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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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Coal Strike. Another Serious Crisis

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 6

VERY serious developments, in connection with coal mining in the Newcastle district were announced on Saturday last. It will be remembered…

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A Deep Gold Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 3

"Australia now possesses the deepest gold-mine in the world, for with in the last few months the shafts at the New Cham Railway at…

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Coal Mining Dispute

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 6

JUDGE HEYDON gave judgment on Wednesday in regard to the cessation of work at the Teralba collieries. His Honor said the miner's had no…

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The Comstock Copper Mine. Gold and Copper Assays

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

The manager of the Comstock copper mine, Mr. Gumley, has kindly favored us with the following report:—The tunnel has been driven over…

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Vanished Gold Two Thousand Half-sover Eigns Disappear

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

Particulars of a very mysterious disappearance of a box of gold coin on its way from London to Brazil led to the conclusion that a clever and daring…

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The Mineral Industry of N.S.W. II. Coal

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 2

NEXT to silver coal contributes the largest share to the annual mineral production of the State. In 1906, out of a total production of nearly £8,000,000…

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Mining Near Wauchope

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 3

MANNING Times says:—"The gold reef at Broken Bago, near Wauchope, known as Beecham's is improving with every foot being sunk The…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. All Mines Working

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 4

All mines in the Newcastle and Maitland districts are now working…

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Trapped in a Blazing Mine. Awful American Disaster

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 2

Another terrible American colliery disaster, the fourth in seventeen daye, took place recently, when the Darrmine of the. Pittsburg Coal Company…

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Miners Strike

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

Heddon and Greta collieries were thrown idle yesterday. The miners striking because the manager refused to reinstate four men, three of whom…

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Terrible Mining Experience

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

Two miners working at the Birthday mine, Berringa, Victoria, were caught by the water from the collapse of the sludge dam and had a terrible…

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Latest Cables. LONDON, Monday. Mine Explosion

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

An explosion occurred at the Monterey Shell Company's mine at Sabina, Ohio, U.S.A, 70 persons were killed…

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Dog's Gold-plated Skull

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 8

Mrs. Ida Sheehan, a wealthy widow of Brooklyn, gave an elaborate dinner party at her residence in honour of her two pet dogs which aroused her…

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Colliery Disaster. Miners Entombed

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

Through the upsetting of lighted candles, the timbering in the Hampstead Colliery, Birmingham, was set on fire. Nine colliers traversed the…

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The Coal Mining Dispute

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 4

The outlook in connection with the Northern coal mining industry is more hopeful than it has been for some time post, and it is believed that individual…

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The Craven Mine

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 7

Mr. R. Bartlett manager reports—A ten ton parcel of stone has just been put through the mill for nearly eleven ounces of gold, and four more…

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A Mining Incident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 7

On 4th December a fall of rock in a gold mine at Ely, Nevada, entombed several men. Three men named Batley, Brown, and Macdonald were covered a [?] indications of the result of the accident. struck this cavity, and heard sounds indicating that the men were alive. For…

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Diamonds and Gold. How They Were Manufactured in the Past

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 10

The story of Lemoine and Wernher recalls that of some extraordinary, almost incredible, and for a while brilliantly successful impostures in the…

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Lost Bag of Gold. £100 Reward for Recovery of £1000 SOVEREIGNS

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 10

There is still no clue to the bag containing 1000 sovereigns, which vanished in mysterious fashion from a London bank on the night of December…

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Colliery Wheelers' Strike

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 4

The Bur wood colliery is on strike the wheelers refusing to commence work because the management refused to accede to their demand for increased…

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