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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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A Gold-lined Well

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 3

At Nishima, in Japan, there is a wonderful castle possessing a goldlined weil, which affords the garrison an abundant water supply. Not only…

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Thunderbolt. Mining Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

At Scarsborough on Saturday last four men were killed by two falls of earth in a tunnel which they were driving for the South Clifton Colliery…

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Accident to a Coal Lumper

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 3

A coal lumper named John Anderson, while walking from a collier to the steamer Graniala fell between the vessels and sustained a compound…

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Pollution of the Murray Deputation to the of Mines. a Favourable Reply

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 5

The deputation arranged by the Cr. rowe Anglers Club to wait upon [?]Victorian Minster of Mines to protest against the pollution of the…

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Four Miners Killed. a Colliery Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 44

The roof of the new tunnel at the South Clifton Colliery at Searborough, in the South Coast district, collapsed on Saturday afternoon, killing four men who had…

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Moss Vale Gold Find

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 33

Thomas Conlon, while prospecting in Mount Broughton Estate paddocks, owned by Messrs. Gilchrist, Watt, and Company, and managed by Mr. C. E. Eraser…

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Metalling Roads with Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 5

On Thursday last Mr. F. Gill, roadsman to the Shire of Rutherglen, was engaged in spreading metal on the Brown's Plains and…

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Mining at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 31

The reduction works keep fully supplied, and for the quarter ended March 31 the output of gold compared favourably with that of the same period last…

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Fire in a Colliery. 100 Men Rescued. London, April 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 42

A great fire is raging at the pit-head of the Dodworth Colliery, at Barnsley,in Yorkshire. There were 160 miners below at the time, who were happily rescued…

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New South Wales Sydney, Friday. Strike of Coal-lumpers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 5

The dispute between the coal-lumpers and the Sydney Colliery-owners and Stevedores Association, reached an acute stage to-day, when 700 of…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday. a Mining Tragedy

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 April 1907 · page 3

A shocking tragedy occurred at California Gully, near Bendigo, to-day The victim was a miner named Samuel Green. Deceased, who was working…

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The Coal Lumpers' Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 3

In connection with the strike of coal-lumpers a disturbance took place on the wharf early this morning. A casual hand remed Harwood…

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The Coal Lumpers' Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 5

Some of the coal lumpers on strike reported to the police to-day that two Chinese were working at the winches on the collier Palmerston…

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Mining

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 6

One very important factor in the prosperity of the State has been the impetus of metals. At the present price of tin, nearly any…

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Grains of Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 3

You may mend a broken reputation, but jour neighbours keep their eyes on the cracks. Any man may make a rai[?]take, but no[?]…

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The Coal-lumpers Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 3

The steamer Niwaru, which ought to have sailed to-day will be delayed until Saturday owing to bong unable to complete her coaling on account of…

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Gold Feet

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 2

Keep your head cool and your feet warm is a prescription we are all familiar with, and one we fully subscribe to; but if the feet are cold, the head is generously hot, and…

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Trouble in the Windward Islands. Rioting by Coal Heavers and Cane Labourers. H. M. S. Indefatigable Ordered to Port Castries. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 April 1907 · page 2

The coal heavers at Tort Castries; the chief town of Santa Ludu, in tho Windward Islands, weut out on strike, and indulged in most disorderly uud riotous conduct…

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Coal-lumpers Strike. Disturbance at Circular Quay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 3

A serious Disturbance took [?] at Circular Quay this afternoon in connection with the coal-lumpers strike. Several free labourers were assaulted…

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Grains of Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 4

He that will not be counselled cannot be helped. The troubles of to-day are easily borno: it is the troubles we anticipate that crush…

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