Miners to Resume
SYDNEY Thursday.—Although a general strike is threatened, miners have agreed to resume work at all collieries throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1940
387 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 20
Fewer Men On The Mines
THERE was a reduction of eight in the number of men employed along the line of lode at the end of last month as compared with the…
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After a fortnight's inactivity during the Christmas and New Year holidays the line of lode will return to normal next week when the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Trains at Week End Mine Employees To Return
FOUR special trains at least will arrive in Broken Hill during the week end, bringing back many holidaymakers. The majority of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plans For Reopening Of Mines
With the exception of the Central mine productive operations will be resumed along the line of lode on Monday. The Central mine will not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Holidaymakers Flocking Back MineTrains Yesterday And Today
MORE than 2000 people were on the Sulphide Street Station last night when the second of the mine picnic trains returned from Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →200 Men Absent From Mines Underground Work Suffers Most
ABSENTEES from the three main mines—Zinc Corporation, North and South—totalled more than 200 when productive operations were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central Mine Resumes No News Yet of Government Aid
UNDERGROUND operations, general surface workings and milling repairs were resumed at the Central mine today when the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2 Ships Sunk By Mines Third Lost in Collision London, January 7
THREE shipping disasters during the week end were the sinking of the British patrol trawler…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Production at North Mine
Following are the production figures for the North mine for the six and one-seventh weeks period ended December 31, 1939, the figures…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shortage in Berlin
LONDON, January 31.—To expedite the transport of coal, the Berlin radio announces that big reductions in ordinary express and passengor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hope Gone for Trapped Miners
NEW YORK, january 12—Hope of saving the 79 men trapped in the Pocahontas coal mine, Pond Creek (West Virginia) has been abandoned…
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NEW YORK, January 14— Fifty-seven widows and 169 children have been left by the 92 victims of the coal mine disaster at Pond Creek.(West…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Submarine Hit Mine Home Without Its "Head" LONDON, January 17
A British submarine has returned to port, despite having struck a mine. When it was on its way home from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Harmony Wanted In Mine Appeal Made by Mr. Maria
AN appeal for greater harmony between the Zinc Corporation and Combined Mines' Picnic Committees when working for the Christmas holidays this year, was made today by the secretary of the Zinc…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tibooburra Mines Could Be Reopened Inspection By President Of Prospectors' Assn
THERE was no reason why the mines worked in the Tibooburra district in the early days could not be profitably worked again, declared the president of the Prospectors' Association (Mr. L. M.Steckpool) today. He has just returned from a tour of the district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Free Labor for Mines
SYDNEY, Tuesday — A serious position threatens at Nattai Bulli Colliery, on the south coast, where the miners have been on strike. Union…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Mines Hold Stop Work Meetings
SYDNEY. Monday. All northern mines are idle today to enable, engine drivers and firemen to hold stop-work meetings. The men are alleging a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain's Coal Industry Helping To Pay For War
"OLD King Coal" is helping Britain to pay for the war by providing a valuable export to set against imports of war,materials…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deputation To Wait On Premier Request to Keep Central Mine Employees in Work
ADECISION to send a deputation from various organisations in the city to Sydney to wait on the Premier (Mr. Mair) and the Minister for Mines (Mr. Vincent), urging the necessity of keeping the Central mine…
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