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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

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Local and General Gold Mining

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 4

Mr. Witherspoon, the manager or the Avon Valley Mining Co. is at present in town trying to arrange for the purchase of a battery for erection of…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday night. the Mining Trouble

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 11

The joint committee of conciliation in the mining dispute sat today at Newcastle. The members discussed in an informal manner the…

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English Coal Strike

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 11

A conference has been held ber tween the coal-owners and the men, but it was fruitless. King George has cancelled his visit…

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The Coal Strike

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 6
Also in Macleay Argus

Latest Cables continue to Convey intelligence of the disastrous results of the coal strike in England. The cost of the strike to the…

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Coal Strike Practically Ended

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 14

The Secretary of the Midlands Miners' Federation has announced the end of the strike. Addressing a mass meeting of miners at Cannock…

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The British Coal Crisis. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 14

The latest figures of the British strike ballot show that there is a steadily increasing majority against resumption of work. The…

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21,424 Tons of Gold Dug

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 5

Since the beginning of the 16th century 21,424 tons of gold have been dug from the mines of the earth. Their value is over £2,520,000,000. Of this…

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The Coal Strike Practically Ended. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 11

There are over 200,000 miners at work in Great Britain, but in some districts work is only of a partial nature…

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Vacuum Cleaning for Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 2

The vacuum-cleaning of coal mines is a new idea for preventing risk from dust, to which explosions are often due. An electrical firm has…

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Mining Disaster. Four Men Killed Fall of Stone at Cloncurry. Brisbane

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 9

The UnderSecretary for Mines has received advice of a serious raining disaster near Cloncurry. The accident occurred at 10 o'clock on…

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Down a Gold Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 2

Gold and gold-rashes did more to open up (Australia in the early days than anything else could have done in the same period of time…

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Passion for Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 5

Extraordinary scenes were witness sad in Berlin on Monday at the trial of Oswald Trcukler, a young lock smith, charged with the murder of…

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Passion for Gold

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 7

Extraordinary scenes were witnessed in Berlin at the trial of Oslwald Trenkler, a young locksmith, charged With the murder of the jeweller…

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Blown to Pieces Tragic Mine Explosion

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 13

A disastrous explosion occurred on Saturday at the mine of the Tredegar (Monmouth) Iron Company. The pithead machinery was…

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Mining Case

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 11

An important mining case has just been concluded at Wollongong. The manager of Corrimal Colliery was proceeded against for failing to…

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A Ton of Coal

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 5

From one ton of ordinary gas coal may be produced 1500 pounds of coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water and 140 pounds of coal tar. By distillation…

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Mining Fatality

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 14

A telegram from Melbourne states that Mr. Walkington, manager of the O.K. mines, and a man named Kelly were imprisoned in the mine and…

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Mining Troubles

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 14

A serious mining situation appears to be rapidly developing at Newcastle through the conflict between the Miners' Federation and…

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Big Coal Strike Imminent

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 14

The general opinion at Newcastle is that a very serious situation in connection with the mining industry exists. The Northern Colliery…

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