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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Mine Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 2

J. Delazza suffered a lacerated arm while working at the North mine last night. The injury was caused by a tailing stone. He was taken in the…

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Search for Gold 52 Ounces From Two Tons From Delegate Mine Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 2

A parcel of two tons of ore from the Baby Endeavor mine at Delegate returned 52oz. of gold. It is believed that the field will ultimately prove very…

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South Mine New Shaft

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 2

Questioned to-day regarding the work on the new shrift at the South mine Mr. A. Fairweather, superintendent, said that the skip winder and cage…

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Some Newcastle Miners Defy the Central Council Will Supply B.H.P. Co. Ships Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 4

At a meeting of miners employed at the John Darling colliery to-day it was decided to defy the order of the central council of the Miners' Federation…

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Seamen's Strike in New South Wales Miners' Lodge Refuses to Join Sympathy Strike Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

A Newcastle message states that the Elrington Miners' Lodge decided last night to refuse to accept the instruction of the Miners' Central Council to…

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Gold Options. N.l

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 1

The directors of Gold Options, N.L., a Sydney company, report that they have secured a working option over a gold mining property about 40 miles…

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Elrington Miners Resist Central Council Will Not Cease Work at B.H.P. Co's. Colliery Cessnook

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 3

A largely attended meeting of the Elrington Miners' Lodge decided overwhelmingly to resist the miners' Central Council orders to cease work…

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Colliery Employees Committee Makes Awards Newcastle, Wednesday

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 3

The Colliery Employees' (North) Conciliation Committee, which was established some months ago to determine wages and conditions for…

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Zing Corpn. Mine Fatality Inquest on the Victim Accidental Death Is Finding of Jury

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 1

The adjourned inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of Laurence Allred Rubenacb, who was killed at the Zinc Corporation on…

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Death of Mr. I. L. Tompkins Fell Down North Mine Shaft on December 9 Last

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 1

Mr. Ivan Lawrence Tompkins (30), who suffered severe injuries at the North mine on December 9 as a result of falling to the bottom of the new…

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Lake George Mine the Annual Meeting Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

It was stated at the annual meeting of Camp Bird Ltd., in London last month, that the mine of the Lake George Metal Corporation at Captain's…

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Mount, Isa Mines Chairman's Address

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Mining Trust Limited, in London last month. Mr. Leslie Urquhart, the chairman, said that ore reserves of Mount Isa…

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North Mine Whistle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 2

Since the closing of the Proprietary mine and the consequent stoppage of the whistle which so many residents took as a time signal, people living…

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Price of Gold Premium 75 Per Cent. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 2

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, but not sovereigns, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended January 22 is…

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Three Tons for 18½Oz. Gold Woman Miners Return Inglewood

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 2

Mrs. Dorothy Staley, wife of Mr. J. Staley, of Inglewood, who enjoys the distinction of being the only woman miner in the district, treated three…

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The South Mine Cage Mishap Last Night in No. 1 Shaft

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 2

A number of men employed underground in the northern end of the South mine were unable to work this morning owing to an accident which…

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The North Mine Fatality Inquest on L L. Tompkins Accidental Death Is Pinding of Jury

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 3

The inquest, into the circumstances connected with the death of Ivan Lawrenee Tempkins, who died on Monday as the result of an accident at the…

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Fatalities and Accidents Mine Shaft Collapses Two Men Killed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 2

Charles Royds, auctioneer and grazier, and Ernest Keyte were killed at Jembaicumbene, near Braidwood, to-day, when the, walls of a shaft of a…

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Bounty on Gold W.a. Protest Against Suggested Cancellation

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 2

It was recently reported that several, Federal Ministers were understood to favor the suspension of the bounty now paid on gold production, on the…

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Notes and Comments Less Coal.—

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 2

The reduced demand for coal in Broken Hill owing to the operations of the Central Power Plant has had a serious effect on the Revenue of the…

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