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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

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The Miners' Beer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 2

A large gathering, mainly composed of coal miners, met at West Wallsend and registered an emphatic protest against the absence of the regulation pint of beer…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 4

The following gold leases are ready for delivery:—E. O'Malley, two of 1a. each, Moonnee; D. Griffen, 5a., Moonee; O. Cunningham, 2a., Moonee; J. W. Tonkin, 5a.,…

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Gold on Albury Common

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A discovery of gold is reported on Albury Common, about 4 feet from the surface. The yield is, estimated at 40z. to the ton from dish…

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The Bullfinch Mine. Worth a Million and a Half

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Interviewed as to why he refused £500,000 a few days ago, and then sold the Bullfinch for £400,000 worth of scrip in an English company,…

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Terrific Colliery Explosion 16 Men Entombed. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 3

By a terrific explosion in the Lawson Black Diamond coal mine at Seattle (U.S.A.), 16 miners have been entombed…

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South Wales Coal Crisis Cavalry' Under Orders. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 3

The situation in the South Wales coal fields, where thirty thousand miners are on strike because of the employment of non-union labor, is so…

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Explosion in a Coal Mine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—Two explosions occurred at the Lawson Black Diamond coal mine (Seattle), whereby 15 persons were killed and £5000 worth of damage…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The share market is devoid of activity to-day. Limited business was transacted. Silver scrip is steady notwithstanding the weakness…

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The Coal Strikers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—At Clydachvale pit numbers of women and girls participated in the rioting. Thousands of strikers mrched to the…

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The Welsh Coal Strike. Military Called On. A Naked Anarchy

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 5

The official chief constable of Glamorganshire on Monday night asked the local military authorities for 200 cavalry and two companies of infantry to give them…

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Another Colliery Disaster. 50 Men Entombed. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 5

Nine coalminers have been rescued at the Delague mine, Trinidad, Colorado, but the fate of fifty others is unknown…

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Practical Sympathy. Miners and the Hospital. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 5

Four hundred miners at Clifton have contributed a day's pay out of the current fortnight towards the erection of a hospital…

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Latest Cables South Wales Coal Crisis. More Police and Soldiers. Men's Delegates in London. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 5

Further police have been despatched from London to the scene of the rioting in Glamorganshire, South Wales, making 800 in all…

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Mine Fatalities

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—The total fatalities as the result of the disaster in the Victor American mire numbered 51. The bodies of 29 dead Mexicans were…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 4

The gold lease of G. Templeton, 3a., Moonee, has been approved. Graften Copper Mining Co. The Manager (Mr. W. J. Mulligan)…

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The Welsh Coal Strike. Rioting on the Decrease. Will Not Hesitate to Call Out the Military

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—Newspaper correspondents who were on the scene during the recent riotous outbreak, describe as most ruthless the destruction of shop…

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Mining Leases

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 2

It was notified in the "Government Gazette" of November 9, 1910, that the 10-acre mineral lease of W. Flood, No. 99, Deepwater, county…

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Latest Wires Railway Fatality. Mine Manager Killed. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 3

A shocking railway fatality took place on the Pelaw Main to Hexham railway yesterday. Robert Arbuckle, manager of the…

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The State Coal Mine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—It transpires that the State Government has a very fine block of land centrally situated on the South Coast, which is said to be rich…

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Mine Manager's Shocking End

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—One of the best known and best liked men on the northern mining field met his death in a shocking manner on Saturday at Kurri Kurri…

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