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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

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Plans for Opening of Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 7

The Zinc Corporation and New Broken. Hill Consolidated mines will reopen on Wednesday after the…

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Gold Phones

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 5

Cairo, Friday. — Golden telephones used by King Farouk are on public view at the Egyptian State…

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Gold Phones

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 1

Cairo, Friday. — Golden telephones used by King Farouk are on public view at the Egyptian Statd…

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Limits to Be Placed on Coal Production

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 1

Sydney, January 2.—Coal production had now reached the stage where production limits would have to be…

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Broken Hill Survey of Mining Industry

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 5

That there is more in obtaining industrial efficiency than making men work is lucidly show…

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Broken Hill Survey of Mining Industry

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 5

That there is more in obtaining industrial efficiency than making men work is lucidly shown…

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Coal Board's Record Loss

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 5

London, Saturday.—The Daily Telegraph said that the National Coal Board lost more than £A.6,250,000 on…

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Mining Record Set In Canada

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 1

Ottawa, Jan. [?].—Canada produced 1,278 million dollars' (£570 million) worth of minerals in 1952—a record…

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Stop Press Entombed Miners

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 8

Perth.—Huge boulders are ben blasted from the path of rescue digging for two miners trapped the Bodera lead mine at Northan…

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Passes In Mine Managers Exam

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

Mr. R. G. Whalan, Chief Inspector the following results of the Mine Managers…

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2 Men Trapped in Bodera Lead Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 1

Perth.—Miners and farmers of Northampton district, 340 miles north of Perth, are working desperately in relays to reach two miners who were trapped in…

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North Mine Output

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 4

During the six and four-sevenths weeks ended December 31, the North Mine mill treated. 35,162 tons of…

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Coal for Japan

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 4

Sydney.—Coal Board officials expect the first shipment of coal for Japan to be loaded in Newcastle next…

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Pay Days on Mines

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 1

The first full pay period this year, for Zine N.B.H.C. employees will be on January 23…

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Two Mines at Work Again

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 3

When the Zinc and N.B.H.C. mines resumed operations today after a threeweeks holiday, it was estimated that not more than 80 employees failed to appear…

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U.K. Coal Board Loses £5 Million

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 4

London, January 6.—The "Daily Telegraph" says that the National Coal Board lost more that £5 million on…

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Rich Mineral Deposits Found Bauxite, Zinc, Tin And Coal

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 1

Canberra, January 6.—Important discoveries of valuable mineral deposits have been made by geological surveys carried out by the Bureau of Mineral Resources of the…

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The Barrier Miner Wednesday, January 7, 1953. Future of Coal

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 3

THE record production of 15 million tons of coal in N.S.W. in 1952 is expected to be maintained this year. Open cut mines producing poor quality coal—they were…

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First Mines Resume

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 1

Employees of the Zinc Corporation and New Broken Hill Consolidated mines worked their [?]…

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Important Work on Mines in Holidays

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 2

Much important work has been done on the mines during the Christmas shut-down. Several hundred men were engaged on tasks which could not be performed while normal productive operations were in progress…

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