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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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Barrier Miner Saturday, May 26, 1951 Future of Coal Miners

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 3

SHORTAGE of fuel will settle all the problems on the coalfields before many more years are passed, and it will not be a triumphant settlement for the miners…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 1

Mine employees injured yesterday were: F. C. Williams (Zinc) foreign body in the eye; T. J. Hatch (South) fractured jaw; R. Coleman (Zinc),…

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South Mine Check Inspection

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 3

The Check Inspector (Mr. W. S. O'Neil) visited the South Mine yesterday, and later reported:— In company with Mr. L. Everuss…

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South Mine Picnic

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 4

Employees of the South Mine will hold their annual picnic at the North Reserve on Sunday. Buses will leave their termini at 10.30 a.m. to pick up…

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Rich Coal Seam

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 1

London, May 27.—The largest find of anthracite in Wales in a century, valued at nearly £300,000,000…

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[?] Mine Holiday Pay Move: [?] Meeting Accepts Mma's New [?]Se Proposal Saturday By Mass Meeting

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 1

The [?] proposal for a new clause to be inserted into the Industrial Agreement to-cover unforeseen stoppages at the Christmas close-down period was accepted by a clear…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 1

Mine employees who received treatment yesterday were: L. Callaghan (North) injuries to right knee; A Groves (zine) lacerated…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

R. E. Mason (Zinc Corporation). 324 Lane Lane, was taken home yesterday alter straining his knee. S. J. Tizlani (North Mine), 395 Piper…

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Seeing Mines

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 8

Professor F. T. White, of the Department of Mining Engineering, Queensland University, is inspecting…

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81 Trappedin Mine; 14 Dead

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

London, May 29—Gas explosion in the Easington Colliery at shift change was responsible for ghastly loss of life. Rescue work has been suspended because of the…

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Visit of Govt. Mines Chief

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 2

Mr. J. W. Slater (chief inspector of mines for New South Wales) will arrive tonight. Mr. Slater was…

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79 Trapped In Mine Explosion Seven Found; Six Of Them Dead

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

London, May 29. — A coal face explosion trapped 79 miners behind a huge wall of thousands of tons of rubble at…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 1

M. Goldring (South Mine), 114 Piper Street, was treated yesterday for bruised shins. F. Guryer, 479 Blende Street, and L…

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Hope Almost Gone For Trapped Miners One Rescuer Killed

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 1

London, May 30.—Hopes of saving 67 miners entombed behind a thousand yard thick wall on the collapsed workings in Easington Colliery, Durban were…

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North Mine Check Inspection

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 1

The Check Inspector (Mr. W. S. O'Neil) visited the North Mine yesterday on afternoon shut and later reported: In company with Mr. N. Stephens…

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Hope Given Up For Buried Miners

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 1

London, May 31.—Hope has been officially abandoned for 60 miners entombed by thousands of tons of rubble in the explosion at Easington Colliery,…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 5
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Mine accident cases yesterday were: R. O. Wilks (Zinc Corporation), of 292 Galena Street, treated for a…

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Mine Teams At Football

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 11

Football teams selected from employees of the South and Zine-N.B.H.C mines will take part in a…

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Killed in Mine

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 3

Perth.—Three New Australians were killed and a fourth was critically injured in a mine near Leonora. They were crushed by a…

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