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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

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Early Boring Planned Ca[?]bonate Ridge Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 June 1937 · page 3

The full meeting of directors of Broken Hill Carbonate Ridge Metals Development Limited in Broken Hill decided upon an immediate plan of…

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Mine Strike Not Feared NEWCASTLE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 1

IN coal mining circles in Newcastle it is not thought likely that the miners' claims will lead to a general mining strike…

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Petrol From Coal Professor Tells Of Prospects SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 6

PROFESSOR F. A. Eastaugh, professor of engineering, technology and metallurgy at the Sydney University, said to-day th[?]t the…

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Petrol From Coal Professor Tells Of Prospects SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 6

PROFESSOR F. A. Eastaugh, professor of engineering, technology and metallurgy at the Sydney University, said to-day that the…

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South Mine Picnic Committee

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 4

The South Mine Employees' Picnic Committee, at a meeting held during the week end, decided that it would use its own discretion in the issuing…

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Silver And Gold Prices

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 3

Following are the prices of silver and gold on the Stock Exchange of London:- Silver.—Standard, 1/7 7-8 (up…

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Production At South Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 June 1937 · page 2

Following are the production figures of the South mine for the four weeks ended June 26. A comparison with the corresponding period of last year…

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Inter-mine Tennis

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 6

The following are the results of last Saturday's matches in the intermine gnmes:-B.H.P. defeated South, North 1 defated North 3, Centrals…

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Comments Of Our Readers New Mining Prospects To the Editor, Sir.—

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 7

I notice with considerable interest that diamond drilling on the Consolidated Mine has proved the existence of sulphide lodes to good…

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Mine Picnic Socials And Invitations

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 1

The decision of the mass meeting of unionists recently to confine invitations to mine picnic committee official dinners to working class…

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Miners Trapped by Flood Waters

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 3

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), July 2.—Torrential rains caused widespread loss in the North Auckland district. Three rainers were trapped by water…

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Strike At Three Collieries

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Saturday.—A. mass meeting of miners employed at Aberdare decided not to work at three Aberdare collieries as a protest…

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No Lead Bonus for Employees of Contractors Mine Employees Only Says Mr.Fairweather

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 7

THE president of the Mining Managers' Association (Mr. A. Fairweather) at a conference between the association and Barrier Industrial Council this morning, said that the companies would never ask people…

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English Mine Disaster Men Forced From Work Shearer Gaoled For Month Attempt to Cause Strike Nyngan

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 7

Allegations that a party of shearers and members of the Pastoral Workers' Industrial Union drove to a property at…

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Aggregate Meetings of Miners

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 6

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—Aggregate meetings of miners were held on the northern coalfields to-day to discuss the new log of claims which has been…

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Miners Ready to Strike Importation Of Coal Not Feared SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 7

Mr. W. Orr, general secretary of the southern miners, referring to preparations for a strike, said that if it came to a general stoppage because…

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Another Dream of Gold

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 1

BENDIGO, Thursday.—Mr. Albert W. Dripps, of Chatswood, North Sydney, dreamed the other night of a great gold find at Ravenswood, near…

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Timely Warning to Coal Owners

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 3

LONDON, July 7.—British, coal exporters have been warned by the Mines Department to be careful in accepting Italian orders…

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Mine Picnic Functions Enginemen Move To Lift Ban

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 7

SUPPORTING the decision of a recent general meeting of employees of the Zinc Corporation members of the F.E.D. and F.A. at a…

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Hydrogenation of Coal for Defence

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—"There is, in my opinion, only one consideration which can justify the manufacture of petrol by the hydrogenation…

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