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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

556 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 28

Soldiers' Recognition Of Mining Companies

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 1

IN the clubrooms of the local branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League to-night the State secretary of the South Australian branch (Mr. J. F. Dowling) will present to the Mining Managers' Association the League's certificate of merit…

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Work Planned on South Road Mines Give Donation

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 3

WORK in connection with the construction of the South-road is expected to be started within a couple of months. The road is being…

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Work Planned on South Road Mines Give Donation

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 3

WORK in connection with the construction of the South-road is expected to be started within a couple of months. The road is being…

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What Of New Hospital? Board Waiting on Reply of Mine Companies £35,500 Is Required

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 3

WILL Broken Hill have a new hospital within three years? This question cannot be answered with any degree of certainly until the mining companies have replied to the application of the Hospital…

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What Of New Hospital? Board Waiting on Reply of Mine Companies £35,500 Is Required

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 3

WILL Broken Hill have a new hospital within three years? This question cannot be answered with any degree of certainly until the mining companies have replied to the application of the Hospital…

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Recognition of Services Certificate For Mine Managers

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

"The conferring of the certificate of merit on the Mining Managers' Association marks a steppping-stone in the history of ex-service activities…

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Killed at Play Boy Trapped by Piping on Mine Lease

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

THE snapping of a badly corroded iron pipe weighing about half a ton caused the death of an 11-yearold boy at the Central Extended…

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Ore From Outside Mines; Proposed Treatment

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 1

WITH a view to establishing a treatment plant in Broken Hill to treat all kinds of ore occurring in and around the Barrier, Mr. F. W. T. Phipps, a South Australian geologist, is at present at the Freemasons Hotel as the representative of an Adelaide company, to…

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Junction Mine To Reopen Maintenance. Work in Hand

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 1

RUMORS were current to-day that the Junction mine, which has been idle for about eight years, was to be reopened by the North Broken…

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Big Increase in Gold Production

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Austral is gold production for the ll months ended November 30 amounted to 1,044,225 fine ounces valued…

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Honor Levy Proposed Miners Action on Strike of Butchers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 4

FOLLOWING a letter submitted by the Barrier Industrial Council last night the annual meeting of the W.l.U. decided.that the…

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Barrier Miner Wednesday, January 20, 1937. New Opportunities for Small Mine Owners

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 2

IT is a well-established fact in Broken Hill that the man who pegs a silver-lead claim and produces small quantities of good ore is…

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Miner Killed At South Body Recovered From Chute Victim Had Decided to Leave Mining

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 5

FALLING about 50 feet down a chute at the South mine last night, Royal Walter William Douglas Lawson, aged 44, single, was killed almost instantly. About eight trucks of stone.had to be drawn through the chute before the body could be extricated…

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Central Mine Production

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 2

Following are the production figures of the Central Mine for the four weeks ended December 26, 1936, the figures in parentheses being for…

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Annual Report of Central Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 2

THE annual report of the managing director of the Sulphide Corporation Ltd. (Mr. C. F. Courtney), presented at the annual meeting of…

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Electricity From Coal Suggested Wagga Wagga

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 6

Referring to the proposed electricity scheme, details of which were announced a few days ago by the Premier (Mr. Stevens), Mr. M…

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Police Theory In Mine Murder Searching for Woman's Eody Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 6

Is a woman also buried at Wedde[?]burn near the mine shaft from which the skeleton of a murdered man was unearthed two weeks ago?…

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Old Landmark Demolished Large Stack at Big Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 3

A WELL-KNOWN landmark in Broken Hil was demolished when the old 140 ft. chimney stack on Block ll of the Proprietary. Company…

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Mine Murder Case Police Inquiries Narrow Search

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday—Another step which may lead detectives nearer to the identification of the mine shaft murder victim was made when a man…

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Mine Murder Case Police Inquiries Narrow Search

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday—Another step which may lead detectives nearer to the identification of the mine shaft murder victim was made when a man…

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