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Mining & the mines, 1910

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A Colliery Raided

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1910 · page 3

Strikers in the Rhondda Valley persuaded the enginemen and stokers of the Britannic Colliery to abandon their machines. The manager and officials restarted the boilers to prevent the…

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Mortality Among Gold Prospectors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1910 · page 3

Scores of prospectors are dead and others dying on the trails to the Porcupine gold camps. Ontario, and a failure of supplies is setting in…

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Government Mining Adviser

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1910 · page 3

Mr. Mabon has declined the position of mining adviser to the Home Office, on account of advancing years and unwillingness to leave his beloved Wales, and Mr. T. Richards, M.P., has…

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Welsh Colliery Strike. Grave State of Affairs. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 November 1910 · page 2

Ten thousand strikers at Aberdare have rejected the proposals of the Concilation Board, and there is a movement on foot to provoke a general…

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Welsh Coal Strike. Labour Members Dissatisfied. London, Nov. 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1910 · page 3

In the House of Commons, last night, Labour members hotly demanded the withdrawal of the troops from the strike districts of South Wales. They complained that the police inerfered with…

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New Gold Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 5

The 150,000 shares open to the public in the Mountain Queen gold mine, Yilgara W.A., have been over-subscribed…

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The State Coal Mine

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 2

In his pre-sessional speech the Premier referred to the advocacy of a State coal mine, for which, he said, he had been told that a big…

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Murrurundi Shale Mine. the Bonus Question

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 4

ON the question of granting a bonus for the production of oil, &c., from [?]le, which the Federal Parliament has agreed to, Mr. W. J. Johnson, our…

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Ebbw-main Mine. Improvements and Additions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 6

The Ebbw-Main mine, which was started some two years ago, on a small scale, and has practically improved but little since then, is now being altered —both underground and on top—so as to provide…

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State Coal Mine. Located at National Park

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 5

The area which contains the coal deposits referred to by Mr M''Gowen on Monday night as available for a State coal mine is National Park. The…

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Mine Manager Killed. Collision on Colliery Line. Pelaw-main

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 6

Mr. R. Arburkle, manager of the Pelaw-Main Colliery, was kileld on Saturday, and Mauris Sanlaville seriously injured. From the particulars to hand it appears that the two men…

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The State Coal Mine. Located at National Park

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 5

Tho area which contains the coal deposits referred to by Mr. M'Gowen on Monday night as available for a State coal mine is National Park…

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Colliery Proprietors' Meeting. Selling Price of Coal. Newcastle Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 6

The Colliery Proprietors' Association held a meeting this morning. Seen during luncheon adjournment one of the proprietors said that the meeting would last for…

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Inspection of Mines by Workmen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 8

At a meeting of the Executive Council on Tuesday general rule 6 (b) of the Mines Inspection Act, 1901, was amended to provide for periodical inspection on behalf of the workmen, irrespective…

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Mortality Among Gold Prospectors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 5

[?]res of prospectors are dead and others [?]g on the trails to the Porcupine [?] camps, Ontario, and a failure of sup[?] is setting in…

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Tragic Quest for Gold. Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 5

Scores of prospectors are lying dead, and many others are dying from starvation and exposure, on the trails to the South Porcupine gold camps in Alaska…

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Welsh Coal Strike. Labour Members Dissatisfied. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 3

In the House of Commons last night, Labor members hotly demanded the withdrawn of the troops from the strike districts of South Wales. They complained…

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The Welsh Coal Strike. Protest Against Troops. London, Nov. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 2

Mr. Churchill, in reply to the federation, telegraphed that he hoped and expected that the police force sent would suffice promptly and effectively to prevent a riot. Otherwise he would…

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Zimbabwe and the Semites. Who Mined the Gold of the Ancients?

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 12

Those Arabs who described the place to the Portuguese in the 15th century saw it as we see it now, except that the main gateway of tho elliptical temple was still standing; and they…

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The Ontario Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 5

It is officially stated that no deaths from exposure or want of food have occurred in the Porcupine gold camps in Northernt Ontario. Great hardships, however, have been experienced, and…

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