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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

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Northern Miners

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Regarding, the disputes, in the Newcastle districts, one section of the delegates' board urged that an aggregate meeting of miners should…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 8

At Lionsville on Saturday, Parkinson and party commenced operations on the disputed claim on Little's, line of reef, an are now busy rawing a parcel of stone for…

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South Coast Miners. Favour a Return to Work

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Thu South Coast coal strikers at Helensburgh passed a motion in favour of returning to work on the terms submitted by the Minister…

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Gold Medalists

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 4

Miss Ivy Haydon, winner of the gold medal in the pianoforte competition for youths 18 and under; Miss Ruby O'Hare, winner of the gold…

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Cangai Copper Mine. Manager's Monthly Report

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 8

The manager of the Cangai mine reports for the four weeks ended 19th inst.:-- Most attention has been given to…

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Explosion in a Mine. Two Killed. Seventy-two in Peril, Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 5

Two miners are known to be dead and seventy-two others, it is feared. have perished in the Cincinnati Mine, Finley ville, Pennsylvania, where a…

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Late Wires The Coal Crisis. Small Strike Pay. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 4

The first distribution of strike pay was made this morning on the South Coast. The participants received eight shillings each and an allowance…

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Two Sorts of Quids. Nigger Chews Golden Tobacco New Mode of Salting Mine

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 5

How W. S. Cook, a Maine man, row in the Maine Penitentiary went to North Carolina, "Salted" a gold mine and took in such shrewd…

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Late Cables. Mining Disaster. Shaft Cages Fall. Five Killed. Nine Injured. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 5

At Butt, in Montana, five miners were killed and nine injured by an accident in an old shaft of the Leonard Mine, belonging to the Anacorda…

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Northern Miners

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—In connection (with the unrest in the coal mining industry, Newcastle miners have "been ballotting to decide whether a special Industrial Court'…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 4

Sydney, Melbourne, Ballarat, South and West Australian investors are visiting the Ardlethan field. Baker's Champion shares are in strong demand: £600…

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South Coast Miners. Strike Pay

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Carmichael said to-day that the requests for a conference received from the miners' executive, had been sent to the proprietors by…

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The Miners Cocky. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 3

The allegations of distress in connection with the Southern coal strike are repudiated by the minors, who contend that they had six weeks'…

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The Mine Explosion a Miraculous Escape. Vancouver, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 3

Exhausted and almost unconscious, Charles Crawl and Philip Lagler have been rescued alive from the Pittsburg mine, where the explosion occurred…

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Newcastle Miners

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—At Newcastle to-day the mining situation was very quiet. The executive officers of the Miners' Federation refuse to give the results of…

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South Coast Miners. Strike Settled

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Southern coal miner's' strike is settled. The delegate board has accepted Mr. Carmichael's terms…

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Mining. Ardlethan Boom

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The boom in the Ardlethan tin ventures still continues, but the excitement was not nearly so intense as on Friday. Speculators…

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Late Wires. The Coal Crisis. Southern Miners Resuming. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 2

The miners at Helensburgh held a meeting this morning and unanimously accepted the Delegate Board's proposals for the resumption of work…

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All Mines Working Next Week. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 2

Advices from Bulli, South Coast state it is probable that most, if not all, of the mines will be going again on Monday…

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The Coal Supply

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Dealing will the marked diminution in Britain's coal supply, the "Times" urges that the country's industrial supremacy will be…

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