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

Mining & the mines, 1910

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Welsh Coal Strike. London, Nov. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 November 1910 · page 4

Strikers in South Wales are holding up and searching trains for blacklegs. They threaten to destroy the rails if blacklegs are carried. The manager of the Taff Vale…

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"Miners' Worm."

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 November 1910 · page 4

Dr. A. Millroy, an Ayshire medical man, who wrote to the Home Secretary asking whether his department is doing anything to stop the disease known as "miners'…

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Mining

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 November 1910 · page 3

An old prospector, named James Alfred Longren, is reported to have made a valuable gold find near Thuddungra. He states that he is confident…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. The Clan Mackenzie Mine

The Yass Courier · Friday 25 November 1910 · page 2

Driving on the lode at the 50ft. level of the Clan Mackenzie Mine, Kangiara, a very rich chute of ore nine inches wide came in. Samples…

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State Coal Mine. 40,000,0000 Tons Free. an Extraordinary Offer

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 4

THE premier has received, and forwarded on to his colleague, the Minister for Mines, a letter, of which the following is [?]:— “ Your Government having a fied its…

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Asked to Resign. Mr. Griffith and the Miners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 6

The A.M.A. at Broken Hill recently carried a resolution, condemning the Labour Ministry for endorsing Mr. Holman's refusal to release the imprisoned striker Stokes. Mr. Griffith…

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Welsh Coal Strike. London, Nov. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 November 1910 · page 2

Strikers at Gilfachgoch, Glamorganshire, thrashed carpenters who wore erecting a shed for the Munster Fusiliers, believing as they did that the carpenters were imported to stoke the…

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Mining

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 4

According to the report of the legal manager of the Bookham Gold mining Company, the shaft is down. 100ft. In the last 5ft of sinking the reef was…

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Bookham Mine

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 4

THE main shaft at the 75 ft level had been driven 23 ft, South, the reef has been continuous, with a width of [?]ft, the chute of gold passed through in the shaft continued…

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The Tolwong Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Clyde Shire a communication was received from the Mulwaree Shire Council asking co-operation in having the boundaries altered so as the area taking in the…

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Grong Gold Find

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 December 1910 · page 4

Wagga, Saturday.—Considerable excitement has been caused throughout the district by reports concerning M'Lean's gold find at Grong Grong. A local resident has sent the…

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Rush Near Narrandera. Gold-bearing Reef Discovered

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 December 1910 · page 2

THE [?] the discovery of a [?] gold-bearing [?] about 30 miles north[?] of Narrandera has during the past few days developed…

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Mining

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 December 1910 · page 4

The main shaft of the Bookham Gold Mine, at the 75ft level, has been driven 23ft, South, the reef has been continuous, with a width of 3ft,…

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Air to Replace Coal

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 December 1910 · page 5

A Mr. F. Busby has worked out a coal-substitute scheme by which suburban batteries of huge windmills will compress air in a suitable system of…

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Turning Him Down. Peter Bowling and the Northern Miners

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 5

M[?]. PETER BOWLING is losing ground daily among the miners on the northern fields, and the latest defection is the Aberdare Miners’ Lodge, the largest on…

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Crown of Gold, R.B.P., No. 578

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 6

The annual dinner in connection with the installation of the officers of the Crown of Gold Royal Black Preceptory No. 576, Working under the Grand Lodge of Ireland, was held in the…

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Colliery Disaster. 290 Men Entombed. London, Dec. 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 December 1910 · page 2

An explosion took place in the Hueton colliery at Bolton, Lancashire, yesterday. Following the explosion the cages became jammed, and the ventilation was seriously interfered with…

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Silver-gold Find at Tuena

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 December 1910 · page 6

Blayney, Tuesday.—It is reported that rather rich gold has been discovered a few miles on the Bigga side of Tuena. Mr. Richards, one of the partners in the claim,…

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[Reuter's.] Shocking Mining Explosion. Hundreds Entombed. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 December 1910 · page 2

At Bolton, Lancashire, an explosion in the Pretoria pit at eight o'clock in the morning shook the neighbourhood and was heard three miles away. Owing to fire the rescuers…

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Bookham Mine

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 2

The main shaft, the 75 ft level has been driven 23ft south. The reef has been continuous, with a width of 3ft. The chute of gold passed through in…

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