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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Dunlop Mining

Delegate Argus · Friday 8 October 1909 · page 1

In the course of this week a start will be made will the erection of a small battery, to be driven for a start by Mr. A…

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Dunlop Mining

Delegate Argus · Friday 15 October 1909 · page 3

Most of the claimholders are busily engaged in the erection of a dam and the preparing of the ground for the erection of a…

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Dunlop Mining

Delegate Argus · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 3

Further research has proved the mineral lode of " Round Hill" to be associated with bismuth and one other substance, the nature of…

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The Clifton Colliery Strike. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 October 1909 · page 2

The colliery strike at Clifton continues. The treasurer of the Union said yesterday that negotiations for settlement of the…

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Dunlop Mining

Delegate Argus · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 1

The battery is in courses of orection and the clains associated with it are buey raising stone. A crushing before Christmas is cultair…

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Dunlop Mining

Delegate Argus · Friday 5 November 1909 · page 3

Up to last week the leg worked by Hewesson, in what is now the prospecting Claim, Dunlop, was always considered to be a part of…

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10,000 Coal Miners Strike. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 November 1909 · page 2

A general strike has commenced among the coal miners at Newcastle and Maithual. Over ten thousand men have left work. So far, the…

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Coal Stocks in Melbourne

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 November 1909 · page 2

Advices from Melbourne indicate that stocks are so low that the outlook is sections. Some proprietors expect the strike will last till after…

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Dunlop Mining

Delegate Argus · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 3

The claims associated with the battery have put on hands raising stone. At the battery itself a water wheel is being constructed…

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Mining Notes

Delegate Argus · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 3

Messrs. Kelly and Jackson brought into the bank yesterday 1200z. of smelted gold being the result of the crushing of 20 tons…

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Broken Hill Miners to Strike

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 November 1909 · page 2

A mass meeting of unionists at Broken Hill unanimously decided to make a strike levy of 2/6 per week; also that as soon as the…

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Awful Mining Disaster

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 November 1909 · page 2

A terrible disaster has occurred at Cherry, [?] A fire broke out in a mine belonging to the St. Paul's company. All escape was…

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The Coal Strike

Delegate Argus · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 3

It may not come as a surprise to the public, but it is no news to coal merchants, agents, and those engaged in the shipping trade,…

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Proposal to Work Mines

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 2

The proposal to work certain of the northern coal mines on the share system, with strike labour, is taking a practical form, and a…

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Dunlop Mining

Delegate Argus · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 3

At the Round Hill Mineral Claim the lode was found by Mr. A. Robinson on the boundary of his section, 2 claims north from prospector. This find proves the…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Friday. The Coal Strike

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 2

There are no fresh developments in connection with the strike…

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General Cables. LONDON, Friday. Coal Trade Forced to Japan

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 2

Coal is being hurried from Japan and elsewhere to Australia. Owing to the coal strike, freights to Australia have been raised…

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The Coal Strike. Still Unsettled

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 November 1909 · page 2

SIX delegates from the Strike Conference — Messrs. W. M. Hughes, M.H.R., Senator Guthrie, Peter Bowling, John Paterson,…

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The Cherry Mining Disaster. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 November 1909 · page 2

While demolishing the wall of debris at the Cherry mine, Illinois, on Saturday, the rescuers found 78 entombed men alive…

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The Cherry Mine Disaster

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 2

Searchers found 168 bodies in a great tangied mass in the Cherry Mine, Illinois. The men had suocumbed to black damp…

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