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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1936

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Tennant Creek Celebrations £100,000 Worth Of Gold Produced Tennant Creek

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 5

The approach of big numbers of Warramulla blacks for an intertribal corroboree here next Saturday is indicated by a series of smoke…

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Inter-mine Tennis

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 6

The Inter Mine Tennis Association games played on Saturday last resulted:—Zinc No. 1, forfeited to North No. 3; North No. 5, forfeited…

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No Change in Lead Bonus Mine Workers To Stay On 10/

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 3

Mine workers will receive a lead bonus of 2/- a shift during the month of August. This was the same bonus as paid last month…

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Lead Rises 2/6 a Ton Tin And Gold Only Falls

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 2

The following are the middle quotations of the Loudon Metal Market for Wednesday, August 5:- Lead.—Spot, £16/8/9 a ton (up…

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Reopening of British 30 Miners To Start On

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 1

The British mine, now owned by the North Broken Hill Ltd., and which ceased productive operations on June 30, 1930, will be reopened on Monday,…

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Oil From Coal Early Start On New Industry Elaborate Plant Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 1

The Acting Premier (Mr. Bruxner) stated that the prospects of establishing successfully the industry for the production…

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Yorkshire Colliery Disaster 37 Men Killed In Explosion 25 Men Still Entombed (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, August 6

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 3

Thirty-seven bodies have been recovered from the Wharncliffe-Wood-moor colliery, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, and hope of finding alive any…

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Orders for Trains Two On Dec. 19; Two Dec. 20 Holiday for Men on Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 3

Although both combined mine picnic committees and the Zinc Corporation committee, which has broken away from the others, had each made…

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More Varieties of Gold Fish the Nymph Gold Fish

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 August 1936 · page 6

The nymph is really a singletail veiltail or fringetail fish. The anal fin is single, and also the tail. The latter, instead of drooping down like…

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More Varieties of Gold Fish the Nymph Gold Fish

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 August 1936 · page 6

The nymph is really a singletail, veiltail or fringetail fish. The anal fin is single, and also the tail. The latter, instead of drooping down like…

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Mining-metallurgy Congress

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 August 1936 · page 3

The first ordinary meeting of 1936 of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy will be held in Melbourne from Monday, August 17…

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British Mine Reopened Two Shifts Later

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 August 1936 · page 3

The British mine reopened to-day according to schedule, about 30 miners being engaged on one shift. Satisfactory tests of the now…

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Protest From Miners Exclusion From A.L.P. Meeting

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 August 1936 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A meeting of the central council of the Miners' Federation carried a resolution protesting against the action of the…

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Production At South Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1936 · page 2

Production retuns for the South mine for the six weeks ended August 8 are given below, the figures for the corresponding period of last year…

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Gold Exhibition in Perth Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1936 · page 2

A comprehensive goldmining exhibition, under the auspices of the Mining Association of West Australia is to be held in Government House…

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Production At North Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 2

The management of the North mine supply the following production figures for the period of 4-4/7 [?]eeks ended August 1, 1936, the figures for…

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Men Injured on Mines

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 3

When struck by a falling stone at the Proprietary mine last night, Edward A. Khan suffered a fractured foot. He was taken in the ambulance…

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Inter-mine Tennis

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1936 · page 6

Because of the bad state of the termis courts last Saturday all matches M tin Mine[?]' Tennis Association were postponed but they will…

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ANOTHER 2/6 Drop in Lead Copper, Tin, And Gold Weaker

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1936 · page 2

The following are the middle quotations of the London metal market for Wednesday, August 12:- Lead.—Spot, £16/12/6 a ton (down…

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Mines Excursion to Sydney?

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 1

The secretary of the combined Mines Picnic Committee (Mr. W. O'Keefe) has announced that the Kew South Wales Hallways, will give…

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