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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

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Grafton Copper Mining Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 2

Themanager reports for wee ended 30th August:— [?] level was advanced 3ft. [?]total 16ft. west from No. 3 crosscut. The lode s 3ft. wide, a large proportion being high…

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A Pirate's Hoard. Strange Story of Cocos Island. Who in Australia Bought Brown's Gold?

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 7

Miss Genevieve Davies and Mrs. Barry, Till, the two courageous Englishwomen who se out from Plymouth last year to seek, the abulous reasure supposed to be…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 4

The gold lease of G. F. Chaffer, 20 acres, Moonee, will be declared cancelled on 17th instant. The following gold lease applications…

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Nationalisation of Mines and Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The Trades Union Congress at Manchester, by 194,400 [?]otes to 43,000, carried a motion in favour of the nationalisation of mines and…

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Late Wires. Colliery Troubles. Three Mines Affected. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 3

Burwood Colliery, Newcastle, is idle through the miners striking in consequence of a dispute over the question of weighing coal. Three hundred men are…

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Freddie Welsh's Gold Belt. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 3

The police of Washington State have arrested Becket, an Australian ex-jockey on a charge of stealing Lord Lonsdale's gold belt from…

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Cangai Copper Mine. Manager's Monthly Report

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 September 1913 · page 6

The manager of the G.C.M. Co's. Cangai mine reports for the four weeks ended 6th inst. :-- B. level was advanced west from…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 September 1913 · page 5

A copper find is reported almost 23 miles from Hillgrove, two miles from Hall's Peak, and eight miles, from the George's Creek, Kempsey main road. The…

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Mountain Maid Mine

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 September 1913 · page 2

The manager of the fountain Maid gold mine at Lionsville reports for the week ending 6th September. 1913:--…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 September 1913 · page 4

It is notified that rents are overdue on the following gold leases, and they may be forfeited:—T. O'Dwyer and others, 20a., parish Churchill; F. J. Briscoe, 10a.,…

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Coal Owners' Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 2

At Newcastle, in the course of his address before the Miners' Wages Board, Mr, A. J. Kelynack (counsel for the Colliery Propriotors' Association) roferred to the…

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The Mine Closed Down

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 5

The trouble at the mine at Cangai over, the machine miners' demand for wages in excess of that allowed by the Wages. Board cuhninated yesterday by the…

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Grafton, Copper Mining Co'

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 5

The manager reports for week ended, 13th. inst. —No. 3 winze in A level was sunk ift. 6in.; total depth, 17ft. Good ore is showing in the bottom the width…

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The Strike at Cangai. Introduction of Machine Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At last sitting of the Metalliferous Mining Board, No. 1 Consolidated, Mr. Davis, representing the Amalgamated Miners' Union, referred to…

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Strike at Cangai. the Mine Shut Down

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 5

The Grafton Copper Mining Co., Ltd., operating at Cangai, installed an air-compressor and drilling plant at the mine recently; also a hoist…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 4

At the Warden's Court at Copmarthurst on Wednesday, before Mr. Malone Warden. T. B. Bassetti applied for suspension of labour conditions on gold lease 497, parish…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 8

The gold application of G. McClymont, 3a., parish Carnham, has been refused. The gold lease of G. F. Chaffer, 20a., Moonee, has been cancelled…

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Destitution in Dublin. Police Guarding Coal Lorries. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 3

The Dublin strike has extended considerably, and thirteen thousand workers are now out. It is feared that half of these are destitute. All…

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MINING. Copper in 1912

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 2

The world's production of 1,019,800 tons in 1912, against 893,400 tons in the previous year, shows, according to the statement contained in the statistical return of…

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MINING. The Cangai Trouble

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 September 1913 · page 4

The trouble at Cangai has come to an end by the award made in Sydney on Wednesday last, as reported in last issue. Next day the miners went to the…

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