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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

264 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 14

Incidents of the War. Nationalisation of Mines Miner's Veiled Threat London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 2

By a resolution carried to-day, the Miners' Federation recommends immediate nationalisation of mines under the joint control of the workers and the State…

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Submarine Menace Ended. Mine Laying a Popular Occupation London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 2

Speaking at the opening of the exhibition of naval war photographs, arranged by the Ministry of Information, Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty, said…

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Coorabin Coal Mine

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 4

Work is proceeding steadily at the Coorabin coal mine, but considerable delay has been enused through the boiler being hold up somewhere…

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The Perseverance Gold Mine

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 2

At a meeting of shareholders in the above, held on Saturday night last, a dividend of £25 per share was declared. The amount of gold won by the last…

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Tin Mining Areas Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 3

A message from Armidale states that the mining community generally and more particularly those in search of stanniferous country, are perturbed on account of the…

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Coorabin Coal Mine. Work Progressing

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2

Up to the present the sinking of the shaft of the Coorabin coal mine near Oaklands, has been done with a windlass and is now down about 60…

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Paved with Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 4

It has often been written that in the early days the streets of Bendige were at times paved with gold. Recently the term could be applied to the…

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Fortunes in Rubbish. Gold Found in Road Metal

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 4

A road was being made in Tasmania with stone from around the New Golden Mara property near Warratina when it was discovered that this…

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Forty-eight Lives Lost. Eight German Mines Found

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 July 1918 · page 2

Reuter's Vancouver correspondent, in a later message, says that 48 lives were lost in the San Diego. It is uncertain now whether the cruiser was destroyed by a…

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Mining Disaster on Rand 21 Lives Lost. Hauling Line Snapped

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 July 1918 · page 2

Great sympathy has been evoked as the result of a skip accident at the Meyer and Charlton Mine, one of the oldest mines on the Johannesburg reef. The…

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Coorabin Coal Mine

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 2

Up to the present the sinking of the shaft of the Coorabin coal mine, near Oaklands, has been done with a windlass and is now down about…

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New Zealand Miners Resent Speeding Up. Wellington

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 26 July 1918 · page 6

The Unionns Federation in reply to the Coal Owners, made a statement of their offer of a bonus to miners working full time. It states that…

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Rolling in Gold

The Independent · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 4

"Uncle Sam" has reason to be proud when be looks at his mountain of money bags from which he is now be lavishly supplying the "sinews"…

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New Reef in Homeward Bound Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 28

On Wednesday the Albury directors of the Homeward Bound mine, Yackandandah, paid a visit to the mine, when they received the pleasant news from the manager…

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Clen Innes Tin-mining

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 33

Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Mines, said that an application had recently been lodged for something over 20,000 acres for a tin-mining lease in the…

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Ajax Mine Declared Black

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 August 1918 · page 3

Efforts to settle the strike at the Aja[?] North mine, Daylesford, have failed, and for the time being have been abandoned Some of the men complain that they…

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Abermain Coal Trouble

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 August 1918 · page 33

Mr. Beeby, Minister for Labour and Industry, stated that the existence of the dispute at the Abermain colliery illustrated the folly of the Miners' Federation in…

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Torpedo Boats Hit Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 August 1918 · page 24

New York advices state that two British torpedoboats have been sunk by enemy mines. Five officers and 92 men lost their lives…

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Scrap Book. Better Than Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 August 1918 · page 14

Better than grandeur, better than gold, Than rank and title a thousand fold. Is a healthy body, a mind at ease, And simple pleasure that always please;…

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Rich Gold Reef Near Cowra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 August 1918 · page 34

Some excitement has been caused by the reports regarding the richness of the gold ore found on what is known as Nicholson's claim, a few miles from Cowra. The reef…

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