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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

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Mining in Interior 120 Men Working Tennant's Creek Tennant's Creek

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 October 1933 · page 2

A meeting held here, attended by more than 50 miners, formed a mining progress association. A deputation will wait on Mr. Brown, secretary of…

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Assurance Paid with Bottle of Gold

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 3

A surprise was received by the A.M.P. Society recently when a small bottle of gold was delivered in the mail from a country member in…

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£14,000 for Miners Gold In Rabbit Burrow Mine in W.A. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 3

A romantic story of nine weeks work yielding £14,000 lies behind the bald announcement that Brown's Reward Gold Mines, No Liability, has…

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More Men on Mines Increase Of 156 990 Men at North Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 1

Figures made available this afternoon by Mr. F. G. Allen, secretary of the Mining Managers' Association, show that there were 156 more men…

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Mine Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 1

While working in the Zinc Corporation mine to-day John Quinn was struck on the head with a stone. He was taken in the ambulance to the…

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Reported Sale of Phoenix Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.—It is reported that Robinson and Clarke, of Melbourne, have purchased the Phoenix mine, held by an Adelaide…

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Progress of Our Mines J. C. Moulden's Impressions Central Policy Unchanged

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 2

No alteration is contemplated in the policy of the Sulphide Corporation as far as the Central, mine is concerned, according to Mr. J. Collett Moulden,…

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Big Search for Gold Planes Tested In England Reef Spotting Cameras London, October 4

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 1

Mrs. W. S., Robinson, the wife of the managing director of the Zinc Corporation Ltd., christened the two Dragon Moth 'planes to be used…

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Company to Work Mararoa Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 2

To work the Mararoa mine at Cue (W.A.), Western Gold Mines, N.L., is forming Triton Gold Alines, N.L., with a capital of £600,000 in shares of 10/…

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Mt. Painter Radium Mine for Sale

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 2

Negotiations for the sale of the leases held by the Radium Corporation at Mount Painter (S.A.) are still proceeding. The corporation is…

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Gold £8 3/5½ an Ounce

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The pried of gold fixed by the Commonwealth Bank from September 25 to 29 was at a premium of 92.40 per cent. This…

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Mining at Cobar Prospects Good Says Inspector

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 1

After many years of ups and downs the Occidental Gold Mine at Cobar is being developed again and much progress is being made, according to Mr…

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Barrier Miner Friday, October 6, 1933. More Work On The Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 2

FIGURES compiled by the Broke Hill Mine Managers' Association disclose an increase of 150 in the number of men employed along the…

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Contract Working at South Mine Union Officers Meet Mr. Fairweather Request for Minimum of 4/6 REFUSED

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 1

On being questioned to-day on what transpired at the conference held yesterday, Mr. Fairweather, superintendent of the South mine,…

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W.a. Gold Yield for September

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 October 1933 · page 5

PERTH, October 6.—The September gold yield totalled 58,679 ounces, worth £249,254 at the standard price. The total was 2532 ounces more than…

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Buried in the Sea Over A Million In Wreck Who Owns Gold?

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 October 1933 · page 2

£1,000,000 in gold. For more than 130 years the relentless North Sea has held that fortune in its grasp despite the ingenuity of man to recover it. Now just as another attempt was to be made, the gear was wrecked in an…

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Buried in the Sea. Over A Million In Wreck Who Owns Gold?

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 October 1933 · page 2

£1,000,000 in gold. For more than 130 years the relentless North Sea has held that fortune in its grasp despite the ingenuity of man to recover it. Now just as another attempt was to be made, the gear was wrecked in an…

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Rioting Miners Excitement In Illinois [?]ILLED; 28 ROUNDED (Special to "The Miner.") New York, October 5

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 October 1933 · page 1

National Guard troops were ordered from Harrisburg, Illinois, to southern Illinois to-day after a day and night of terror in the areas in…

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Rioting Miners Excitement In Illinois 1 KILLED; 28 WOUNDED (Special to "The Miner.") New York, October 5

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 October 1933 · page 5

National Guard troops were ordered from Harrisburg, Illinois, to southern Illinois to-day after a day and night of terror in the areas in…

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Accidents on Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 October 1933 · page 2

G. Tonkin, while at work at the South mine to-day, fell from a tank in the flotation plant. Suffering from an injured back, he was taken in the…

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