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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

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The Coal Miners. Number Still idle

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

Work is still held up at eight northern collieries, through the men failing to resume. Two are also idle in the south…

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Latest Cables. Japanese Mining Fatality. Explosion in Coal Mine. SHANGHAI

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 3

A message from Sapporo, Hokiado, Japan, states that more that 100 miners are entombed, and believed to be dead, as the result of a gas explosion…

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Labor Problems. The Newcastle District Mines. Question of Night Baking

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2

It is reported in Newcastle that the Burwood and Stockton mines are idle to-day, but others, which, had, been stopped since before the holidays…

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The N.z. Coal Mines

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday All the Westport coal mines resumed to-day. The long strike cost the men £120,000 in wages. The owners'…

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Turquoise Mines

The Independent · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 4

Much as we may read of it in fairy tales, a great deal more than the use of magic words is required to open the vast rocks and caves of precious…

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Chiltern Gold Yield

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 2

The gold won in the Chiltern Division for the year ended December 31, 1923 amounted to the ridiculously small total of 53ozs, 1dwt. 23grs…

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Mosaic Gold

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 4

In the cheaper jewellers' shops one often sees a trinket advertised as 18-carat Oroide gold. This is simply a compound of copper and very little…

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Animals As Gold-miners

The Independent · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 4

The finding of a small piece of gold in a dog's paw, responsible for the recent gold "rush" in Alaska, recalls other instances of animals…

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World's Deepest Mine

The Independent · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 4

Brazil now boasts the deepest mine in the world, at St. John del-Rey. It may interest read [?] know (says [?] The [?] and Mining…

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The Miners and Wages

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 2

A miners ballot, by 510,000 to 114,000 rejected the proposal to give three months' notice of termination of wages agreement A further…

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Proposed Board to Deal with Mining Trouble

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. Lawson has proposed to the Miners' Union that a special Board be appointed to deal with all disputes of Wonthaggi miners…

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Animals As Gold-miners

The Independent · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 2

The finding of a small piece of gold in a dog's paw, responsible for the recent gold "rush' in Alaska, recalls other instances of animals…

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The Coal Mining Dispute. Distress at Minmi

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 2

Owing to the closing of the Minmi colliery, 250 miners and their families have become destitute, and the village is broken up…

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World's Deepest Mine

The Independent · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 2

Bra[?] now [?]asts the deepest mine in the world, at St. John del-Rey. It may interest readers to know (says "The Engineering and Mining…

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Miners' Unrest. a Further Demand Made. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 1

The Miners Federation intends to demand the complete operation of the 1920 log. This Includes a six-hour day, bank to bank; a five-day…

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Coorabin Coal Field. Plant Ready for Active Operations

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 3

On Saturday the board of directors of Riverina Collieries paid a special visit to the Coorabin field, to inspect the coal raising plant and make final…

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Three Sure Winners. Coal, Water, Wool. Views of a Progressive Man

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 23

Mr. W. Schilg, of Orelda, Burrumbuttock, writes:— "The people of Albury and beyond seem at last to have bestirred…

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Coorabin Coalfield. Official Visit by Company Directors Riverina's Greatest Asset. Coal to Be Grassed in February

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 23

The shareholders in the Riverina Collieries, Coorabin, who have been asking when coal is to be recovered, can now he answered. The coal seam will he entered next month, provided no unexpected difficulties are met with…

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The Coalminer's Unrest. Seven Mines Idle

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 1

Seven coal mines in this state, were idle yesterday from various causes…

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Coorabin Coal Field

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 6

'A general meeting of shareholders in the Riverian Collieries was held on Wednesday last. Messr.J.A.Bridge, F.W.Tietyens and A.J.Wenke were…

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