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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

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Colliery explosion in America

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 2

A disastrous explosion has occurred in the [?] Company's Mine, near Detroit, Michigan (U.S.). Eighteen of the [?]…

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Cooma Mining Notes. Badja and Dartmoor

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

Mining operations were again resumed by the Cooma Lead Mining Syndicate on Monday, 22nd January, at the Badja River, 20 miles…

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Colliery explosion in America

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 2

An explosion occurred in the [?] Colliery, at Makhill, Fayette Country (U.S.). Thirty-five of the miners were killed…

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Broken Hill mine fires

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 2

The outbreak of fire in the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, on Saturday night, it was expected would be blocked last night…

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Fire at Broken Hill mine

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 2

The mines a joining the Junction Mine are [?] up. gas and fames from the mine got into the North Mine, and the underground…

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Mining fatality

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 2

While at work in the Long Tunnel mine, Walhalle, Victoria, a miner named P keeran was crashed by a skip whish overturned…

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Fires at Broken Hill Mines

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 2

The fire at the Block 11 Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, has been kept within bounds, and has not extended. It is expected that the…

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Romance of Mining. Lease Lost and Regained

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 2

An interesting story is contained in the history of a gold-mining lease near Mount Malcolm, Western Australia, which has just been acquired by…

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London, Monday. Terrible mining disaster

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 2

A terrible mining disaster in reported from [?], France. A [?] which had [?]…

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The Courrieres mining disaster

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 2

It is believed that none of the miners entombed at Courrieres (France) now survive. Owing to the impossibility of…

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Daring Mine Robbery

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 2

The Victoria Council mine as Bendigo, was the [?] of an [?] robbery on Sunday or Monday morning, The thieves [?] the…

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A Mine Menagerie. Snakes and Rabbits

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 2

The continuation of the survey of the Bendigo gold-field has led to a remarkable discovery, Mr. H. S. Whitelaw, of the Survey…

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Newcastle collieries dispute ended

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 2

The disputes at the Newcastle collieries have terminated, and work in expected to be resumed to-day at three mines which have been…

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Fire at Otago N. Z. Colliery

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 2

A fire concurred at the Alexandria colliery, Otago, Four miners are entombed but they have signalied "All well, and is expected they…

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Gold discovery near Ararat. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 2

A gold discovery has been made on the Wicklifle Road, near Ararat, Victoria. This has caused much local excitement, but there is…

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Terrible death in a mining shaft

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 4

Thomas Berryman, a blacksmith, fell a thousand feet down a shaft of a mine at Bendigo, Victoria, in which there was water to…

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Gold in the Streets. Auriferous Bendigo

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 3 September 1906 · page 2

At Bendigo on Thursday, the workman engaged in laying a drain in Ball-street [?] some rich golden specimens. The…

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Maitland Collieries dosing down

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 September 1906 · page 2

All the Maitland Collieries are closing down. No less than 3500 employees will be affected. The owners decline to abolish the night…

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Maitland collieries to close

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 September 1906 · page 2

All the Maitland collieries are expected to be closed down next, week, owing to the dog watch trouble. It is stated that the…

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The Coal mining Crisis

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 2

Unless there is a satisfactory settlement of the dog-watch and hewing rate questions, to-morrow the Newcastle miners threaten to…

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