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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

26 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 2

Four Newcastle Collieries Idle

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 2

Four colleries in the Newcastle district are idle owing to some employee refusing to work…

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The Newcastle Colliery trouble. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 2

The men at two of the six New castle collieries which are idle have decided to return to work. Meetings of owners and men…

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Strike at Burwood Colliery

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 2

The strike at the Burwood colliery continues,…

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The Gold Dredging Industry

Delegate Argus · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 5

ON what is known as the Big Bog swamp, is situated The Craigie Bog Dredging Company's Bucket Dredge; a distance of six miles in…

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Fifty-two Miners [?]ntombed

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 2

An explosion at a coliery at [?], Natal, e[?] twelve Europeans and forty natives…

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Mining Strike at Wyalong

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 2

A strike of two hundred miners has occured at Wyalong, at the only mine of the True Blue Company, which granted the 8-hour…

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Odd Things About Gold

Delegate Argus · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 2

Few people know the real colour of gold, league it is [?] except when heavily alloyed, which [?] it much rudder than when it pure. The parent…

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MINING WARDEN's COURT

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 2

At the Cooma W[?] on Friday, bedore Mr. E. G. Hatterley seting Mining Warden, lane Rose Dolty made application…

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Mining at Brown's Camp

Delegate Argus · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 3

SOMETHING of local interest in the way of mining has been quietly taking place at Brown's Camp, and probably few people are…

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Foundering of the s.s. Bega. Death of a Passenger. Valuable Cattle and Horses Drowned Gold and Butter Lost

Delegate Argus · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 3

THE I.S.N. Company's steamer, Bega, which left Pathra on her return trip to Sydney at 7 p.m. on Sunday, sank a couple of hours…

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Mining Disaster

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 June 1908 · page 2

At the Khavi colleries, British Beloochistan, an explosion resulted in a number of miners being en[?] Every effort is being…

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Mining

Delegate Argus · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 3

ON Wednesday, July 8th, a Meeting of the shareholders of the Gippsland Border Gold Mining Syndicate was called and held at Watzon's Hotel. 43 of the 50 shares…

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That Gold On The Chest. Peps Are a Sure Cure and Safeguard

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 July 1908 · page 2

A cold on the [?] is always a serious [?] The possibilities of dangerous development are practically unlimited. It may start with a slight…

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Mountains of Gold

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 August 1908 · page 4

According to old legends, exist in the tabled land of [?] but all the gold in this marvellons land would not comp[?] you for the loss of health and life,…

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Mountains of Gold

Delegate Argus · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 4

According to old [?] exist in the [?] but all the gold in this marvellous land would not compensate you for the loss of…

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Mountains of Gold

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 2

According to old legends, exist in the labled land of El Dorado: but all the gold in this marvellous land would not compensate you for the loss of health and life,…

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General Cables. LONDON, Wednesday. Colliery disaster

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

An explosion that took place yesterday ent[?]bed 76 men in the Number One Maybale Colliery, at Abram, near Wigao, in…

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Mountain of Gold

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

According to old legends, exist in the fabled land of El Dorado but all the gold in the marvellous land would not compansate you for the loss of health and life,…

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Mountains of Gold

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 August 1908 · page 2

According to old legends, exits in the fabled land of [?] all the gold in this [?] land would not [?] you for [?] of health and life,…

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Mountains of Gold

Delegate Argus · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 4

According to old legends, [?]ict in the fa[?]led land of E1 Dorado; but all the gold in this marvellous land would not compensate you for the [?] of…

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