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

Mining & the mines, 1913

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Relieved of a Gold Watch

Forbes Times · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 2

While travelling from Sydney to Orange on Monday night Mr. William Tanner had the misfortune to be robbed of a beautiful gold…

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Coal Mine Troubles. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 4

The colliery proprietors do not think the situation in the northern districts so serious as the miners' executive would have it appear…

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Bendigo Mining Trouble. Melbourne

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 2

Bendigo miners have deferred drastic action on the question of working with non-unionists until after the Federal elections…

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Southern Collieries Strike Sydney

Forbes Times · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 2

The coat strike still continues and advices from Bulli state that many cases bordering on destitution can be heard of every day, Owing to the heavy sea running the…

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Our Telegrams. the Barrier. Mines Be-starting. Broken Hill

Forbes Times · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 2

Four mines are again at work this morning, The Proprietary started at midnight, and the Central mino had resumed underground…

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Southern Coal Trouble. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 4

The latest advices from Bulli state that the wives of the coal strikers are exasperated beyond measure at having to manage their domestic affairs…

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A Mining Accident. Auckland

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 4

Two men were entombed, by a fall of earth in a tunnel at Lake Coleridge, New Zealand. Their comrades worked unceasingly for eight hours, and…

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A Mining Disaster. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 5

It is reported that a hundred miners have lost their lives at Finleyville (Pittsburg). Eighty men escaped by crawling through a sha[?] amidst deadly…

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The Alma Mine

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 2

[?] reliable source [?]ear Condobolin, [?]se. Sinking [?]nd there are…

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Too Much Gold

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 11

Some very important literary contributions have lately seen the light of day on the world-wide problem of the high and everincreasing cost of…

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The Coal Strike. Sydney

Forbes Times · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 2

The first lodge meeting addressed by the officers of the Illawarra Miners Association, since their delegate Board meeting, took place yesterday at South Bulli. By a…

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Northern Coal Strike. Sydney

Forbes Times · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 4

Considerable interest is attached among northern miners to the meeting of the Colliery Proprietors Association to be held in Sydney to-day. It is probable the…

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Big Gold Robbery. £3000 Worth Stolen

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 2

The Bullfinch mine, Southern Cross, was held up by armed men on Saturday morning, and £3000 worth of gold stolen…

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Mine Robbed

Western Champion · Thursday 8 May 1913 · page 24

Shortly after midnight last Friday night two armed burglars held up three watchmen in the Bullfinch mine, some distance out from Southern…

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Cobar Mines Closed. Sydney

Forbes Times · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 4

The Cobar mines have closed down on account of the failure of the coke supply through the strike in the South Coast collieries. Over…

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Mining for Emeralds

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 7

The finest emeralds are found in the Republic of Colombia, in the famous Muzo mines in the department of Yoyaca, seventy miles north by west of…

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The Coal Strikes. Sydney

Forbes Times · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 4

The Northern Collieries Employees Federation will make early application for the appointment of a Special Court to deal with existing…

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Victorian Coal Mine. Melbourne

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

The proposal for a general page of work at the Victorian coal mine has been negatived majority of 119…

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Yalgogrin. Mining for Tin

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 2

PAYNE and party, situated west of Rest Downs, and 25 miles from Yalgogrin, have a shaft down 35 feet on a large lode carrying tin all…

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Goldfields V. Ariah Park

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 2

The Goldfields team journeyed to AriaH Park on Saturday last, to try conclusions with the Park team. After a fast and well contributed…

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