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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Barrier Miner. Monday, May 25, 1925. "Foreign Mining Camps"

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 2

IT is often said that one has to go from home to hear news. Some of the news about Australia published in other parts of the world is strange…

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Council Men's Wages City Council's Offer Was Discussed Yesterday Mines' Rates or 2/ a Day Rise Wanted by Employees

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 3

The offer made by the City Council to its employees who are seeking increased wages, was discussed at a meeting of the Municipal Employees'…

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Injured at North Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 1

W. H. D. Holland, a carpenter at the North mine, was working on a turbine this morning when he slipped and sprained his ankle. He was taken…

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North Mine Monthly Report

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 2

When the North mine monthly report for April was published, the production of lead concentrates was omitted by an oversight. The mine…

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Mayflower Mine Suspension of Conditions Recommended by Warden the Last Suspension

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 2

In the Warden's Court this morning before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, Mining Warden, the Junction North Mining Company applied for a suspen[?]ion of…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 1

S. Donellan, a miner, was engaged spalling on the 300ft. level of the British mine this afternoon when a piece of rock flew up and struck him…

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Mines Footballer Stranded Mine Footballers Stranded on the Wilcannia Road Relief Cars Leave B. Hill

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 1

The members of the British mine football team, who left for Wilcam[?] on Saturday and have been bogged the other side of Topar Station…

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Accident at South Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 1

W. E. Wattison had the small toe of his right foot fractured through a rock falling on it while working on the 500ft. level of the South mine last…

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Mining New Osmiridium Field

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 4

There appears to be prospect of discovering a payable osmiridium field west of the National Park (says a Hobart message in the "Register")…

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£800 Gold Robbery Mitchell Bros.' Place Entered Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 4

Thieves last night entered the premises of Mitchell Bros., gold blowers, of Richmond, and broke open a case. They took gold bars valued at £800…

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The Monarch Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

A communication received, by Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, of Sulpbide street, Broken Hill, states that a company has been granted in Melbourne to work…

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Accident at South Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

A. Balykas had a finger fractured and suffered lacerations to the left leg through a falling stone striking him. while he was working on the 900ft…

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State Mining Report for 1924

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 5

The annual report of the New South Wales Department of Mines for 1924, which has just been published, is of necessity an interesting document to a…

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"Specking" for Gold

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 2

"Specking" is a familiar industry in Bendigo and other Victorian gold-mining towns, where numbers of men and youths can be seen intently…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 2

J. Buttle, a miner, was tightening up a bolt on a machine he was using at the South mine last night, when he slipped and fell off a bulk, bruising…

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Industrial British Miners' Propose an Industrial Alliance (Reuter's Message.) London, June 1

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 1

Great interest attaches to the conference on Thursday between the miners, railwaymen, locomotive engineers, transport workers, and the…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 2

Two accidents of a minor nature occurred along the line of lode at about noon to-day. At the Proprietary mine C. Saleba, a miner, while lifting a…

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Colliery Accident One Killed and Two Injured Hobart

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 1

Arthur Beams (35) was killed and Joseph Leaster and Preston Dixon seriously injured at the North Lyell colliery. Queenstown, yesterday…

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Mining and Metallurgy Meetings of Institute to Be Held Here in August

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 1

The first ordinary meetings of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for the year 1925 will be held at Broken Hill from August 18…

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Inspection of Mines by the Chief Inspector

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 2

Mr. J. B. Jaquet, chief inspector of mines, arrived this morning to make his annual inspection of the Broken Hill mines. He is accompanied by…

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