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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

1,055 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 45 of 53

Mining Disaster. Unceasing Rescue Work Twenty-two Bodies Recovered. No Hope for Other 54. Victims Killed While Escaping Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 3

Latest advices from North Queensland state that 22 bodies of miners who were entombed in the Mount Mulligan colliery have been recovered. They are…

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Colliery Explosions. the Bulli Disaster

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 4

The Mount Mulligan disaster recalls the sensation that was caused throughout Australia in March, 1887, when it became known that a disastrous explosion of fire,…

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Mining Disaster. Position at Mt. Mulligan Search Party's Work. a Gruesome Sight. Sixteen Bodies Still Missing. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 3

No further bodies have been recovered from the Mount Mulligan mine. It is believed that there are still sixteen to be recovered…

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Working King Solomon's Mines Modern Company on Ancient Field. Tons of Gold in Olden Days Won by Primitive Methods

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 6

The enormously rich mines of Ophir from which King Solomon, the Queen of Sheba and other rulers of Old Testament days obtained the wealth of…

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Reparations German Shipping Handed Over. Valued at 843,000,000 Gold Marks. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 5

The "Daily Telegraph's" Paris correspondent says the Reparation Commission values the ships which Germany handed over under the…

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Strikes at Collieries. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 5

It was announced yesterday on behalf of the Colliery Proprietors' Association that for the week ending yesterday there had been twelve strikes at the collieries…

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Rich Gold Find in California. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 5

Los Angeles leading assayers describe the recent gold strike in Santa Monica mountains as the greatest in Californian history and surpasses even the 1894…

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British Trade Depression. Welsh Coal Pits Being Closed. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 3

Owing to the trade depression, a number of coal mines in Wales are closing indefinitely, including the pits belonging to the Great Western…

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Mount Mulligan One Body Still in Mine. Royal Commission Gone to the Scene. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 3

It is now reported that one body still remains in the Mount Mulligan mine, covered by a heavy fall of earth…

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British Coal Industry Another Disturbing Development. Owners Proportion of Wages Increase. Many Collieries Closing London, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 3

The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Cardiff says, the Coal Mines Department of the Board of Trade has issued An order, without warning,…

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Miners' Wages. Interpretation of Agreement, Serious Position in Wales. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 5

A serious position has arisen in the South Wales coalfield owing to a misrepresentation of the settlement of the last coal strike, the Mines Department…

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Carpathia Tin Mining Company. a Dissatisfied Shareholder. Management Criticised. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 3

At a meeting of shareholders of the Carpathia Tin Mining Company, held to-day, Mr. Mansell, one of the share-holders, who said he had 2000 shares,…

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British Unemployed. The Coal Mining Industry. Soup Kitchens Opened. for Feeding the Children. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 5

The cloud of unemployment overshadowed to-day's meeting of the executive of the Miners' Federation in London, whose main business was the discussion of means…

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Coal Miners' Resolve. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 5

The Coal Miners' Federation decided not to attempt to put into effect the shorter working fortnight until after a conference has been held between the…

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Cotton Cars Run on Coal Dust

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 3

Motor cars made of cotton and run by coal dust are possibilities of the not remote future. Such radical departures in the design of automobiles…

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Fools and Madmen. Mr. Havelock Wilson's Strictures the Miners' Strike. Most Colossal Blunders Ever Made. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 5

Mr. Havelock Wilson, in his presidential address at the annual conference of the Sailors and Firemen's Union, said the leaders of the Miners' Federation had…

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Miners' Leaders Sent to Gaol. Kansas

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 October 1921 · page 5

Three of the Miners' Union chief's were sent to gaol when they refused to give bonds undertaking not to cail further strikes in defiance of the Industrial Court…

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Telegrams Coal Mine on Fire. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 5

Rotowaro coal mine, near Huntley, caught fire yesterday. It is still burning strongly, and the mouth of, the mine has been sealed and water from a nearby…

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Gold for Notes. an Incident of 18 Months Ago. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 5

Robert Donaldson appeared at the City Court, charged with having in January, 1920. stolen from Henry Orford £140. Orford gave evidence, stating that the…

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QUEENSLAND Lord Northcliffe in Brisbane. Another Deathrom Plague. Mount Mulligan Mine Inquiry. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 5

Lord Northcliffe, who is on his way the East on the St. Albahs availed himself of the vessel's short, stay in Brisbane to day by paying a visit to the city. After…

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