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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Local and General Mount Copeland Mine

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 2

Quite some surprise was evoked on Saturday last, when the manager of Mount Copeland mine received a telegram from the Co's directors…

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One Thousand Miners Idle. Possibilities of General Strike

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 4

A serious condition of unrest Is rapidly making Itself manifest In tlic northern coal mining Industry. On Friday, out ofa pay drawn fro a small fortnight's work,…

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Over A Thousand Miners Idle. a Serious Situation. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 4

A serious condition of unrest is rapidly making itself manifest in the coal mining industry. Yesterday, out of a pay drawn for a small fortnight's…

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Western Australian Mining

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 6

That an authority like M. Pierre Ledoux should declare that "Western Australian mining stinks in London," owing to the frequency of mining Scandals and that "the…

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Over a Thousand Miners Idle A Serious Situation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 1

A serious condition of unrest is rapidly making itself manifest in the coal mining industry. On Friday out of a pay drawn for a small fortnight's…

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Mining Conference at Weston. Important Resolutions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 5

At a conference of representatives of South Greta, Hebburn, Abermain. Neath, Aberdare and Cessnock miners' ledges held at Weston on Saturday the following…

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Colliery Explosion. Pennsylvania, U.s.a

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 5

Five men have been killed in an explosion in a colliery at Soranton…

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A Mining Commission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 5

The Acting-Premier has received from Mr. D. Watson, President of the Newcastle Miners' Federation, a letter urging the appointment of a commission to inquire into…

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An Admiralty Request. Coal for the Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 5

A few mouths ago the Government of this State received a communication from the Commonwealth Primo Minister, stilting that the Admiralty authorities wished to be supplied…

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Collieries Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 5

The South Wales Collieries' Conciliation Board has agreed upon a 1¼ per cent. reduction in wages owing to the fall in the average selling price of coal…

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Rescue Work in Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 4

An invention intended for rescue work in coal mines, and other places whore noxious gases and otherwise clangorous atmospheres are likely to be encountered, was tasted…

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Canadian Coal. Cordova (Alaska), May 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 5

The steamer Edith arrived at Alaska on Thursday with a consignment of Canadian Coal. A large force of deputies preserved order on the wharf…

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Mining Conference at Weston. Important Resolutions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 6

At a conference of representatives of South Greta, Hebburn, Abermain, Neath, Aberdare and Cessnock miners' lodges, held at Weston on Saturday the following…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

Another good fortnight was experienced by the majority of the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts for the term ended on Saturday. The output, too…

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South Wales Miners' Relief Fund Nationalisation of Mines. London, Sunday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

A largely attended meeting was held in Trafalgar Square on behalf of the South Wales fund for the relief of distressed miners. A resolution was carried to the effect that the…

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The Coal Vend Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

Giving evidence in the coal vend case, before the High Court to-day, Oswald Lane, formerly of the firm of Scott, Fell, and Co., stated that in 1906 the firm's losses…

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Gold at Gundagai. Some Sensational Finds. (By Telegraph.). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 2

Further sensational finds have been made at the Long Tunnel mine, Gundagai. Over 6OO ounees of fine gold have been taken out to date. Gundagai and district…

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South Wales Collieries. the Cambrlan Dispute London, May 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 5

The conference between the representatives of the South Wales Coal-owners' Association and the Miners' Feedration has agree upon terms of settlement in connection with the…

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The Mining Situation. Position a Serious One. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 5

The Miners' Delegate Board held a special meeting to-day to deal with the very serious situation that has arisen through the protracted stoppage at Pelaw-Main and…

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Assessing Mining Lands for Taxation. (To the Editor.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 5

Sir.—Henry. George, jun., son os the author of "Progress and poverty and now a member of the United States House of Representatives, recently visited Butte, the…

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