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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Mining Accident in South Africa

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 October 1906 · page 3

The "Daily Mail's" Johannesburg correspondent reports, that a rope broke in the shaft of the Simmer East mine and a case with 30…

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Wreck of the Royal Charter. Story of the Disaster. Search for Australian Gold

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 4

A cable message in the last issue of the "Mail" stated that a project was on foot to search for the wreck of the Royal Charter off the coast of…

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Courrieres Mining Disaster. Report As to the Cause. a Formidable Dust Explosion

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 2

Messrs. Cunninghame and Atkinson, who were to investigate the causes of the great disaster in the Courricres colliery in France last March when…

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Big Copper Mining Deal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 October 1906 · page 3

A Gothenburg company in conjunction with several English capitalists has bought the copper mines at Stores-trand in Sweden. The price paid was…

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An Old-time Wreck. Search for Australian Gold. London, October 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 43

A project is on foot to explore the coast off Anglesen, in Wales, for the remains of the wreck of the s.s. Royal Charter, from Melbourne, and to search for the gold…

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Mining

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 2

The Chiltern Valley Gold Mining Company held their general meeting on Friday in Melbourne. The report showed that up to date the mine had…

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Finding Pirate Gold. Discovery of Secret Cave on Cocos Island

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 31 October 1906 · page 3

The news comes from Valparaiso Chili, that the latest of a score of treasure expeditions which have torn up the earth and rocks of this lonely…

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Food From Coal

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 4

Coal is henceforth good food. Dr Emil Fischer, the winner of the Nobel prize in 1902 professor of chemistry in the University of Berlin, and…

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Sydney Notes. Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 6

There is a charm and fascination about the magic word "gold" which enforces attention. Just now all the countries in the world seem…

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The Mining Bill

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 6

The Mining Bill has had but a stepmotherly reception in the Council. The "Lords" had a glorious opportunity. The Bill, as it left…

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Strike of Welsh Miners. Protest Against Non-unionists

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 3

Matters have reached an acute stage in connection with, the trouble in the Welsh collieries. Ten thousand Rhondda and…

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Adventures OF Captain Doyle, (Copyright.) PART 2. the Floating Gold Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 4

"By way of thanks for my treatment of them," said Doyle, "the beggars burned out my ship from under me."…

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Pedestrianism. Chiltern Miners' Sports

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 6

The following are the handicaps for the Sheffield and Golden Bar Handicaps to be run at the Chiltern Miners' Sports on Friday, November 9…

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The Lost Box of Gold

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 November 1906 · page 2

Fruitless attempts have been to recover the box of coin belonging to the National Bank which fell over board from the Gem at Mildura, [?]…

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Musical Festival Gold Medals. Presented to the Winners. Albury Town Band Complimented

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 3

During an interval at the Oberon concert in the Mechanics' Hall last night, Dr. Woods presented the gold medals awarded Mr. H.D. Tracy, T…

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A Chinese Vendetta. Mysterious Murder in Pekin. Controller of a South African Mine. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 2

Mr. H. J. Pless, formerly Chinese controller at the Nourse Deep Gold Mines, South Africa, and against wham grave allegations of cruelty to…

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Miners' Wages. Advance in England. London, November 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 43

The Conciliation Board, in the coal mining trade in Durham, has granted the miners an advance of li per cent., making a total advance during tho year of 5…

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South Wales Coal Strike. Work Being Resumed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 3

Owing to the large number of non-unionists who have joined the mine's federation, five thousand of the strikers in the Welsh collieries have…

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A Fool and His Money. Gold and Notes for the Crowd. a Lucky Railway Porter. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 2

A mysterious stranger who was afterwards identified as William Yates, a wealthy bachelor residing at Blackburn in Lancashire caused a sensation…

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Chiltern Miners Sports

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 November 1906 · page 3

The Chitters Miners' sports, on Friday last. Were well attended, the gate receipts totalling £15 Chitters was very successful in the Fire…

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