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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

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Queensland Sells Coal to Japan

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 1

Brisbane, March 25.—State Cabinet has approved the sale of 100,000 tons of coal from the state mines at…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 6

T. Brown "(Zinc) of 29 Argent Street, was admitted to the Hospital yesterday suffering from a compound…

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Mining Reserve

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 4

Darwin, March 26.—A 197 [?]uare mile area covering the mineral area of [?] Creek, in which a…

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North Mine Picnic

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 3

The North Mine employees' picnic committee will hold its annual picnic at Penrose Park tomorrow…

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North Mine Picnic

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 3

The North Mine employees' picnic committee will hold its annual picnic at Penrose Park tomorrow…

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Zinc Mine Inspections

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 4

Public tours of Inspection of the Zinc Mine will cease on Wednesday, April 1, until Tuesday, April 7…

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Chinese Intend to Mine Tibet

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 4

New Delhi.—The Chinese are preparing to open the mineral wealth of Tibet, which includes sulphur, mica, coal, gold and possibly oil, according to reports…

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Chinese Intend to Mine Tibet

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 4

New Delhi.—The Chinese are preparing to open the mineral wealth of Tibet, which includes sulphur, mica, coal, gold and possibly oil, according to reports…

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Army Mine Detector Gets Tools

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 2

Bendigo.—An army mine detector was used by Bendigo police today to recover motor tools from mud in the Faugh…

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Gold Reserve in Territory

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 3

Darwin—137 square miles at Tennant Creek, in which a Canadian mining group is interested, has been declared a reserve by the N T Administrator (Mr. F. J…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

From the Zinc Mine yesterday P. Minahan was X-Rayed at the Hospital and taken home to 144 Williams…

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North Mine Picnic

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 7

A record crowd travelled by train to Penrose Park on Sunday for the annual picnic of the North Mine…

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Conference on Mines Agreement

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

Representatives of the M.M.A. met B.I.C. delegates this afternoon in connection with the mines…

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Shaft Blocked at Zinc Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 2

The general manager of operations of the Zinc Corporation (Mr. R. PitmanHooper) said today that the blockage in the No. 2 upcast airway pilot shaft occurred in…

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Mines Strike Is Off?

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 1

The State Industrial Registrar has intervened in the dispute between the mining…

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Big Profit on Coal

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 4

Sydney.—The Joint Coal Board was making excessive profits on coal sold to the Victorian railways from the…

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Coal Owners Will Oppose Dictation

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 3

Lithgow: Mine managers would not take orders from the Miners' Federation, Mr. W. McNally said. They would not take orders…

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Wants Inquiry Into Coal Board Activities

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 1

Lithgow, March 30: A Miners' Federation official claimed today that the Joint Coal Board made a nett…

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Mining Companies Have No Further Offer to Men

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 4

Although at one stage the position looked hopeful, progress towards a settlement of the threatened industrial trouble on the mines was made at a…

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Mines Agreement Negotiations Conference Fails After Hospital Sign M.m.a's Obvious Interest in B.I.C. President's Suggestion

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 1

Yesterday a conference between the M.M.A. and the B.I.C. with the mining unions failed to arrive at a basis of settlement of the mines agreement after there had early appeared to be every sign that satisfaction could be arrived at…

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