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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

374 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 19

The Coal-lumpers' Strike. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 5

The coal stevedores can no longer consider that the Coal-lumpers' Union exists as since the strike 600 men have signed the agreement…

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Bobo Gold Field

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 8

In the days when Coramba was wide—that is, widely unpopulated—mining flourished with a golden flourish, and fortunes were piled up with a vapidity…

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New Series of Stories. a Friend of Mine

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 6

George Lackaday always made a point of walking home from the city when the evening, or rather the afternoon, was fine, so that if he left his…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 5

The Surface Hill Syndicate, Timbarra, have great faith in their claim, for they are putting in a complete set of machinery, i.e., cyanide plant, colonial boiler,…

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Gold Robbery

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 2

Some time during last week three bars of smelted gold, valued at £1700, were stolen from the Melbourne Mint. On Saturday week at 11 p.m. Mr. Pascoe, a…

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Coal Lumpers' Strike

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 5

On Saturday morning one of the free labourers was coming out of the Sydney shipping office, after drawing his pay, when two men, who were said to be unionists,…

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Coal Lumpers' Strike

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 4

Some sensational evidence was given in a case on Tuesday against a coal-lumper who was charged with assaulting a constable. The latter stated that 400 men…

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Miners' Union Murders

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday,—Orchard, the informer, on whose confession officers of the Western Miners' Federation are being tried for the murder of the ex-Governor of Idaho,…

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Rand Miners Strike

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, M.P., and other members of the Labour Party have been approached by the men on strike on the Rand mines…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 10

The mill of the Broken Hill South mine last week treated 4074 tons of ore, for a yield of 611 tons of concentrates, assaying 71 per cent. lead, 18oz. silver, and 6 per…

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Coal Lumpers' Strike

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—A body of 300 coal lumpers on Strike divided into groups yesterday and attacked two steamers at Blackwattle Bay Five shots were fired…

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The Coal-lumpers' Trouble

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

The actual cause of this trouble does not seem to have been clearly explained, and the public are largely in the dark regarding its real merits. It is not a matter of wages…

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Mining for Butter Pays

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 11

It is the only mine that yields sure returns every time. It never disappoints the prospector. All other mining ventures need heavy calls…

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Mining. Grafton Copper Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

Mr. Mulligan, the manager of the Cangad mine, reports as follows for the week ending 8th June:—Mining and development has proceeded with interruption for the…

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Rand Miners' Strike

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—In an interview with General Botha, the Transvaal Premier, the mine-owners offered to leave the strike dispute in the hands of the…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 4

A parcel of Cangai shares changed hands locally last week at £1 10s a share. The mill of the Stannary Hills Mines (Q.) during the week ended May 31,…

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Coal Gas Poisoning

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 5

Af the inquest held by the City Coroner into the denth of Eva Millens, which took place at a house in Sydney, Mr. William Hamlet, the Government Analyst, deposed…

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Coal Lumpers' Strike

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday—The coal lumpers' strike is' bringing in its train much privation to the wives and children of the strikers. The body, that is doing…

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Another Mining Strike. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 5

The Back Creek and Duckenfield miners have given notice of their intention to cease work. The men have fallen out amongst themselves…

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Gold Rush. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 5

There was great excitement caused at Ballarat North yesterday by the announcement of gold bearing stone 19 inches wide being struck in the old…

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