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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 1

Mat Bohm, an employee of the North mine, suffered a broken arm when hit by a falling piece of timber last night. He was taken in the…

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Miners' Secretary Here To-day

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 1

The general secretary of the Winers' Federation (Mr. W. Orr), who arrived in Broken Hil[?] to-day, will discuss with members of the…

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Mining Notes Ora Banda First Crushing

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 2

[?] Banda Amalgamated Mines, N.L., reports having recovered, in the first crushing, 59oz. gold from 155 tons of ore. The head value of [?]…

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Men Injured at North Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 7

Andrew Arthur Adams, a mullocker at the North mine. Buffered a bruised thigh and knees when a piece of timber fell out of the sling and hit him…

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Men Injured at North Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 1

Andrew Arthur Adams, a mullocker at the North mine, suffed a bruised thigh and knees when a piece of timber fell out of the slinp and hit him…

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Dispute Over Shares in Mining Claim

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 1

In the Warden's Court this morning before Mr. R. Donnltlson, S.M., John Robert Jmncs proceeded against Rajee Fakhry asking for a…

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Mining Notes Ora Banda Treatment Plan

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 2

Difficulty is being experienced by, Ora Banda Amalgamated. N.L. with, the filtration portion of ita new, plant, according to a message from…

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One Big Union for Mining Industry?

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 3

Members of the W.I.TJ. at a special meeting held yesterday adopted a recommendation from the management committee that efforts be made to…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 2

G. Nomiington and J. Lamont were Injured at the South mine last night when a quantity of dirt unexpectedly came away from a chute…

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Police Escort for Gold

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 3

ALICK SPRINGS, Tuesday.—Bringing back to mind the days when Ballarat and Bendigo were at their zenith, a police escort hurried to…

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New Discoveries in Coal Treatment (Special to "The Miner.")

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 2

LONDON, May 13.—The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr. Forbes) visited the Government fuel reserve station at Greenwich to-day…

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The Wiluna Goldfields Ex-Local Man's Praise

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 2

A former local resident writes to a Broken Hill friend in an optimistic vein concerning the future of Wiluna, Western Australian mining field…

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Well Worth Serious Prospecting Tenn Ant's Creek Goldfield Canberra

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 3

Although small shoots of very rich gold-bearing stone occur over a wide area at Tennant's Creek, there is nothing to warrant any kind of rush or…

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Institute of Mining's Newcastle Meeting

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 May 1935 · page 1

Advice was received from the general secretary of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Mr. D. L. Stirling) to-day that the first…

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Italian Miners In Central Australia Working in Mica Deposits

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 May 1935 · page 4

How a band, of 30 Italians are successfully working mica deposits in Central Australia is told in this interesting article by Mr. T. Hodge-Smith, Mineralogist of the Australian Museum, who recently visited the field…

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Mysterious Mission Mining Men for Interior

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 1

On a secret, mission Mr. F. M. Chace, an American geologist, and Mr. J. Bollard, a mining man, passed through Broken Hill to-day in a Hart…

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Dredging For Gold Proposed In Victoria MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 3

Important developments in gold mining in Victoria are expected from negotiations that are proceeding between English mining organisations…

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Big Increase in W.A. Mining Costs Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 3

In the course of his presidential address at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Mines ot West Australia, Mr. Richard Hamilton, who celebrated…

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Make Your Own Gold!

Western Grazier · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 3

"A" new formula has been discovered for making synthetic gold by chemical means. One simply Brings to a temperature…

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War Menace in Abyssinia Efforts To Ease By Britain (Special to "The Mines.") LONDON, May 17

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 7

Britain's effort to caso the ItaloAbyssinian quarrel will at first be made by informal conversations when the Lord privy Seal(Mr.Eden)…

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