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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

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Big Coal Loss

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

Sydney: Continuing stoppages at N.S.W. mines to-day further aggravated the shortage of gas coal…

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Colliery Dispute Depletes Coal Stocks

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 4

Sydney, April 28.—The wave of stoppages on the coalfields in connection with the John Darling dispute has caused a fall in the stocks at coal hold by the Australian Gaslight…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 6

R. Manuel (North Mine) of 490 Williams Street suffered an injured foot yesterday. M. Hammond (Zinc)…

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COAL Importance To Australia

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 1

Sydney, April 29.—Virtual absence of petroleum and natural gas in…

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Mining Men on Visit to City

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 2

Overseas and Australian mining men arrived here today to inspect the mines. The party included 10 men and one woman delegate from the fifth Mining and Metallurgical Congress…

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Hurt in Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 1

Two South Mine employees were treated for injuries today and taken home [?] work. They were C…

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Mining Congress Delegates Here Second Party Arrives On

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 1

The first party of 11 delegates from the fifth Empire mining and Metallurgical Congress arrived by the noon plane…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 1

C. Merceica (South Mine) was treated for a foreign body in the left eye and was taken home to 45…

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Man Killed in Silica Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 2

Sydney—A man was killed and another critically injured yesterday by an explosion at an open-cut silica mine, near Cooma…

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Man Killed in Silica Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 2

Sydney—A man was killed and another critically injured yesterday by an explosion at an open-cut silica mine, near Cooma…

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More Gold off Niagara

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 3

Auckland (N.Z.): Thirtyfive gold bars, worth nearly £10,000 from the sunken wreck of the Niagara were…

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More Gold off Niagara

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 3

Auckland (N.Z.): Thirtyfive gold bars, worth nearly £10,000 front the sunken wreck of the Niagara were…

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Freak Coal Seam in Vic

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 2

Melbourne: A freak discover of an extensive seam of high grade brown coal between Moe and Yallourn will…

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Gold Strike in U.s

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 1

California: Two Vallejo miners yesterday reported a gold strike—3,570 ounces A ton…

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Mining Men on Visit

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 6

A party of mining men who arrived here on Thursday to inspect the mines left today for Adelaide…

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Mining Men on Visit

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 1

A party of mining men who arrived here on Thursday to inspect the mines left today for Adelaide…

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Mining Experts on Visit to the City

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 12

Delegates to the Empiire Mining and Metallurgical Congress in Broken Hill will be entertained tonight at a social in the Golf Clubhouse sponsored by the…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1

J. Perdikis (North) was treated at the Hospital yesterday for a contused left hand. He was later taken…

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Mining Men on Geology Tour

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 10

Some of the delegates to the fifth Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress in Broken Hill left this morning on a day's geological field excursion…

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Mining Men on Visit Second Party of Congress Group

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1

Important mining men from South Africa, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, Malaya and India, as well as prominent…

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