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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

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Price of Gold and Silver

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 October 1933 · page 2

Messrs. White and Hosier advise that to-day's quotation for gold is £6/8/6 an ounce (down 6½d.) and for silver 1/6 3-16 an ounce (up 3-16d.)…

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Rich Gold Find Reported in Labrador

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 October 1933 · page 2

A find of rich gold is reported fron Labrador in territory belonging to Newfoundland. The new goldfield, which extends for about 2300 square…

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Dispute at North Mine W.I.U. Executive Meets Management

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 October 1933 · page 1

No finality has been reached in connection with a dispute at the North mine caused by eight men being paid off on Friday…

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W.a. Gold Mines Yields

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 October 1933 · page 2

North Kalgurli (1912) during September treated 2023 tons of ore from the North Kalgurli, Genevieve and Union Jack leases, 598 tons being…

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No New Move South Mine Stoppage Effects Extend

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 October 1933 · page 1

The stoppage of work at the South mine appears to have developed into a deadlock. There was no move to-day by…

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Machinery Stolen From Mine Young Man For Trial Bail Allowed

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 October 1933 · page 2

Harry Abbott Croper (24) was committed for trial at the Court of Quarter Sessions to be held on December 5 by Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., this…

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Mining Under Cemetery

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 October 1933 · page 2

CARNGHAM, Wednesday.—A party of prospectors has applied to Smythesdale Cemetery Trust for permission to sink a shaft within the…

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Comments of Readers Stoppage At South Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 October 1933 · page 2

In the following letter to the Editor "Muggins" gives his opinion of the South mine stoppage:— "Regarding this so-called strike for…

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700 Men Now Out W.I.U. Officials Active South Mine Stoppage

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 October 1933 · page 1

There were no outstanding developments to-day in connection with the stoppage of work at the South mine. The executive committee of the…

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U.S. to Buy Gold Price May Be Increased (Spacial to "The Miner.") WASHINGTON, October 24

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 October 1933 · page 1

Two immediate results are expected when the Reconstruction Financial Corporation starts buying gold in the open United States market…

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Register of Strikers Getting At Cost South Mine Trouble

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 October 1933 · page 1

Officials of the W.I.U. were engaged at the union office a the Trades Hall to-day registering the names of the South…

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Planto Buy Gold Price Rises In U.S.A. Benefits Are Expected (Special to "The Miner.") New York, October 25

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 October 1933 · page 1

Although there is no further official clarification of the exact meaning of the Government's new gold purchasing plan there is generally a clear…

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Coal Mine Idle Trouble Over Boys 700 Men Cease Work Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 1

Following a conference between employers and miners' representatives 700 miners at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Burwood colliery,…

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Increased Coal Exports

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Interstate and oversea exports of coal from Newcastle in the last nine months totalled 1,573,451 tons valued at…

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New Company to Work Occidental Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 2

With the completion of the preliminary work by the pilot company, the Occidental Gold Mines, N.L., a new company called the New Occidental…

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Victorian Gold Yield Shows Increase

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 2

Returns made available by the Mines Department on Saturday disclosed that the gold yield of Victoria for the nine months of the year to…

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Gold Cup Winner

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 1

PETER JACKSON, who won the Moonee Valley Gold Cup to-day…

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Felspar Miners Accept Price Offered

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 6

From 12 to 15 idle felspar shows in Broken Hill and district will be actively engaged again in the exploitation of that product…

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Another Slump Wall-Street Worries Debentures for Gold (Reprinted From Yesterday's Latest Edition). New York, October 26

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 6

Following the announcement that the United States Government had fixed the price of American coined gold and was prepared to purchase it,…

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Gold Mines of Australia

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 October 1933 · page 2

During the year ended April 30 last, Gold Mines of Australia Ltd. had 181 prospecting propositions submitted to it for consideration. Of these…

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