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Mining & the mines, 1908

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The Barrier Miners. Mass Meeting. Broken Hill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 14

Another mass meeting was held in the Central Reserve last night in connection with the industrial position Several thousands of people were present, but the…

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In the Roaring Sixties. the Great Rush at Canoona. Being a Reminiscent Yarn of Fifty Years Ago About Queensland's First Gold-Field

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 3

How much gold was won at Canoona, no one can say—more, probably, than the authorities ever knew, for records were not very carefully…

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South Greta Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 November 1908 · page 2

Mr. w. Brady presided over a meeting of the South Greta Miners' Lodge at Walsh's Hotel on Saturday evening, when Mr. Arthur Teece read and explained the minutes of the committee of…

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The German Mining Disaster. 360 Dead Bodies. the Mine Flooded and Flames Extinguished. Piteous Scenes. London, Sunday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 November 1908 · page 3

Up to the present 360 dead bodies have been brought out of the Radbod mine, at Hamm, in Westphalia, where an explosion from the ignition of firedamp occurred on…

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The Mount Morgan Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 2

In view of tho prominent position occupied by Mount Morgan in the public eye just now by reason of the terrible disasters that have occurred there during terrible the last…

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Labour at Newcastle. Colliery and Other and Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 5

Trouble started to-day at the recently opened Young Wallsend colliery. The miners demand to be paid on tonnage rates instead of a daily wage they have been receiving, while the proprietary…

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Westphalian Mining Disaster. Terrible Scenes. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 2

Terrible scenes have occurred at the Radbad mines, at Hamm, Westphalia, in Germany, where out of about 400 men who were at work at the time of the…

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Miners' Homes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 5

Arrangements are boing made by Mr. wood, the State Minister of Mines, to give miners residing on the lands of Pelaw-Main and Stanford-Merthyr…

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Muswellbrook Coal

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 3

Samples of coal obtained from the mine on the Town Common at Muswellbrook are looked upon as fine samples, admirably illustrating the richness of…

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Westphalian Mine Disaster. Sympathy from Australia

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 4

The Prime Minster (Mr Fisher) on Monday received the following cable from the German Consul-General (Dr. Inner) at Sydney to his message of…

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Ants Steal Gold. Circumstantial Evidence

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 4

"A very queer thing happened on July 15." writes a mining manager in Nicaragua to a relative in Ballarat, "which shows how dangerous…

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Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 4

As the result of better time worked during the last fortnight, the pay distributed to-day at tho East Greta. and Stanford-Merthyr collieries was larger than for some time psta. The amount…

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South Wales Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 4

The result of the proceedings of the conference of the South Wales' Miners' Federa a Lion at Curdill, shows that socialists will henceforth dominate this organisation…

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Miners' Eight-hours Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 4

Tho Miners' Eight Hours' Bill has passed through Grand Committee of Parliament. Mr. H. Cladstone, the Home Secretary, undertakes to facilitate the remaining stages…

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The Mount Morgan Mines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 11

In view of the prominent position. occupied by Mount Morgan in the public eye just now by reason of the terrible disasters that have occurred there during the last…

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German Mining Disaster. 860 Dead Bodies. the Mine Flooded and Flames Extinguished. Piteous Scenes. London, Sunday Afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 2

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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Gold From Silver. Sir William Ramsay's Experiments

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 6

The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from Paris on August 28 c—Sir William Ramsay, the…

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South Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 November 1908 · page 2

Important improvements are being carried out at the South Greta Colliery which, when completed, will permit of a much-increased output. The colliery has been much improved since the company…

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Local and General. The Elingamite Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 November 1908 · page 2

Mr. James Rogers, of the Horse-shoe Bend, West Maitland, who has undertaken to make an attempt in company with an experienced Sydney diver, to recover some of the Elingamite's gold off the Three…

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[?]Field Gold-mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 5

[?]cencefield Gold-mining Company, Ltd, [?] Australia, recently issued 66,866 [?] shares among the shareholders [?]onately, viz., two preference shares…

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