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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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Mining

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 October 1908 · page 2

THE prospecting area recently sold to Mr. Charles Taylor, of Kyloe Mine, Adaminaby, and which is being thoroughly developed by what is styled as the Kangiars…

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Broken Hill's Mining Troubles

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 October 1908 · page 2

A REVIVAL of labor troubles on the Broken Hill mining field assumed for, a brief period a threatening aspect, hut the difficulty has been temporarily…

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Miners' Plucky Wives

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 6

Burraga, Thursday.—A serious outbreak of fire took place to-day on the Lloyd mine, in the vicinity of the mine office and store, destroying a large quantity of mine…

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The Gold Reserve. Cycle of Lean Years. London, Nov. 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 6

Sir Felix Schuster, a banking authority, addressing the Institute of Bankers last night, suggested that the present was a favourable time for the accumulation of a gold reserve, since…

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How Long Will the World's Coal Last?

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 5

Computations of to-day have shown that Great Britain has "in sight, so to speak-although it is all below the ground-an available coal deposit of…

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Major's Creek Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 4

A commencement is being made in re-opening Dargue's mine, which has been taken up by a Melbourne syndicate. At the Mount Hope mine at the 500 feet level the reef from a few inches bay opened…

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Gold in a Caravan. Accused's Observation

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 7

A caravan at Sidcup was said to be the scene of the theft of L101 10s, with which Thomas M'Mullin, of Roscoe street. Canning Town, was…

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A Terrible Explosion. at a Leeds Colliery. Rain of Molten Metal

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 7

As the result of an explosion which occurred to-day (wrote the "Daily Mail" on August 28), at a new furnace belonging to the Yorkshire Iron and Coal…

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Cable News. Disaster in Germany. Four Hundred Miners Entombed. London, Nov. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 4

A terrible disaster has occurred in Westphalia. An explosion of firedamp in the Radbod coal mine at Hamm entombed 400 men. Thirty-six men have been rescued…

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Two Romantic Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 2

The twentieth century underground worker rightly expects that the mine he enters shall be reasonably safe, properly ventilated, and fairly equipped; also that the hours of work in them…

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German Colliery Disaster. London, Nov. 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 4

The death-roll in the colliery disaster at Radbod Mine, Hamm, Westphalia, is 360. President Fallieres, in a message to the German Emperor, recalls the heroism of…

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[Reuter's.] the German Colliery Disaster. Awful Scenes at the Pithead. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 4

The Radbod mine, Westphalia, has been flooded to extinguish the flames. Prince Eitel Freidrich arrived at the mine during an angry demonstration against the owners,…

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Ants Steal Gold

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 8

"A VERY queer thing happened on July 15," writes a mining manager in Nicaragua to a relative in Ballarat, "which…

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South Wales Miners. London, Nov. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 4

The result of the proceedings of the conference of the South Wales Miners' Federation at Cardiff shows that socialists will henceforth dominate the organisation…

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About Miners. Hero or Humbug? Some Questions

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 4

"Is the miner a hero or a humbug? That," says the "Star," "is the question which the urban elector has to answer." The article is apropos of the…

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Clever Gold Frauds. by Two Men

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 5

A famous geologist and several engineers have been cleverly swindled by a Norwegian business man and a German engineer…

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Items of Interest. Mining

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 6

The Christmas Gift Company at Cullinga have leased their claim to a local syndicate, who ara on the verge of commencing. An experienced manager…

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A Dual Mine. the Kangiara Lode. Four Metals Found. an Interesting Proposition

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 6

This interesting mine, recently acquired by the Kangiara Syndicate, formed with a capital of £10,000, in 1000 sharps of £10 each, is situated…

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Mining at Major's Creek

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 2

The battery, which had commenced a crushing of 140 tone of stone from the Mount Hope mine, had to be shut down for want of water; but it is expected now, with such a good downpour…

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Colliery Explosion

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 1

An explosion occurred yesterday in the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company's mine at Marianna. Two hundred and seventy-five miners are…

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