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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

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Wy Along Mine Explosion. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 4

An explosion occurred at the True Blue Mine, West Wyalong, resulting in a miner named Hoskins being literally blown to pieces, while a youth…

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Sad Mining Fatality At The True Blue Mine. One Man Blown to Atoms. Another Badly Injured. By an Explosion of Dynamite

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 4

ABOUT 11 a.m on Thursday, an explosion of dynamite occurred in the True Blue mine, by which a young man named Edward…

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Yalgogrin. Mining for Tin

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 2

C. J. PAYNE and purty have struck a very rich tin lode (which appears to be equal to any of the Ardlethan finds) on Crown lands, situated…

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Mt. Elliott Mine. Brisbane

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 2

An explosion at the Mount Elliott mine, Queensland, will probably resuit in 500 men being paid-off, causing much distress…

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Blackbird with Gold Ring

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 3

William Best, a farmer living near Ballyconnell, co. Cavan, shot recently a blackbird, which had a gold ring on one of its legs. The ring is now worn by…

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The Coal Trouble. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 4

The President of the southern miners' organisation argued that the cause of the present trouble is an attempt by the colliery proprietors to…

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The Miners' Strike

Forbes Times · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 4

The prospects of a settlement of the southern miners' strike are gloom, and a prolonged and bitter struggle is feared. There is no…

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As Good As a Cold-mine

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 7

Professor White estimates that no fewer than 400,000,000 gas-mantles are used every year, and as these gas-mantles cannot be manufactured…

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Mining at Fifield. Suspension of Labor Conditions

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 2

Application was made by Mr A. C. Morris, late of Forbes, but now of Sydney, dentist, in the Warden's Court at Bogan Gate last Friday,…

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Southern Coal Strike. Sydney

Forbes Times · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 2

There is not the slightest sign of any settlement of the South Coast coal strike, A very trying time is expected during the next few months, as the men appear…

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The Coal Crisis. Balmain Men Return to Work Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 3

The proprietors of the Balmain Colliery have agreed to give the miners the conditions they asked for, and the men hare decided to return to work…

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Mining Case

Western Champion · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 1

Application was made by Mr C. A. Morris, late of Forbes, but now of Sydney, dentist, in the Warden's Court at Bogan Gate last Friday,…

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Southern Coal Strike. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 4

There are no signs of a settlement as far as the southern coal strike is concerned. The position on the northern colliery fields is unchanged, and…

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The Northern Mines. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 3

The executive officers of the northern collieries employees' federation have definitely declined to accept the proprietors' proposals…

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The Coal Strike. Sydney

Forbes Times · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 2

The executive officers of the Colliery Employees Federation, at Newcastle have determined not to accept the proposal made by the proprietors last Friday…

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Ardlethan Tin Field Discovery in Riverina. Mines Among the Wheat. £60,000 in Three Months. Opinions of Experts

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 2

ARDLETHAN, near Temora which is the centre of one of the rich wheat growing districts of the State, is now the centre of mining interest in…

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Hill End Mining. a Rich Find

Western Champion · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 34

The Reward Gold Mining Company, Limited, to-day struck very rich gold. The stone now being is estimated to go over 20 oz. to the ton. This is a…

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A State Mine. Losing Proposition

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 2

THE Minister for Mines at Adelaide had a statement prepared by the department to show the financial results of smelting operations of…

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"Silent Doctor." Butcher and Soldier. Big Colliery Practice

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 10

More details of the extraordinary career of the man calling himself Richard Henry Barber, but whose real name is said to be Harry Virtue, were…

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The Coal Strikes. Sydney

Forbes Times · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 2

The southern coal strike has been settled, but the industrial trouble with the northern miners continues. On the south, the proposals…

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