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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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Mines in Abyssinia. London, January 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 27

It is reported by Russian engineers that there are rich gold mines in Abyssinia. The engineers has recommended King Menelik to develop the mines himself…

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Clearing the Mines. London, Jan. 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 26

Hundreds of fishermen have been sent by the Japanese to Port Arthur to help in clearing the mines from the harbour. A Japanese naval officer who has made…

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Melbourne Notes. Victorian Gold Statistics

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 3

An interesting document has been prepared by Mr. E. J. Dunn, director of geological survey, treating of the production of gold in the State of…

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INTERCOLONIAL. Mining at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 28

A report from Wyalong says:—Operations are being actively carried on, and the reduction works have plenty of material on hand. The monthly escort took…

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Westphalian Coal Strike. London, January 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 24

There is no immediate prospect of a settlement of the dispute in the Dortmund district of Westphalia, in Prussia, where 70,000 colliers have struck to enforce a…

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Coal for Vladivostock. London, Jan. 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 24

The Dutch steamship Wilhelmina, 4,295 tons, belonging to the Holland Gulf line, has been captured by the Japanese in the straits at the island of Tsushima, midway…

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Newcastle Coal Strike. Position Unchanged. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 37

The strike at Newcastle presents very few new features. The people in the district are getting reconciled to the conclusion that the strike may have to run its…

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Colliers Strike in Westphalia. Rise in the Price of Coal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 2

Further serious troubles have occurred with the strikers in Dortmund, the chief town of the Prussian province of Westphalia…

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Coal Strike. 70,000 Men Leave Work. London, January 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 27

An extensive strike of coal miners has taken place in the Dortmund district, in the province of Westphalia, in Prussia. The men demanded shorter hours, and as the owners…

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A Floating Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 4

An officer on the U.S. cruiser New Orlenns furnished a brief description of the mine brought in here a short time ago by the Anplug, says the…

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Westphalian Coal Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

An additional 10,000 men have joined the strikers in Westphalia…

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Telegrams. Inter-state. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. the Coal Strike. a Wheeler Committed for Trial

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 3

The colliery proprietors have declined to take part in the conference proposed by the strikers. Thirty-one wheelers were charged in…

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General, Cables. London, Sunday. the Westphalian Coal Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 3

Count von Burow, the German Chancellor, speaking in the Reichstag, and replying to interruptions from the Socialist members of the House…

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Explosion in a Coal Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 3

Through an explosion of coal gas in the Elba colliery at Gowerton, in Glaumerganshire, wales, seven persons were killed and twelve injured…

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Newcastle Coal Strike Another Mine Closed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 3

The Lambton colliery which had been working, was laid idle this morning by the wheelers refusing to continue at the 10 per cent, reduction…

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A Mining Mishap

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 3

Considerable excitement was caused at Chiltern an Thursday on the receipt of the nows that the shaft at the Chiltern Valley Consols mine had…

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The Coal Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 3

The hearing of the cases against the wheelers on strike was continued at the Newcastle police court to-day, when more strikers were committed for…

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Mining Grants

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

The following grants have been allotted to Rutherglen mining companies under the Victorian Mining Development Act :--Rutherglen Q. M…

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Mining Mishap

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 29

Considerable excitement was caused in Chiltern on Friday on the receipt of the news that the shaft at the Ch[?]tern Valley Consols mine had collapsed. It was…

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Colliery Disaster. Explosion of Gas. London, January 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 24

An explosion of gas, which was attended with disastrous results, has occurred at the Elba Colliery, at Gowerton, in Glamorganshire. Seven miners were killed outright,…

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