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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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Mountains of Gold

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 2

According to old legends, exist in the fabled land of [?] Dorado; but all the gold in this marvellous land would not companasts you for the load of health and life,…

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Mines on fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 2

A fire is the main shaft of the Shawfield Mine, in Lonarkshire, Scotland, demolished the pitched framework builidings. Eight…

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Fire at a Colliery

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 2

A fire has broken out in the Koenig's Colliery, Silesia, Prussia. It was feared that 100 miners had been killed. It is now reported…

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Mining Warden's Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 2

At the Cooma Mining Warden's Court on Monday last, before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, Mining Warden Marong England Pettinger made application for…

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General Cables. LONDON Monday Terrible Mining Accident

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

By and explosion at the Pittaburg, Buffalo coal mine at [?] U.S.A., 275 men have been imprisoned. It is feared that they…

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Bight Hours for Miners

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 December 1908 · page 2

Stren[?] opposition to the Miners Eight-Hoars Bill is dave [?]ping bothy in the Honse of Commons and outside owing to [?]…

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