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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 2

TREPCA MINES PRODUCTION At a meeting of Trepca Mines Ltd., Yugoslavia, held in London on December 5 it was reported that a profit of…

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Fortune for Poor Family £2000 Reward For Gold Find PARIS, February 4

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 3

Everyone is jubilant in a little village near Amiens, for it was in a field in the village that the £20,000 worth of…

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Police Warn Unionists Trouble Averted At Colliery SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 3

The members of the Miners' Federation who visited Ayrfield No. 1 colliery at West Maitland with the object, it is stated, of inducing…

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Employees on Mines Numbers Are Back To Normal

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 4

The falling off in the number of men employed on the mines recorded in the December figures is adjusted in the statement issued by the…

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Feud Among Miners at Tennant's Creek Engineer on Murder Charge

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 1

ALICE SPRINGS, Thursday. The ate[?]y of a feud which developed into [?]ooting between miners at Tennant's Creek goldfields was told…

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Mining Lease Renewal Opposition By Mr. Baddeley SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 1

As a protest against a provision in the Mining Amendment Bill permitting the renewal of certain mining leases for further terms the Deputy…

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Mining Notes General Mining Corporation Leases

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 2

General Mining Corporation N.L., reports that the option agreement over the Lady Mary, Lucky Call, and Iron Duke leases at Norseman (W.A.)…

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Mining Amendment Bill Opposed Mr. Davidson's Criticism Of Local Company SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 6

In this legislative Assembly this afternoon Mr M. A. Davidson took part in the debate on the Mining Amendment Bill. He said that the present Mining Act gave the Minisier power to extend met [?]ferpis leases but the Minister during his speech had…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 2

PLACER DEVELOPMENT'S OPTION Placer Development, Ltd., has taken a 12 months' option on a gold…

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Mining Notes Placer Development's Option

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 2

Placer Development, Ltd. has taken a 12 months' option on a gold dredging area on Middle Creek, near Avoca, Victoria. Drilling will start…

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Engineer on Trial Mine Camp Shooting Alice Springs

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 6

The alleged shooting at Tennant's Creek, which resulted in the death of Mick O'Brien last September, was…

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Engineer on Trial Mine Camp Shooting Alice Springs

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 6

The alleged shooting at Tennant's Creek, which resulted in the death of Mick O'Brien last September, was…

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" Our Miners Well Off" Mr Fairweather Back From Tour ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 1

"Spoken Hill miners are better off than those employed in the Canadian and American mines," said Mr. Andrew Fairweather, mine…

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"Our Miners Well Off" Mr Fairweather Back From Tour ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 7

"Broken Hill miners are better off than those employed in the Canadian and American mines," said Mr. Andrew Fairweather, mine…

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Mine Workers' Examination Committee to Consider

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 3

At a mass meeting of unionists amliated with the Industrial Council held yesterday a committee of 16 was appointed to consider all aspects of the…

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Goldfields Strike Ends Men To Ballot On Hours 88-Hour Fortnight for 6 Week Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 1

After a period of five weeks during which the principal gold mines and about 6000 men in West Australia have…

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Mining Notes Gold Production

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 2

Preliminary figures made available indicate that the value of gold production in Australia last year, was approximately £A7,500,000, an…

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South Mine Returns Decline Shown In Output Plant Work

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 2

Production returns at the South mine for the six weeks ended February 9 show a marked decline compared with the figures for the corresponding…

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In Search of Gold Party Leaves For Tennant's Creek

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 3

Mr. Clifford Le Brun Brown, a mining engineer, and son of Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, a former stipendiary magistrate at Broken Hill, left the…

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North Mine Output Much Progress Underground

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 2

The secretary, of the North Broken Hill (Mr, D. J. Souter) supplies the following information concerning operations at the mine for the four…

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