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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

502 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 26

Gold Romance of To-day

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 October 1910 · page 4

The romance surrounding the history of a matrix reef at a place known as M'Ewan's, near Dunolly, has been revived by recent events. Reports of the discovery…

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Discovery of Gold at Benalla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 October 1910 · page 3

Some excitement has been caused by the discovery of gold at Reef Hills, about 4 miles from Benalla. Mr. Pearson, contractor for the shire council, brought several…

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Clifton Colliery Difficulty. £30,000 in Strike Pay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 2

After a strike which has lasted for a year, in consequence of the readjustment of wages owing to the establishment of new machinery, 900 miners of the Clifton. Clifton…

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News From America Mining Disaster—72 Killed. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 2

A mining disaster, attended by great loss of life, has occurred at Monterey, New Mexico. No fewer than 72 Mexican and Japanese miners were killed…

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Labor in Evolution the Osborne Judgment. Miners' Federation Conference London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 2

Mr Euoch Edwards, Labon M.P. for Hanley, in opening the Miners' Federation conference at Edinburgh declared that what ever steps other Trades' Unions…

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Welsh Coal Mines. Thousands of Men Leave Work

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 42

Fortified by the decision of the miners' employed throughout the Welsh collieries to grant strike pay to those who are engaged in disputes, 800 men stopped work…

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Mexican Mine Explosion

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 41

A disasterous explosion of gas occurred yesterday in a mine at Palen, in Mexico. One hundred and fifty miners, native and Japanese, are entombed…

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Labor in Evolution Nationalisation of Mines. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 3

A resolution has been passed by the Miners' Federation Conference urging that meetings should be held for the purpose of agitating in favor of the nationalisation of…

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Gold in Alaska. Afresh Discovery. Vancouver, September 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 43

A repot is to hand that a fresh placer (alluvial)) gold discovery has been made in Alaska at the Kenai River. No details have been received so far…

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Mining Camp Riot. Dynamite Used. Vancouver, September 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 42

Dynamite was freely vised during a riot in a mining camp in Colorado. An outbreak of fire followed the explosions. One man was killed, and many were injured…

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Victims of the Pit. Whitehaven Mine Unsealed. How the Men Died. London, September 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 41

The entombment of 136 miners in the Wellington pit of the Whitehaven colliery, on May 12 last, by an explosion of firedamp left a painful impression on the minds…

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Alaska Mining Life

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 2

Through the existence of bad feeling between the employes of certain local mines an exciting situation has been created at Juneau City in Alaska. The…

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A Gold Ring in a Sausage

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 4

There is a Continental custom which is now fast coming into vogue in this country—namely the giving of a ring by the bride to the bridegroom in[?]…

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Another Mine Explosion

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 2

A great explosion occurred in the Starkville mine at Trinidad, Colorado, yester­day. It is reported that over 100 miners are now buried alive…

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Cablegrams. the Uplifting of Labor to Block War. Miners' International Union. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 2

The Federation of Miners' Conference is still in progress at Edinburgh. It has re­solved in favor of the broadening of the basis of the Miners' International Union, so…

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Scottish Coal Mines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 2

On September 24 the enginemen employed in the Scottish collieries gave notice of their intention to terminate their engagements in a fortnight unless the eight hours' day…

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Welsh Miners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 2

Some 9000 Welsh colliers have resumed work…

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Starkeville Mining Disaster

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 October 1910 · page 2

The explosion at the Starkeville mine at Trinidad, in Colorado, is not quite so great a disaster as was feared at first when it was stated that 100 men were…

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Mining Scrip Left in a Tram

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 October 1910 · page 2

The Sydney detectives are anxiously inquiring the whereabouts of a parcel containing the scrip for 100 five pound shares in the Broken Hill South Mining Co., which…

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W.a Goldfield

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 October 1910 · page 3

The W.A. Mines department has issued the following report:—The Government Geologist has jest returned from a visit to the Bullfinch leases, situated 20 miles…

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