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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

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Bendigo Gold Mines Yield Nearly Half Of State's Total BENDIGO

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

The gold production of the Bendigo field for 1933 was the largest for ten years, 28,806 ounces being received which is nearly 60 per cent. of the…

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Queensland Gold Yield for November

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

The official return by the Queensland Government gives the Queensland gold yield for November as [?] ounces, valued at £30,524, compared…

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Motor Cars and Mines Year-End Spurt On Exchange Big Business Deals New York, December 31

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

Stock and share markets ended the year with a definite burst of buying strength in yesterday's shortened session…

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Mine Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

B. Ghelsla, a miner on the North mine, suffered an injured back when lifting a stone into a truck at the North mine this morning. He was…

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Benzol From Coal Gas

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

A new industry is being developed in Lancashire, as the result of the great progress which has been made in recent months in the production of…

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Australian Mining Trust

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of Australian Mining Trust Limited was held on December 21, 1938, when it was agreed to…

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Year's Coal Output of Northern Fields

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Improved figures are shown in regard to the coal output in the Newcastle and northern districts for 1133. The…

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Diesel Engine Run on Coal Oil

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

The new standard Diesel electric railway locomotive (shunter) made by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., has been run successfully in…

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Wiluna Gold Corporation

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Associated Mining and Finance Company Limited,, held in London on November 23, the chairman (Mr. F. H…

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160 Miners Trapped (Special to "The Miner.") PRAGUE, January 3

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

Nearly 160 miners were trapped underground at Dux, north-western Czeckoslovakia, as a result of a fire damp explosion to-day…

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Fewer Men on Mines Decrease Of 69 Last Month Increase at Central

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 2

Figures made available by Mr. F. G. Allen, secretary of the Mining Managers' Association, show that there were 69 fewer men employed…

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Gold Mining Profits

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 1

New Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd., of London, one of the strongest mining organisations in the world, shows a large increase in net profit for the…

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Great Increase in Gold Production

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 8

CANBERRA, Saturday.—A remarkable increase in the gold production in Australia during, 1988 is revealed by preliminary figures…

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Winnings in Gold Monaco Gambling Tables PARIS, January 4

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 7

Monaco, the tiny principality on the Riviera coast, is returning to the gold standard. The roulette tables at Monte Carlo, instead of using bone…

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Australian Gold Price

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 2

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended December…

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Entombed Miners; Rescue Work Abandoned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 4

PRAGUE, January 4. — Rescue work at the three mines near Dux, where. 131 miners were killed as tho result of an explosion which…

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Aerial Survey for Gold

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 2

To carry out an aerial survey of the desert country of Central Australia in an attempt to disclose new auriferous ureas the Dragon Moth…

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Mine Officials Help Unemployed

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 2

This morning the committee of the Unemployed Union took over from the South mine a new chocolate wheel which will be used for the…

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Australian Gold Price

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 2

The price fixed by the Common, wealth Bank for gold, including Jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended January 5,…

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W.a. December Gold Yield

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

PERTH, Friday.—The gold yield for December in Western Australia was 55,274 fine ounces, valued at £84,789 at the old price of…

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