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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

657 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 24 of 33

Drilling in Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 September 1933 · page 2

Mr. Alfred T. Bey[?]hien, a director for the Goldfields Diamond Drilling Company Pty. Ltd., who is visiting Broken Hill on business, said to-day…

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Extraction of Oil From Coal

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 September 1933 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday.—The extraction of oil from coal is still arousing interest in Government circles. It is understood that efforts will be made…

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B.h. Proprietary's Mine in W.a

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 September 1933 · page 2

It is understood that the Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd., which has an option over the Enterprise leases, situated in a central position on the…

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New Gold Rush Over 100 At Tennant's Creek Not Poor Man's Field Darwin

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 September 1933 · page 2

Almost overnight, Tennant's Creek, from a lonely telegraph station, set amid barren rocky wastes, more than 50 miles from the nearest white…

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Coal Strike Ending U.S. Recovery Drive Code to Be Signed (Special to "The Miner") WASHINGTON, September 16

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 September 1933 · page 3

The dispute which has lasted for two months in the soft coal mining industry was all but settled to-night America and the operators of the…

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South Mine Profit £154,767 From The Mining Section

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 1

The audit of accounts of Broken Hill South, Ltd., for the year ended June 30, has been completed, and the board has decided to make an early…

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Pioneer Mine Founder

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 2

"I wish to obj[?] to a statement made at the Broken Hill celebrations regarding Paddy Green being the founder of the Pioneer Mine at…

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Jelleindore Mines to Reopen

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 2

LITHGOW, Tuesday.—About 25 men who have been engaged by the Blue Talisman Gold Mining Co. are erecting machinery on its leases near…

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21 Diseases Examination Mine Managers Meet Unions

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 September 1933 · page 1

At the Mining Managers' Association rooms this afternoon a conference was held between representatives of the association and the Industrial…

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Gold Dust From Clothes

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 September 1933 · page 1

"I worship the very shoes you walk on," a young Scotsman told his fiancee, who works in a Birmingham jewellery factory, and for two years,…

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Theft From Mine Generator And Belting Man Detained in Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 September 1933 · page 1

Harry Cooper, believed to be a former resident of Broken Hill, has been detained by the Adelaide detectives pending the arrival of a warrant…

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World's Deepest Mines

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 September 1933 · page 2

Problems of mining at great depths were dealt with by Professor S. J. Truscott in a lecture delivered recently before the Royal Cornwall…

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World's Deepest Mines

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 September 1933 · page 2

Problems of mining at great depths were dealt with by Professor S. J. Truscott in a lecture delivered recently before the Royal Cornwall…

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Uniform Rate Wanted by Contract Miners

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 3

Contract miners as a result of a meeting on Saturday, are this afternoon conferring with the management of the South mine in regard to…

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Miners and Contract South Men Oppose Price Rates

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 1

Contract miners at the South are showing resentment at price adjustments in connection with their contracts…

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Far North Mining Work In Full Swing Tennants Creek Field Tennants Creek

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 2

The Tennant's Creek mining field is working in full swing. All the unemployed from Alice Springs have been given jobs, and good…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 2

Gerald Curter, a miner on the Central mine, was treated at the outpatients' department of the Hospital at 9.50 o'clock last night for a crushed…

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Record Price for Gold

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A new Australian record has been made in the price of gold, which is now £8 3/10 a fine ounce. The sovereign was…

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Mining Directors on Visit

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 2

Mr. C. L. Baillieu (a director of the Zinc Corporation resident in London), Mr. S. A. Middleton (a director of the Austral Development Co. from…

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£50,000 Paid for Gold Leases

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 2

ADELAIDE Tuesday.—The directors of the Mararoa Goldmining Company, No Liability, have received advice from Western Gold Mines, No…

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