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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

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Production At North Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 3

Following are the production figures of North Broken Hill Ltd. for the four weeks enif ed October 23. The figures for the corresponding…

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More Men Employed On Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 1

IN 12 months the increase in the number, of men employed along the line of lode has been 888. At the end of last month…

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Zinc Men to Resume Work Eviction Case Causes Stir Meeting Places Ban On Mine Worker

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 1

AFTER rendering the Zinc Corporation mine idle for 24 hours because an employee, a landlord, allegedly evicted an old-age pensioner, employees of the mine at a general meeting in the Quadrangle this…

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Drilling at Outside Mines Progress at Silver Peak

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 6

The supervising director of the Silver Peak (B.H.) Ltd. (Mr. Frederick W. T. Phipps) gives the following resume of drilling and general…

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Holidays For Mine Employees Adelaide Plans Finalised First Train on December 16

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 7

THE full arrangements for the special trains in a letter from the superintendent of the Silverton Tramway Co. Ltd. (Mr. T. C. Gun) were discussed at a meeting of the Combined Mines Picnic Committee at the…

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Stoppage at South Mine Worker's Death In Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 4

BECAUSE of the death in Adelaide of a young man, Edward John Could (21), who was injured while working at the South mine about two…

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No £3 Fare To Sydney For Mine Workers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 November 1937 · page 1

MINE workers have expressed bitter disappointment that the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) has not made available the special £3 second-class return fare to Sydney which had been hoped for…

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Tide Of Battle Swinging Rebel Offensive Being Resisted Warning About Floating Mines (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, November 9

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 November 1937 · page 1

WITH the tide of battle swinging to and fro along the Gallego, a fierce mountain torrent, the republicans are desperately resisting wave after wave of Moors and Italians, who have begun the rebel offensive on the…

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Wonthaggi Coal Mines Show Big Loss

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 November 1937 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Annual reports on two State undertakings tabled in the Legislative Assembly disclosed that while the State…

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Hobart Coal Strike Feared

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 3

HOBART, Friday.—As a result of a breakdown of negotiations for a new log in the coal mining industry a strike is imminent. Among the…

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Proprietary Mine Will Keep Working

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 1

OWING to the low price of metals there is a feeling of uncertainty among employees of the Proprietary Company…

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Innovation at Mines? Air Conditioning Proposals SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 3

MINING circles in Sydney are interested in the proposal to air condition the Broken Hill mines. This innovation has been introduced…

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Promising Mineral Area Discovery by Prospectors Claims Pegged Out Near North Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 November 1937 · page 3

WHAT is considered to be a discovery of some importance has been made by two local prospectors, Messrs. T. Osborne and E. Thomas, who have pegged out two claims of a promising mineral area…

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Barrier Miner Saturday, November 13, 1937 the "Big" Mine Will Not Close Down

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 November 1937 · page 2

AN announcement in "The Barrier Miner" yesterday that the Broken Hill Proprietary Company is to remain open must have been welcome…

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Mining Managers in City Council?

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 November 1937 · page 2

To the Editor, Sir.— The suggestion that our leading mining managers should be invited to take a direct part in controlling…

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Slight Fall in Gold and Silver Prices

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 November 1937 · page 3

A fall of l-16d. to 1/7[?] an ounce was noted in silver (standard) prices on the London Exchange on Saturday. Silver, (fine) fell the same fraction to…

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Mt. Coolon Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 2

The manager of Mt. Coolon Gold Mines No Liability, supplies the following progress report for the period October 27 to November 9:—The…

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Coal Strike Extension?

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, "Tuesday.—The Northern Miners' president (Mr.T. Hoare) said last night that an extension of the strike at the Broken Hill Proprietary…

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Inter-mine Tennis

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 November 1937 · page 3

The following are the results of the annual tournaments of the Inter-Mine Tennis Association concluded last Saturday:—C. Stewart and W…

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Production At Central Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 November 1937 · page 2

Following are the production figures of the Central mine for the four weeks ended October 30. The production for the corresponding…

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