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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

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Lake George Company Orders Mine Plant

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 July 1937 · page 4

Orders are to be placed by Lake George Mining Corporation Ltd., Captain's Plat, New South Wales, for a milling plant, practically all of…

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"Negative and Provocative" Miners Criticise B.H.P. Answer SYDNEY, Tusday

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 July 1937 · page 4

OFFICIALS of the Miners' Federation to-day described the answer of the Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd. to the log of claims for a new award…

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Inter-mine Games

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 July 1937 · page 7

Results from last Saturday:— North 3 forfeited to Centrals, Zinc 2 forfeited to B.H.P., North 6 forfeited to North 1, North 4 forfeited to…

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Mishaps in Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 6

TWO men employed underground along the line of lode were involved in accidents yesterday and have been admitted to…

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Surprise for Coal Miners Conference With B.H.P. Company SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 6

Negotiations between the Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd. and the Miners' Federation for higher wages and better conditions have been reopened…

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Mane Your Own Gold

Western Grazier · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 4

A new formula has born [?] for making synthetic gold by [?] cal means. One simply brings to a temperature…

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Copper, Gold and Silver Up Slight Weakening In Lead

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 2

The following are the middle quotations of the London metal market for Friday, July 23:- Lead.—Spot. £23/3/4½ a ton (down…

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Mine Committees Will Seek Cheaper Fares to Sydney Will Ask Managers to Assist Travellers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 7

THE Central Mine Picnic Committee was again not represented at a meeting of the Combined Mines Picnic Committee held in the Trades Hall this morning, the main business being the appointment of a…

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Romantic History Of Piesse's Knob Find Mine Was First Worked by Men 35 Years Ago Sulphide Ore Treatment Presented Problem

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 3

BEHIND the discovery of the sulphide lode at Piesse's Knob this week is a story of irony dating back to more than 35 years ago. Piesse's Knob was worked by two men, but they were then mining…

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Strike at Colliery Miners Stay-In Over Grievance Running Short of Food Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 July 1937 · page 3

A stay-in strike at the Burwood colliery has occurred following a dispute between miners and the management. The men have…

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Mine Picnics Arranged

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 July 1937 · page 4

ARRANGEMENTS are well advanced for the holding of the Central and South mines picnics. The Central Mine Employees' Picnic…

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Barrier Miner Tuesday, July 27, 1937 Geology And Its Aid To Mining

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 July 1937 · page 2

AN opportunity for those interested in any phase of mining to gain an insight into one of the most valuable assets to modern mining—…

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Strike at Colliery Miners Stay-In Over Grievance NEWCASTLE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 July 1937 · page 4

A stay-in strike at the Burwood colliery has occurred following a dispute between miners and the management. The men have…

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Ugly Scene Averted Coal Miners In Demonstration Food Shortage in Strike Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 July 1937 · page 3

BITTER cold and hunger drove about 60 of the strikers out of the Burwood mine during the night, but more than 100 are still…

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[?] Carbonate Ridge Mine Prospects Chairman Is Optimistic

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 July 1937 · page 3

AFTER a comprehensive surface examination of the Carbonate Ridge property, including the new areas acquired which will be known…

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Strike in Full Swing Wives Wait At Pit Head Some Miners Come Up Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 July 1937 · page 1

THE stay-in strike at Burwood colliery is in full swing. At midnight women who tried to send food down to the men were warned off the…

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Exploding Mine Greets Royalty Buying Boom In New Shares Local People Optimistic

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 July 1937 · page 3

HEAVY buying by Broken Hill investors in the new mining ventures being opened up to the north of the line of lode has…

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Potosi and Silver Hill Mine Leases S.A. Company Has Taken Option Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 July 1937 · page 8

MR. A. L. Dawe, the chairman of directors of three Adelaide companies—Midas Gold Blocks, N.L., Hansel Mundy Gold Mining Co., N.L., and Orinda Gold Mining Co., N.L., has announced that these…

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Mining Dispute; Case, Adjourned

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 3

IN the Police Court this afternoon Rajee Fakhry charged John Robert James, of Round Hill, with having on or about April 24,…

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Threat to Close Mines Miners' Reply To B.H.P. NEWCASTLE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 July 1937 · page 7

THE decision by the B.H.P, Ltd. to close its three mines on the northern fields unless the miners give an assurance that there-will be no…

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