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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Traffic in Gold. an Arrest at Echuca

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 2

For some time Superintendent Sainsbury has had suspicion that gold was being systematically stolen from one or two mines at St. Arnaud, and…

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A Bendigo Chinese Implicat[?] Retorted Gold Stored [?] Sovereigns. Melbourne, Mon[?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 2

Detective-Sergeant Macnamar[?] to-day served summonses on two [?]ese, charging them with having in the [?]session retorted gold for which [?] they…

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Broken Hill Strike. the Mines Idle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 2

The war between the union and the Broken Fill Proprietary Co. last now commenced in [?]. The mine was closely [?] on Friday, all the approaches…

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Two Dynamite Mines Exploded Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

The trouble between the Broken Hill Proprietary Co. and its employes, which has resulted in the mine being laid idle and the perpetration of some…

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The Trouble at the Barrier The Proprietary Mine Picketed. A Prolonged Struggle Anticipated

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 2

The war between the labor unions and the Proprietary mine at Broken Hill commenced in earnest on Friday, when the mine was picketed…

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Illicit Gold Buying

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

On Tuesday, at the Echuca Police Court Richard Goldsworthy, of St. Arnaud was charged with illicit gold buying. Superintendent Sainsbury, who prosceuted, said he…

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Gold in a Honey Pot. Mining Enginedriver's Theft

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 3

At the Ech[?] police court on Wednesday before Mr. E. N. Moore, P.M., Richard Goldsworthy was charged with having in his possession gold-bearing quarts…

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Properties of Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 47

When made in thin shoots gold has remarkable properties. Gold leaf used by decorators is transparent, and the light which passes through it is green…

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CHILTERN Thursday. Mining Report

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 3

Golden Bar North.—North drive from winze extended to a distance of 11ft. [?] formation 20in. is size—6in. on hanging wall side, well la[?] and carrion…

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The Trouble at the Barrier. Mine Officials Assaulted. the Police Stoned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 45

In connection with the dispute of the unions with the Proprietary Company, a serious disturbance took place on Monday afternoon at Broken Hill. After the men…

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A Colliery Tragedy. 20 Miners Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

A serious coal-mining dis[?]tor has occurred at Zeigler, in Illinois, U.S.A., Through an explosion at Letter's colliery 25 of the miners below last their lives…

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Colliery Disaster

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

Twenty five miners were killed by a colliery explosion at Illinois…

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Gold Finders. Devers Devices for Tracking Treasure

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 3

On October 9th, 1700, H.M.S. Latine, a 82-gun frigate, went down in a great storm off the Dutch const. She was on her way to…

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Grim Colliery Explosion Fifty Miners Killed. One Hundred More Doomed, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 2

A frightful explosion occurred in the Like Baruch coal mine at Switchback., Virginia, U.S.A. It is known that 50 miners were killed,…

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Carcoar [?]ronstone Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 33

No alteration in the position of matters at the Careoar irenstone mines has occurred. At the beginning of the week the carters were still on strike, and the…

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CHILTERN. Thursday. Mining News

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 3

Golden Bar Extended.—During the holidays all necessary repairs to machinery have been [?]. On resuming work underground the 600ft, level…

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Block 10 Mine. to Be Closed Down

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 45

Three weeks ago the Block 10 Company announced that after January 15 the wages ruting prior to the 1906 agreement would come into force on Block 10 mine. Nothing…

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Proposed Withdrawal of Pickets. Miners Decline the Terms

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 44

At Mr. Delprat's invitation, a delegation from the combined unions went to the Proprietary mine general office yesterday morning, and a conference was held concerning…

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Entombed Miners. Noxious Gases Do Their Work. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 2

The worst forebodings entertained regarding the fate of the miners entombed in the Lick Branch mine at Switahback, Virginia, have been justified…

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The Trouble at the Barrier The Unions Refuse to Withdraw Pickets. Another Mine Closing Down. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 1

At a meeting of the directors of the Proprietary Company it was decided to forward a letter to Mr. Justice Higgins on the subject of the conference…

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