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Mining & the mines, 1908

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Mining News. Rutherglen

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 4

At the Great Southern Consols the south crosscuts off the east and west drives at No. 27 rise are in payable wash, while the east drive has been extended 434…

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Gold Dredging in the Bright District

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 4

About 30 dredges are operating in the valley of the Ovens, and from 20 of these the National Bank Bright purchased no less than 16,220 oz of gold, value £60,223…

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Still Another Coal Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 5

Work at the South Clifton colliery was agan suspended to-day as a result amongst the clippers The youths claimed the right to…

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A Day of Reckoning or Better Than Gold. (Copyright.) PART I. CHAPTER I. of Marketable Value

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 3

Lord Olverstone waited while the woman at the lodge opened the gates—heavy, old-fashioned ones, that hung between two ancient stone pillars…

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Eight Hours in Mines. Adopted by the International Congress of Miners. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 2

The sittings of the International Congress of Miners are now taking place in Paris, delegator representing 850,251 miners being in attendance…

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Fire in a Mine. Twenty-three Miners Perish. London, June 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 42

An outbreak of fire in the Gold King mine, at Gladstone, in Colorado, was attended by a tragie incident, a party of miners who endeavoured to rescue missing…

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Serious Coal Trouble Threatened

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 5

Serious trouble is reported to have arisen between the Mine Owners' Federation and the Federated Engine Drivers' Association over the recent…

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Limitation of Production Abstention From Work. Agreed to by the Miners' Congress. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 2

An important resolution was adopted yesterday by the great international congress of miners now being held in Paris. It was resolved that the various…

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International Miners' Congress. Working Miners As Inspectors of Mines. Compulsory Arbitration. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 June 1908 · page 2

The International Congress of Miners now sitting in Paris, the delegates to which represent 859,254 miners, has unanimously decided to recommend the appointment of…

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Miners Ignore the Industrial Disputes Act

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 June 1908 · page 3

The executive committee of the Miners' Federation held a meeting at Newcastle yesterday, at which the following motion was carried:—"That we…

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Mining News. Rutherglen

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 3

The Great Southern Consuls continue to operate in payable wash from No. 27 rise, and in the north and paneling strips. The main lower levels are being extended,…

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The Brand of Cist. a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Minks, Chapter I.. Red Wooer and Brown [?]Be (Copyright.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 4

On a certain bright through some what showery afternoon in spring, in the closing th[?] of the nineteenth centruy, a number was walking along…

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The World's Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 30

Discussing the extraordinary scarcity of gold, Mr. A. C. Simians, in "Harper's Weekly," after pointing out that the world's output is almost a million dollars a day, and…

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Mining News. Beechworth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 3

The splendid rainfall of last week has enabled the sluicing and dredging companies, which has ben idle for some time, to recommence operations. The stream tin…

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Stories of Mining Luck

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 21

It was when capital and hope were alike exhausted that a last desperate stroke of the pick reveled the fabulous riches of the Big Bonanza silver-mine in 1873-a…

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Explosion in a Shaft Five Miners Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 23

A shocking accident happened in the bottom of the Long Tunnel incline shaft, walhalla, on Tuesday evening, about half-past 6 o'clock, resulting in grievous injuries to…

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Ascot Gold Cup

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 2

The Ascot Gold Cup, run to-day, resulted as follows: White Knight, 1; Radium, 2; Torpoint, 3…

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Mining News. Granya

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 June 1908 · page 2

The [?] Syndicate crushed from their tunnel at Mount Firebrace, 50 tons for 12½os. 10dwt., and 10 tons [?] of concentrates valued at £2…

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Looming Trouble in the Coal Mines. Demand for Enforcement. Arbitration Courts Award

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 3

The Federated Colliery Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association [?] weeks back gave notice to the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association…

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Grim Colliery Disaster Six Men Killed. the Workngs on Fire. Thirty Miners Out Off. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 2

Serious loss of life has occurred in a colliery at pittsburg, U.S.A., as the result of series of disasters. the primary cause of the catastrophe…

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