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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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Silesian Miners Call Off Strike

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 2

LONDON, January 6.—The "Times" correspondent at Warsaw says that the strike in the Baska coal mine, in Upper Silesia, has been abandoned…

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Gold Worth £15,000 Lost Daily

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.—About £15,000 worth of gold will be temporarily lost to the community for every day the principal mines of West…

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Soviet Gold Production Many New Fields Opened Up

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

New resources and modern technique are opening up vast possibilities for the Soviet gold mining industry, according to a correspondent of the…

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Will Gold Reach £8 an Ounce What Experts Think

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

Well informed authorities expect to see the price of gold go to £7/10/-, or even £8 an ounce, according to Mr. F. G. White who returned this morning…

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Barrier Miner Tuesday, January 8, 1935. the Gold Boom

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 2

IF one may judge from the indications at the opening of the Stock Exchanges, Australia seems to be set for a further boom in…

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Lower Gold Value of Currencies Essential To Recovery, Says Economist LONDON, January 6

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 2

Considerable interest has been aroused by Sir Henry Strakosch's article in the "Economist," emphasising that the principal necessity…

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Doubles Tote Profit "Gold Mine" To Race Clubs ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 3

The yearly aggregates since the doubles tote was instituted at Oakbank on April 1, 1931, are as follow:— First year...... £93,751…

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Many Old Gold Mines Resuscitated in W.a. Definite Progress Made in Year 1934

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 4

During the past 12 months there has been definite progress in gold mining in Western Australia, and there are few important mines of…

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Greater Ore Reserves Central Mine Revision

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 1

A most encouraging feature in the report of the managing director of the Central mine (Mr. C. F. Courtney) for the year ended June [?]0,…

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Mine Manager Stock Lover Fine Jersey Bull Imported ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 3

General regret that only one prize bull was consigned to South Australia was expressed by stockbreeders and cattle experts who inspected the…

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Suffocated in Old Mine Shaft

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 7

BRISBANE, Saturday. — Wilfred Fisher (28) was suffocated by foul air in an old mine shaft in the Cape River district. When he first…

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Suffocated in Old Mine Shaft

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday. — Wilfred Fisher (28) was suffocated by foul air in an old mine shaft in the Cape River district. When he first…

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Gold Down 2d.; No Change in Silver

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 2

The following are the middle quotations of the London metal market for gold vnd silver for Saturday, January 12:—…

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Proprietary Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 3

The decision by different unions to lodge objections to any future application by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company for a suspension of labor…

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Mine Disaster Fund £520,000 Raised In Britain

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 3

LONDON, January 14.—The fund for the relief of dependents of victims of the Gresford colliery disaster, has reached £520,000, and is…

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Strike on W.A. GOLDFIELDS Setback To Mining Says Sir G. Pearce ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 3

The strike on the West Australian goldfields will prove a serious setback to the gold mining industry, according to the Minister for External…

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Mining Notes Yellowdine Field

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 2

Messrs. H. J. Urquhart and J. M'Brain, mining engineers, and T. A. Blatchford, chief geologist, of the Commonwealth Mining and Finance…

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Goldfields Dispute May Be Prolonged

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 3

KALGOORLIE, Thursday. —The Chumber of Mines is sending a written reply to the union suggestion of a 40-hour week, with a corresponding…

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50 Men Start at Moonta Reopening Of Old Copper Mines ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 3

Under the Government's scheme for the resuscitation of mining in South Australia, 50 men have started work at the copper mines at Moonta. The…

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Gold Fever at Batlow 120 Men Working On Field SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

More than 120 men are now working on the Batlow fields, 343 miles from Sydney, where the gold rush fever is at its height. More than 300…

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