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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Mount Isa Mines Band Company to the Rescue

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 2

A report of the band committee of the Isa Mines concert band to the annual meeting of subscribers held recently states (says the "Isa Mines…

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The Mines Agreement Denial by Mr. Emery of Notice to Terminate

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 4

Reports were in circulation in the city to-day that following his return from Melbourne and Sydney this morning Mr. C.J. Emery president of the…

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Mine Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 4

Mick Papis an employee of the North mine lacerated his arm while working late this afternoon. He was taken in the ambulance to the Hospital…

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South Mine Horse Destroyed After Injury in a Cage

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 2

A horse used underground at the South mine died as the result of injuries it received while being taken underground in a cage at the mine on…

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Mining in New Guinea District Officer on His Experiences

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 2

Mr. H. L. Downing, assistant district officer in the territory in which the Morobe goldfields of New Guinea are situated referred on Monday to the…

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Newcastle Dispute Seamen and the B.H.P. Co. Wallsend Miners Against Assisting the Seamen Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 3

[?]e Wallsend branch of the Miners Fedration has received with strong disapproval a proposal that it should practically assist the Newcastle branch…

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Gas in a Colliery Some Men Withdrawn Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 4

The discovery of a large accumulation of inflammable gas in a section of the Stockton Borehole colliery, Newcastle, by Mr. Ike Hoare, the district…

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Australian Price of Gold Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 2

The price of gold, including all jewellery, lodged at the Royal Mint from January 25 to 29 has been fixed at £6 15/6 a standard oz., being at the…

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The Search for Gold Nuggets Found in Victoria Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 2

A lucKy find has been made by Mr. T. L. Howlett, of Smythesdale, who has been fossicking in old alluvial country at Fraser's Hill. He unearthed a…

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Mine Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 6

Luigi Cazzulo suffered a lacerated scalp when a stone fell on his head while working at the North mine this afternoon about 3.30 o'clock. He was…

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North Mine Check Weighers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 4

A ballot for the selection of two checkweighers for the North mine for the ensuing term was held at the mine yesterday, resulting as follows (says…

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America and Her Gold

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 4

When the Professor of Economics at Yale, James Harvey Hogers, sets out to tell us how America got her gold, how she handles it. and what she…

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Fire Damp Explosion in Belgian Coal Mine Seven Miners Injured Is Others Trapped (Special to " The Miner.") Brussels, February 7

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 1

A fire damp, explosion at a depth of 3780ft. in a coal-mine near Charleroi seriously injured seven miners, and two are expected to die. Eighteen…

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River to Be Diverted to Aid Search for Gold Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 2

To make accessible an area where, it is stated, there is rich gold, the course of the Macquarie River has been diverted at Hill End…

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Mining Sustenance to Be Stopped in Victoria. Protest Meetings Held Bendigo

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 2

At a meeting of more than 300 prospectors and fossickers at Eaglehawk to-day, a notification from the Mines Department that mining…

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Seamen's Union Dispute with B.H.P. Company Miners Will Not Strike in Sympathy with Seamen Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 2

The miners employed at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's John Darling colliery yesterday reiterated their previous decision not to strike in…

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260Z. of Gold Found in Claim at Tarnagulla Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 2

Prospecting in a claim at Tarnagulla adjoining that of M. Graat, which recently provided a 580z. nugget, J. H. Neal found two slugs, the aggregate…

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60 Miners at Moonta to Lose Jobs on Saturday No More Government Aid Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 2

Sixty Moonta miners wiil lose their jobs on Saturday as no more money can be secured from the Federal Government. Operations will cease…

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Flow of Gold to France From London and New York London, February 7

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 1

The remarkable flow of gold from landon and New York to Paris indicates that France is convinced that a free gold exchange standard is…

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Explosion-in Coal Mine Total Deaths Now 17 (Special to "The Miner.") Brussels, February 9

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 1

Rescuers have found alive only two of the l8 miners who were trapped by a fall of coal following a fire damp explosioon last Sunday in a mine near…

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