exchange remains under a cloud. All the markets are suffering from hesitation and uncertainty, and business is on a small scale in almost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N. Soartels, a trucker at the North mine, had an injured finger attended to at the outpatients! department of the Hospital last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is reprinted from the W.I.U. official newspaper, but for its accuracy "The Miner" is not responsible:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The party who descended the Montaque put at Scotswood, near Newcastle, in order to rescue 33 miners who were trapped by a sudden inrush…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A rich, gold-bearing reef has been struck by Downey and party in the Queen Constance mine, Mareela. It is anticipated that it will yield an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →J. King, a miner at the South mine, vas struck by some falling ground when he was barring down to-day, suffering lacerations to the scalp and shoulder…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the motion of Mr. G. H. Hirst (Labor), the House of Commons carried a resolution deploring the heavy loss of life and the large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The wages of earpenters and engineers were fixed during last year at 18/2 a day for West Australian mines, being based…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The annual meeting of Angas Silveread Mining Company was held on Monday (says the "Advertiser"). Mr. S. E. Beach presided. The directors'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The West Australian Mines Department annonces that the production from the State gold mines for the year 1924 is 458,207 fine ounces, being a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The consulting engineer of the Montaque colliery at Scotswood has abandoned hope of rescuing any of the entombed men alive. It is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The North Mining Company applied for the review and termination of the weekly payments to Victor George Summers under the Workmen's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold coins have been out of circulation for so long that many adults would find difficulty in accurately describing the front and back of the…
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