Perhaps because of its criticism of unpatriotic activities by a small section of the community the "Miner" office was twice bombed during the war. The first bomb was thrown onto the roof of the linotype department, doing little damage. The second bombing took place on a Saturday night when a bomb was pushed through a broken lead light in the Sulphide Street door, damaging doors in the passageways.                                                                    In 1919,the ownership of the "Miner" changed hands again when it was purchased by Mr James Davison who had been managing editor of the Melbourne "Herald".     At the same time, he purchased the Port Pirie  "Recorder" which was later bought by Mr Horace Yelland, an early day employee of the "Miner". The "Miner", at this time, created a very interesting daily column contributed under the non de -  plune of "3m Rule".                                                                    Generally speaking, the "Miner" must have been a very profitable business in the 1890's and, over as late as 1919,it was still profitable, though profits would have been curtailed by the advent of "Barrier Daily Truth".                     The cost of Newspaper in reels, landed in Broken Hill prior to the first World War,was 11 pounds or 12 pounds per ton, either from Scandinavia or Powell River, North America.                                                            In 1905,the circulation reached 8303 daily and three editions of the paper were published-at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. The first and third editions were sold to business people along Argent Street and the second edition was for home delivery. The one o'clock and six o'clock editions were discontinued soon after Mr. Davison became proprietor.                                                                     Mr E.J. Horwood, Work Manager for the B.H.P.  Company, was a regular caller at the "Barrier Miner" office each day on horseback, to collect the first edition on his way home to lunch.                                                              In 1922,Mr Davison went to Adelaide and founded the "News" evening paper which is now controlled by the Rupert Murdoch group. He died in London in 1929 at the age of 61 years, while attending an Empire Press Conference.                            I  Left the "Barrier Miner" in November 1920 to join the Broken Hill and Suburban Gas Co .L.T.D. as secretary and remained there for 35 years, becoming General Manager and Secretary of the Company in 1935.