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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

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Old Gold tennis Club Picnic

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 2

An enjoyable day was spent last Sunday at Umberumberka by members and friends of the Old Gold Tennis Club. A cricket match…

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Queensland Collieries On Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Two serious fires broke out in coal mines at Ipswich yesterday. Dense clouds of smoke poured from the ground, and…

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Dense Pall of Smoke From Old Cessnock Coal Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 4

FLAMES AND DENSE SMOKE are belching from an old mine at the Hill End Colliery, Cessnork (N.S.W.), and the fire is extending rapidly. Smoke and the acrid fumes with which it is impregnated have caused discomfort to people living in the district…

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MINING, &c. Western Mining Corp

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 4

Western Wining Corporation has been registered in Melbourne as a limited company with a capital of £500,000, of which £10,000 is…

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Work At North Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 2

About four extra parties of miners have been engaged at the North mine during the past week for work in connection with the new shaft. This…

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Wages Paid by Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 2

"Wager" writes:—Kindly advise me the amount paid for wages every fortnight on the mines. [The amount varies between…

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Mining Shows Visited By Inspector

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 2

After a month's inspection of mining shows in the Cobar, Parkes, Orange, Wellington, and Condobolin districts, Mr. H. F. Pearson, inspector…

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Rich Gold at Grenfell Discovered By Three Boys GRENFELL

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 1

Three boys have located what may prove to be one of the richest gold strikes in the history of the district. A large number of claims have been…

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Gold and Opals From Robert H. Lalor:—

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 March 1933 · page 2

For many years Australia has produced large quantities of gold and opals, as well as other precious stones and metals, to the tune of…

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Making Oil From Coal Benefit Of Process To Australia SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 March 1933 · page 3

Addressing a meeting of the Institution of Surveyors, Mr. J. H. Cardew said that if the extraction of oil from coal by the low temperature [?]…

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Safety Goggles For Miners

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 March 1933 · page 2

As a measure of protection against scats injuring their eyes underground workers at the Zinc Corporation mine are being provided with special…

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Pay Days On The Mines

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 March 1933 · page 1

Mr. W. E. Eriksen, secretary of the Industrial Council, when spoken to today said that he had received no communication from the Mining…

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Miners And Socialisation

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—It was announced, last night by Mr. "Bondy" Hoare, president of the Northern Miners' Federation, that there is a…

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Frank's Reward Gold Mining Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 2

A local resilient has received a letter from a friend at Wannaway, West Australia, who is working for the Frank's Reward Gold Mining Co.,…

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Atlas Gold to Sell Plant

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 2

At an extraordinary meeting in Melbourne on March 9 the directors of Atlas Gold Mines, N.L., were authorised to expose of the assets…

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A Yugoslavian Lead Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 March 1933 · page 2

The "South Slav Herald," published in Belgrade, which claims to be the only Yugoslav newspaper in the English language, in its issue of January…

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Miners May Form New Political Party

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 March 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A new Socialist Labor Party, with the Miners' Federation as its backbone, in opposition to the Lang and Federal Labor parties…

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Clunes (V.) Gold Mines FREMANTLE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 2

To discuss and arrange with Sir Alexander Peacock the opening up of gold mines at Clunes on a large scale, Sir George Rowley Hill, chairman of…

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Shipments Of Gold CANBERRA

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 1

Shipments of gold from Australia this year already amount to nearly £3,500,000, according to figures supplied in the House of Representatives…

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Gold Snap In Adelaide On Tuesday ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 3

The minimum temperature in Adelaide yesterday—43.9 degrees at 4.45 a.m.—was the lowest reading for Mareil in the records of the Weather…

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