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Mining & the mines, 1908

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Mining News. Great Southern Consols. Rutherglen

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 4

At the Southern Consols the deep ground prospects well, but is draining slowly It would be to the advantage of the company if they were…

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The Brand of Cain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines. Part 10

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 4

But she must go to work cautiously. Nor was there any occasion for hurry. She had found him now, and could never lose him again. He…

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More Precious Than Gold

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 2

Snake venom is found useful in medicine, and has a valued place in several departments of the mechanical arts and sciences…

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A Day of Reckoning or Better Than Gold. (Copyright.) Part Xl

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 1

'Jabez Armytage nodded in a surly fashion, and Lake seated himself, taking a rapid survey of his companion, he decided not to beat about…

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Romance of the Coolcardie Goldfields

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 4

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Cablegrams. Shocking Colliery Disaster. Explosion in a Shaft. 76 Miners Suffocated. Rescue Parties Attacked by Fire Damp. Maypole Colliery Wrecked. Pitiful Scenes Amongst the Women. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 3

A terrific explosion, involving great loss of life, occurred yesterday in the No. 1 shaft of the Maypole Colliery at Abra[?], in Lancashire…

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Coal and Tramway Inconsistency

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 2

Considerable comment has been aroused at the action of the Government in allowing the labor troubles which have been in existence in connection with the Teralba…

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Miners' Eight-hour Bill

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 8

All the Mines Regulation Acts which have been passed in Great Britain hitherto have been designed for the promotion of safety but the Eight-hour…

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Gold Press Comment. London. August 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 44

The views of Mr. Lloyd-George and Mr. Winston Churchill are repudiated by responsible newspapers, both in Germany and Great Britain. The "Suddeutsche Reichskorrespondeuz,"…

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Cablegrams. the Lancashire Disaster. Maypole Colliery Explosion. 23 Bodies Discovered. Rescue Parties Driven Back Three Men Escape. All Hope Abandoned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

A profound sensation has been caused throughout the whole country by the terrible disaster which occurred on Wednesday at the No.1 Shaft of the Maypole Colliery…

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21,424 Tons of Gold Dug

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 4

Since the beginning of the 16th century 21,424 tons of gold have been dug from the mines of the earth. The value is over £2,520,000,000. Of this…

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[?]he [?]f Cain. (Copyright.) [?] Romance of the [?] Coal Mines, Part Ii

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 4

"Then tell me this : Where and when were you and this Roland [?] married?" "In the East Falling district of…

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Daring Daylight Robbery Chiltern Mining Manager's Office. Loss Estimated at £80. CHILTERN

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 2

A daring case of housebreaking and robbery took place here this morning. Mr. A. A. Baldacol, mining manager of the Lady Rose Gold Mine, left his office…

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Cable News. Mine Explosion. 75 Men Entombed. All Hope Abandoned. London, August 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 43

A disastrous explosion has occurred in the No. 1 shaft of the Maypole colliery, at Abram, near Wigan, in Lancashire. Seventy-six miners are entombed, and it is…

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Mine Fired at Oklahoma. Tihrty Lives Lost

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 2

A terrible caiastrephe has occurred at Haileyville coad mine in Oklahoua, U.S.A. Fires broke out in the workings at a time when a number of men were below…

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Cablegrams. Three Colliery Disasters. Mink on Fire at Burnley. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 2

A fire brele out at the Hapten Colliery on Baraley. in [?] on Thursday. A, it destenyed the limbering of one of the shafis and the pit-head gear,…

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Great Colliery Disaster Escape of Eighty Miners. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 2

Another colliery disaster, the fourth within the space of a few days, has been reported. A fire broke out in the main shaft of the…

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Reported Gold Discovery

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 3

It was reported last week that Mr. W. J. Neill, of Corowa, had struck a gold-bearing reef at Balldale, and that a rush had set in. Mr. Neill, however,…

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Cloud Burst in New Mexico. a Mining Camp Overwhelmed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 3

A [?] cloud butst which over whelmed the town of Tolsom, in New Mexico, swept through a mining camp in the [?]…

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The of Cain. Romance of the Coal Mines. [?] Foster. Part 12. (Copyright.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 4

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