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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1952

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Leaving North Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 4

Forty-five years' service with the North mine was honored during the lundi period yesterday when Mr…

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Mr. Hurtle Woolcock Farewelled North Mine Presentation

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 1

During the lunch period yesterday, on the eve of his retirement under the pension scheme from employment with the North Mine,…

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Rich Gold Mine

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 3

Kalgoorlie.—The recovery of gold worth £6250 from five cwt. of stone from Brown's Eldorado, north of…

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Wind to Help Coal

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 2

London:—Britain's fuel crisis may one day be gone with the wind. A chain of outsize coastal windmills to…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 8

A.T. Hassen (North Mine) was treated at the Hospital then taken home to 57 Boughtman street…

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North Mine Production

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 7

The Secretary of North Broken Hill Ltd., reports for the four weeks ended March 8, as…

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Mine Casualties

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 8

W.B. Woolley, of 133 Brazil Street, became ill and was admitted to Hospital. W. P. Buchecker was…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 1

Five mine employees were taken home after treatment for varied injuries received at work yesterday. The men were:…

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South Mine Output

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 8

Broken Hill South Ltd. reports for four weeks ended March 15, 1952— Crude ore treated: 25,450…

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No More Italian Miners

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 11

London, Wednesday. — Britain had stopped recruiting Italians to work in the mines, the Labor…

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Break in Relief Pipeline Mines Using Reserves

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 1

The city's water train service is back to seven a day following a break in the temporary pipeline at Horse Lake. Trains are operating between Menindee and…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 6

E. Hermannson (North) was treated yestterday for a ricked back and was later taken home to 351 Hebbard Street…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 1

L. B. Lowther (North) was treated at the Hospital and then taken home to 577 Blende Street. He had a lacerated right leg…

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Mine Managers' Examination

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 5

At the Mine Managers' examination in Sydney and Broken Hill, 15 candidates passed in the following…

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Unions Tell M.m.a. of Mine Pensioners' Needs Meeting Today to Form Proposals

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 1

Delegates of mining unions, and the B.I.C., yesterday told the M.M.A. that somehow the payments for mine pensioners must be increased, as their benefits now were too far below the basic wage…

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Mining Students Sum Up

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 3

The New Zealand Otago "Daily Times" reported in a recent issue that "six" "Broken Hill Millionaires"…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

A. L. Cumming (South Mine), 318 Eyre Street, was treated yesterday for a foreign body in the right eye…

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Mining Royalties By Percentage

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 4

Sydney, March 24. — Royalty rates on new or original mining leases will be fixed by regulation at a percentage rate per ton or…

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N.S.W. Coal Output Up Record Year Likely

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

Sydney, March 24. — New South Wales coal output in the first two months of this year showed a substantial, increase…

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Coal Mine Strike

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 1

Sydney.—The Richmond Main colliery on the northern N.S.W. coalfield, was idle again today for the 18th…

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