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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

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Mine Examinations Managers Not Agreeable to Hold a Conference

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 July 1931 · page 4

Mr. F. G. Allen, secretary of the Mining Managers' Association, has forwarded the following letter to Mr. W. E. ErikBeu, secretary of the…

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Lasseter's Gold Reef Location Protected by Use of Invisible Ink Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 July 1931 · page 2

The discovery has just been made ot the use of invisible ink by the late Mr. L. H. B. ("Das") Lasseter to protect vital clues to the location…

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Gold Bounty Bill Passed by Senate Canberra

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 July 1931 · page 4

The Gold Bounty Bill passed all stages without amendment in the Senate to-day…

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Govt, Subsidy on Coal Effect of Withdrawal Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 July 1931 · page 2

The Northern Collieries' Association has definitely announced that if the Government subsidy is withdrawn the prices of coal will be increased. The…

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Miners' Council to Meet to Consider N.Z. Appeal Many Disputes in N.Z. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 July 1931 · page 1

Reports of the effects upon members of the Miners' Federation in New Zealand of a number of industrial disputes on the Dominion coalfields, will…

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Colliery Flooded Miners' Run for Life

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 August 1931 · page 1

While coal was being hown in a small tunnel in Glebe Hill. Newcastle, on Tuesday morning a pick was stuck through the tunnel wall into the…

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Colliery Flooded Miners' Run for Life

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 August 1931 · page 8

While coal was being hewn in a small tunnel in Glebe Hill, Newcastle, on Tuesday morning a pink was stuck through the tunnel wall into the…

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Cardening. (By "Gardener") Gold Dust Shrub

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 August 1931 · page 4

Recently I montioned the gold dust shrub in this column and it has occurred to me that I should have devoted more space to such an attractive shrub…

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The South Mine Productive Operations to Cease for One Week

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 August 1931 · page 2

The following is a copy of a notice which has been posted on the South mine:— "Productive operations will be…

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Dearer Coal Added Cost to S.A. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 August 1931 · page 6

The increased charges on New South Wales coal, it is estimated, will cost South Australia £23,000 extra a year. In the year ended on June 30 South…

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N.S.W. Finances Coal Contractors Payments Not Me Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 August 1931 · page 1

Consternation was caused to-day among the contractors supplying coal to the railway department by the failur of the Government to meet its…

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Strike of Miners at Zinc Corpn. Reply of the Directors Given to W.i.u. Executive

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 August 1931 · page 1

Some members of the executive of the W.I.U. this morning waited on Mr. C. C. Freeman, superintendent of the Zinc Corporation, to hear the…

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Strike of Miners at Zinc Corpn. Reply of the Directors Given to W.i.u. Executive

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 August 1931 · page 8

Some members or the excentive of the W.I.U. this morning walted on Mr.C.C. Freeman, superintendent or the Zinc Corporation to hear the…

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Coal for Unemployed Camps

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1931 · page 2

Constable Connell, of the Railway Town police, to-day distributed more coal to the unemployed in the various camps. Last week 24 men had 800…

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750Z Nugget of Gold Found Near Bendigo Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1931 · page 2

A prospecting party near Bendigo, Victoria unearthed a nugget of gold weighing 75 ounces. The discovery was made in shallow alluvial ground…

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Mungana Cases Banquet to Celebeate Sale of Mines to Govt. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1931 · page 3

On the resumption to-day of the Mungana cases Mr. G. W. Watson, Under-Secretary in the Chief Secretary's Department, said that no…

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Another, Search to Be Made for Lasseter's Gold Reef Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1931 · page 2

To confer with directors of the Central Australia Gold Exploration Company regarding, another expedition in search of the fabulously rich gold reef…

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Railways Coal Subsidy to Be Continued Till End of the Year Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1931 · page 1

The State Government decided to-day that the subsidy to the Railway Commissioners for the haulage of coal at oheaper rates should be continued…

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Work on the Mines Companies Retrenching

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 August 1931 · page 2

The mining companies still carrying on operations are retrenching almost daily, the Central Power Plant supplying power to the mines…

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The South Mine Tailings Being Dumped Near South Racecourse

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 August 1931 · page 2

During the past couple of days there has been a report to the effect that there had been a subsidence of ground at the South mine due to the water…

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