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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

303 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 16

Cangai Copper Mine. Important Changes

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 3

The Grafton Copper Mining Co. has decided to borrow £10,000 for the further development of their mine property at Cangai. Mr. Fred McGuren…

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German Fleet Cut Off. by Their Own Mines. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 3

A Copenhagen despatch says the German battle fleet in the Baltic was cut off from its base by its own minefield, which broke adrift during a storm…

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Hard Times for Metalliferous Miners

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 8

It is asserted by Mr. C. H. Davis, secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Federated Mine Employees' Association, that industrial law and usage with regard to…

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Medical Triumphs. Fluid to Prevent Explosions in Coal Mines

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 8

The very latest boons in science have been described by their discoverers at the great gathering of 3,000 savants from Great Britain and…

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Mines in Bosphorous. Heavy Turkish Losses. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 5

A message from Petrograd states that the minelaying operations in the Bosphorous have resulted in the sinking of seven Turkish gunboats and…

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Miners Seek Increase

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—The Coalowners' Association refused the request of the Miners' Federation for a joint conference to discuss the 20 per cent, increase, but…

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Mine-sweeping Operations. Turks' Feeble Resistance. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1915 · page 3

The French Admiralty reports that mine-sweeping operations at the entrance to Chanak inlet, in the Dardanelles, have been continued nightly, the…

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Coal Strikers Prosecuted. Men's Offer Refused. Long Struggle Promised. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 5

At Wollongong Police Court to-day, the first batch of the 102 summonses issued against the Coal Cliff employees for absenting themselves without leave were…

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British Labor Troubles. Welsh Coal Strike Threatened. Kitchener's Broad Hint. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 5

The Monmouthshire Valley district of Wales has resolved in favor of a national stoppage of mines on. April 22 if a bonus of 20 per cent, is not…

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Blown to Pieces. a Huge British Mine. Terrorised by Officers. London, Friday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 3

"Eye-Witness" at the British headquarters in France says that our forces exploded a large mine on April 9 near Armentieres…

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Mining Matters

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 8

It ia proposed to cancel 13 mineral leases of F. J. W. Merrell, in parishes Clarence and Strathspey, on the Upper Clarence ranging in area from 10 to 40 acres. Cancellation will…

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Mining at Dalmorton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 8

Mr.J. Friar, who has purchased the old hotel site at Dalmorton, is having the 900 feet tunnel in the Lower Hill, mine cleared out, and a crosscut is being put in to cut the reef…

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District Mining. Developments at Dalmorton

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 3

We are informed that it is intended to revive mining at Dalmorton, on the Grafton-Glen Innes Road, and that a company is about to be formed…

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Mine Sweeping Continues. Repairs to Forts Prevented. Athens

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 3

The mine sweeping of the Dardanelles continues. Ships daily enter the straits and prevent repairs to the forts…

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Turkish Destroyer Blown Up. Mines Block the Fleet. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 3

Two Turkish destroyers have been blown up and sunk, by Russian mines at the entrance to the Bosphorous. The remainder of the Turkish fleet…

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Coal Strike in Wales

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The North Wales Miners' Association has notified owners that after May 9 they will cease work at any mine employing non-unionists or…

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Operations in Turkey. Sinking British Submarine. Mining the Bosphorus

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—It is reported as the result of an aeroplane reconnaissance that Turkish forces are concentrated in great strength on the coasts northward of…

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Welsh Miners' Demands

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—A Conference of the Miners' Federation met at Westminster to discuss the suggestion that South Wales miners should strike unless an advance of…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 4

The Under Secretary for Mines, Mr. E. F. Pittman, has forwarded a communication to the various Wardens in the State to the effect that the Sulphide Corporation is prepared to…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 8

The gold leases of the Garibaldi Consolidated G.M. Co., 12 and 1a. 2r., parish Churchill, will be cancelled on 5th May. An advance statement of the progress of…

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