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Blue Mountains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

5 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Burragorang Coal Seam

The Mountaineer · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 6

The representative of the company of capitalists (Mr R. D.. Barry) who discovered the seam of coal in the, face of the chiefs of Burragorang Valley…

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Forbidden to Use Coal

The Mountaineer · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 7

So long as wood was abundant, coal was not used In Great Britain: indeed, the latter was long hold to be injurious to health: but towards the close of the…

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Original Poetry. the Old Miners Reverie

The Mountaineer · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 3

Oftentimes at twilight's closing C[?] to me, as I sit dozing, many memories of the days of long ago; When, a young, blithe-hearted fello[?]…

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Accident at Katoomba South Mines

The Mountaineer · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 3

The severe storm on Saturday last was responsible for a slight accident at the Katoomba South mines. The wing caused the telegraph wires to touch and…

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Blown Up by Miners Sequel to a Strike

The Mountaineer · Friday 28 October 1904 · page 5

A labor dispute has had a remarkable sequel in South Wales. At the Tyrergyd Colliery, near Aberdare, the owners and workmen have…

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