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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

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Australian Gold Price

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 June 1934 · page 3

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended May 25, is…

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Yorkshire's Lead Mines

Western Grazier · Saturday 2 June 1934 · page 4

The history of lead mining in Yorkshire as traced tack for nearly 2,000 years by Dr. A.Raistrick in an address to the Bradford Scientific…

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Institute of Mining 1933 Prise Awarded To J. D. Norgard ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1934 · page 6

Mr. J. D. Norgard, a 20-year-old cadet in the metallurgical department, of the South Australian School of Mines, has been awarded the…

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Institute of Mining 1933 Prize Awarded To J. D.JSorgard ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1934 · page 12

Mr. J. D. Norgard, a 20-year-old cadet in the metallurgical department of the South Australian School of Mines, has been awarded the…

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Western Gold Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 June 1934 · page 2

At the first annual meeting of Western Gold Mines, N.L., the chairman (Mr. Colin Fraser) said that the company's principal asset was its…

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Hill 50 Gold Mine, N.l

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 June 1934 · page 2

Messrs. Saw and Grimwood, sharebrokers, report that the issue of 125,000 shares in Hill 60 Gold Mine, N.L., was heavily oversubscribed, and…

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Profits of Mining Proposed Tax In W.A. Meet Miners' Claims Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 June 1934 · page 2

Correspondence that began last February concerning the willingness and capacity of gold mining companies to pay a tax on profits go as to…

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Trespassing on Mines Damage Done At Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 June 1934 · page 1

Despite constant warnings by the police and mine officials the practice of youths going on to mine leases and interfering with offices and mine…

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Stole Timber From Mine £5 Fine Imposed On Newcomer

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 June 1934 · page 1

For having stolen wood from the Proprietary mine for use us fuel in an unoccupied house used by travellers and known as "The Angel's Rest,"…

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Germany Losing Gold

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 June 1934 · page 2

The gold cover of the Reichbank's banknote issue has dropped to the record level of 3.7 per cent, says a London cable. German gold and…

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Mount Lyell Mine Closed Again

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 June 1934 · page 4

HOBART, Tuesday.—Owing to the continued shortage of water at Lake Margaret for power generation purposes, he Mount Lyell Co. Ltd. has…

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Mining Essay Prizewinners

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 June 1934 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Papers by Messrs. O. J. Blau and D. L. Carson, of the University of Sydney, have been declared of equal merit in the 1938…

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Fire in Colliery

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 June 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Serious, fires have broken out with renewed intensity in the Lower Dip Section of the Aberdare Extended. Coalfield…

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Bendigo Gold Production

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 June 1934 · page 2

Gold production on the Bendigo field for May was 2476oz. 16dwt., showing a reduction on the yields for the previous three months. For the…

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Investors Buying Gold

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 June 1934 · page 4

LONDON, June 5.—The downward movement in the stock markets, with the exception of gold, is now so extensive as to cause gonoral pessimism…

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Coal 6/- a Ton in China

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 June 1934 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Accord, ing to Mr. A. C. Spence, a Sydney business man, who arrived, on the steamer Taiplng, Australia will never…

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Mining for Workless Youths in S.a

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 June 1934 · page 2

Mr. Charles Yeomans, who has purchased the old Mile mine at Wadnaminga, near Mannahill, with the object of teaching unemployed youths…

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Mine Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 June 1934 · page 5

C. Kellowny was struck on the hand by a falling stone while barring down at the South mine last night. He was taken in the ambulance to the…

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36 More on Mines Men Employed In May

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 June 1934 · page 4

Figures supplied by the secretary of the Mining Managers' Assoclntion (Mr. F. G. Allen) show that the total number of men employed on the line…

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Mine Manager Falls Down Shaft

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday. — Fatal injuries were received by George Sanderson (44), manager of the Lady Jersey mine at Drake, when he fell 35ft…

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