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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 July 1934 · page 1

James Tippett a miner at the South mine, residing at 77 Hebbnrdstreet, South Broken Hill, was taken in the ambulance to the Hospital…

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Big Mine Move in London £2,000,000 For Gold Exploration Australia to Benefit Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 July 1934 · page 2

Gold Exploration and Finance Co. of Australia, an Anglo-Australian mining consolidation enterprise, is being formed in London with nominal…

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Miners' Bodies Recovered

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. — The bodies of two miners, Claude Raymond Bater and Stanley Gregory, who were burled when a shaft collapsed at…

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Ora Banda Mines, N.l

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 5

The directors of Ora Banda Mines N.L.S. in a report-to be presented to the ordinary general meeting, state that the company's leases have been…

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Directors of New Mining Company

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 3

LONDON, July 25.—Directors of Gold Exploration add Finance Co. of Australia, which is to be formed in London with a capital of £2,000,000…

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Bars of Gold Stolen Missed From 'Plane In The Nile (Special to "The Miner") CAIRO, July 24

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 3

Gold bars worth £4000 which were being sent from Central Africa to London have mysteriously disappeared. The gold arrived in an…

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South Mine Dividend

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 1

Brokern Hill South Ltd. has declared a dividend (the 46th) of 1/6 per share. It will be payable in Melbourne on Saturday, September 15,…

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Kalgoorlie Mining Reopening Of Many Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 2

For nearly 15 years no company has been interested in the leases at the northern end of the Kalgoorlie goldmining belt, not far from where…

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Colliery Dispute Settled

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The dispute at the Hebburn collieries has been definitely settled. The men have agreed to resume work forthwith on the…

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Gold Discovery Near Coolgardie

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Monday. — John Reid, an old prospector, and his wife have struck a rich find south of Coolgardie, and one mile west of the old…

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Gold-ore Treatment New Australian Method Mr. Edquist's Process

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 1

Keen interest is being displayed by prominent Australian metallurgists in a process for the treatment of gold ores developed by Mr. Victor Edquist,…

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Mount Coolon Cold Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 2

The manager of Mount Coolon Gold Mines N.L., reports for the fortnight ended July 24 as follow:— No mining development of…

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Gold Exploration Prospectus

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 2

LONDON, July 30.—The prospectus of the Gold Exploration and Finance Company of Australia, Ltd., has been issued…

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Gold Thieving in New Guinea

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—It is reported that gold thieving is rampant on the New Guinea Goldfields, specially at Edie Creek'and Bulolo. It is alleged…

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Stoppage To-day at South Mine 280 W.I.U. Members Refuse Work 550 Men Will Be Idle by To-morrow

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 1

Declaring the top deck of the double-decker cages at the South mine "black" because the management would not accede to the request of the W.I.U. that offsiders to the platmen should be paid the platman or braceman's rate of…

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South Mine Stoppage No Developments

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 1

There were no devel[?]ments to-day in connection with the stoppage of underground operations at the South mine where 550 employees are out of…

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£500,000 Loan for Mt. Isa Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 2

LONDON. August 1.—A loan of £500,000 is being tasucd privately for Mount Isa Mines Ltd., Queensland, to enable the company to continue…

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Research Work for Gold £5000 Grant By Federal Govt. CANBERRA

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 2

A sum of £5000 is being provided by the Federal Ministry during the present financial year for research work in the gold-mining industry…

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Barrier Miner Thursday, August 2, 1934. Science to Aid Gold Industry

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 2

THE decision of the Federal Government to vote £5000 for research work to be undertaken by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research…

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Gold Exploration Shares

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 8

LONDON, August 3.—It is understood that applicants for small numbers at Blinres in the Gold Exploration and Finance Company ot Australia…

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