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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Rich Gold at Gundaga[?} Some Sensational Yields

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 2

Great -excitement prevailed in Gunda-" gai on Saturday when the shareholders of the Long Tunnel mine obtained l00oz. of gold as the result of dollying lewt. of…

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Mining Disaster in Colorado. Denver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 2

Intelligence has been received of a fatal-mining disaster which has occurred in this vicinity. A snow slide down the foothills overwhelmed the Gold King Mine, with…

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Adelong Gold-fields

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 32

The Adelong company, working in the alluvial under the basalt at Laurel Hill, has every prospect of the coming year being a successful one. The last month's…

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First Steamer to India. Only 35 Tons of Coal Taken for a Voyage Which Took 114 Days

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 6

When was the first steam voyage from England to Calcutta accomplished? This cannot be answered with any degree of certainty, for…

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Sweeping for Mines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 2

The 1st class torpedo gunboat Jason, as parent ship and six subsidized trawlers, will shortly be stationed at Grimsby at the mouth of the Humber. 300 fishermen…

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General Cable News Coal Mixes Act. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 2

The Coal Mines Act has passed the second reading in the House of Commons…

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Germanton Tin Terraces a Mining Company Floated. Anticipated Work for 100 Men

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 2

Around Germanton considerable interest has been aroused in the developments by the Placer Tin Mining Co, no liability, which proposes to open a tin mine at the…

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Mining in France. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 2

The Socialists in the Chamber of Deputies have succeeded in preventing any new mining concessions being granted for the next three years, although many rich…

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Welsh Mining Strike Sequel Grant for the Metropolitan Police. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 2

In moving a vote for a grant of [?]15,000. representing special, allowances to members of the metropolitan police force for services rendered in connection with the…

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Coal Still a Burning Question

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 5

As the outcome of the [?] Chief Inspector of working of Mines to alter the system of working the "tops" in coal mines the men employed at the [?] Main re-…

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Explosion in a Mine. Pittsburg (Kansas)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 2

A fatal explosion occurred in a mine belonging to the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company, as a result of which five miners lost their lives…

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Gold at Gundaga[?] 350 Oz. From 300 Lbs. Stone

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 6

The rich find made in the Long Tunnel Mine, Long Flat, is (writes the Gundagai "Independent") turning out splendidly. Mining men who inspected the specimens…

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News From America Coal Mixers and Police. Chicago

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 2

A number of Italian coal miners who are out on strike caine into collision with the police yesterday, while holding a street demonstration, and it is feared that…

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Tin Mining at Germanton

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 33

At last (says the Germanton "Courier") it has come to our town to produce tin Stream tin of the highest quality, in fact ruby tin, exists in quantities on Bruce's…

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Cablegrams. Colliers Fight Police Boulders Rolled Into Colliery From Hilltop. Ultimate Victory for Police. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 2

The coal mining trouble in South Wales is still at an acute stage. Serious rioting took place yesterday at the Cambrian Combine's Colliery, at…

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State Coal Mine Scheme De[?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 5

Mr Edden, Minister for Mines, acting on the advices of the Crown Solicitor, has deferred establishing a State coal mine until the scheme has been authorised by…

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Welsh Miners" Federation Financial Striats

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 5

The financial crisis in the South Wales Miners Federation is acute. Despite the levy of 2 per month and that the British Federation is contributing [?]300…

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General Cable News London, Sunday. Explosion in a Colliery Magazine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 2

An explosion occurred yesterday in the magazine of the Granville Colliery at Burton. A great quantity of crockery and large numbers of windows were broken…

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South Wales Coal Trouble Severe Comments by Newspapers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 2

In commenting on the rejection by the miners of the proposal to terminate the coal strike in South Wales, the "Daily Chronicle" says it is unable to understand…

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Canadian Coal Strike. Toronto

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 2

The great financial- instrutions which are affected by the strike of coal miners in Western Canada are organising a big fight against the strikers, by means of which…

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