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Mining & the mines, 1909

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Mining Disaster in Hungary. Firty-six Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 2

A mining catastrophe has occurred near Veszpre[?], the capital of the Hungarian province of the game name. An explosion of firedamp occurred at…

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Mining News. Chiltern Mining Returns

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 4

Mr. A. Arrew[?]th, Chiltern mining registrar, has compiled his return for the Chiltern division for the quarter ended December 31, 1908. They show that 11,017oz…

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Snakes in a Mining Shaft

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3

Mr. K. Ray had a sensational experience on Wednesday. In company with his brother he went to a prospecting shaft at Rutherglen in which they had…

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Gold Stealing at Beechworth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3

The cases against W. Tower for receiving and selling gold knowing it to be stolen were continued at Beechworth on Wednesday, before Mr. Rowan, P.M. on…

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Early Mining Days

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 33

Mr. W. F. Hoist, who is a member of the Melbourne and Ballarat Stock Exchanges, has presented to the Sebastopol Borough Council some interesting photographs…

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Mine Explosions. Tragedy at Johannesburg. London, January 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 43

A remarkable tragedy occurred yesterday in the Village Deep Mine at Johannesburg. A Chinese, from some unknown motive, ignited a quantity of explosive…

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The Wolgan Shale Mines. Six William Lyne's Views

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

Sir Wm. Lyne, who has just returned to Sydney, after on extended visit to the Commonwealth oll Corporation mines at Wolgan, in comiderably impr[?] by the…

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The Mining Trouble at Broken Hill. Another Bomb Found. Broken Hill

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 44

Notwithstanding the fact that the closing-down of Block 10 and the throwing out of employment of over 000 men had boon looked forward to with a good deal of…

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Disaster at Johannesburg. Bursting Dam Floods a Mine. 160 Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Johannesburg reports the occurrence of a serious catastrophe at the Witwatersrand mine. Knight' dam burst and the released…

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Organisation of Labour Miners Federation Joins the Labor Party. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 2

Mr. Rdmsay Macdonald, secretary of the British Labor Party, announces that the Miners' Federation has at last agreed to accept the condition of the Labor party…

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Great Colliery Disaster Explosion and Its Results. Rescue Party Entombed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 2

A serious disaster occurred to-day at the Boswell coal nine in Someers[?]t county, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. An explosion occurred in the mine,…

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Mine Flooded 160 Lives Lost. London, January 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 47

Reuter's correspondent at Johannesburg reports the bursting of Knight's dam, with the result that the W[?]waterstrand gold mine, which is supplied with water, was…

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Imprisoned in a Flooded Mine. Twenty-four Natives Rescued. After Ten Days. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 2

A serious catastrophe occurred at the Witwatersrand mine at Jo[?] on January 31. Knight's dam burst and the released waters [?]ooded the mine. The…

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France's Monopoly of Gold

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 3

According to statistics just published, France is the happy possessor of one-third of all the gold coinage in circulation throughout the world…

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Victorian Brown Coal. Capital Available in London. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 2

A firm of high standing in London has been in communication with Mr. Taverner, Victorian Agent General, regarding the lignite (brown coal) deposits at Morwell,…

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New Bethanga Gold Mines Go. v. John Mitchell

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 32

Mr. Warden Rowan, at Bethanga, on Tuesday, after inspecting the land, gave his decision in the above case as follows:—"This is an application to me, as Warden…

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Alleged Stolen Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 3

On Tuesday evening Segeant. Allwood. of Rutherglen. arrested a Chinese named Ah Fod on a charge of having gold in his possession…

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Mining at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 32

Operations are actively proceeding on the various lines of reef. Development at the Barrier is satisfactory. The shaft is now down 42ft. from to 100ft. level, on…

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Mining at Germanton

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 32

Mining matters throughout tho district are very quiet. The past year has been, a very poor one. No new discoveries have been made, and with the exception of the…

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Flooded Mine. Johannesburg Disaster. London, January 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 41

A week ago the bursting of Knight's dam, at Johannesburg, caused the Witwatersrand gold-mine, which it supplied with water, to be flooded. Ten whites and…

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