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Mining & the mines, 1908

261 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 14

Scotland's Shame. Houses of Miners. "A Disgrace to Civilisation."

Guyra Argus · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 8

The three days' annual Conference (writes the "Daily News" of 27th December) of the Scottish Miners' Federation opened in Glasgow under the…

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Rescue Work in Mines

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 7

THE lecture on the possibilities of rescue work in mines in the event of fire, delivered before the North Staffordshire Institute of Mining and…

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Mines Entombed for 46 Days

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 6

THE New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph "writes:—After 46 days, Bailey, Brown, and M'Donald, 1be entombed miners, have been…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 4

A man named Thomas Wilson was killed at the South Mine, Broken Hill, by a fall of earth. When the body was recovered, it wan absolutely…

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The Coal Crisis

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 2

So far at the mining situation is concerned, then has been so Iteration at Newcastle. All lodges which hare to far Toted on the question have resolved to take a…

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Din[?] Dina Tin Mines

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 2

TEN[? are at present engaged at the Dine Dine tin mines, 50 miles from Condoblin, and are doing well. A Queensland syndicate is exploiting a lode carrying good…

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The Coal Trouble. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 5

As a result of four collieries again going out on strike, the Newcastle coal court did not sit yesterday…

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The World's Richest Gold Field

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 6

Twenty-five years ago the gold fields of the Transvaal, which now produce more than one-fourth of the world's gold supplies, did not exist…

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Mining Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

Two miners, named M'Villey and Evans, were seriously injured at a mine at Z[?]han, Tasmania, last night, through a p[?]ature arplo[?]on…

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The Special Mining Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

Jodge Heydon, in announcing his intention of re[?] from the [?] dency of the special Mining Court at [?]…

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The Coal Crisis

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 2

It is impossible as yet to gauge with any degree of accuracy the consequence of the adjournment of the Mining Commission. The prevailing opinion, however, is that…

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Miners Eight-hour Nill London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 5

THE Chairman of the South' Metropolitan Gas Company states that the successful passage of the Miners' Eight-hour Bill will mean a loss of…

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Colliery Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 4

A number of trucks rolled down an incline at the Sandfly Colliery, Tasmania. One man was killed instantly and another injured, it is believed…

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 5

Two miners were killed by a fall of earth while working in a shalft at Norseman, West Australia, yesterday…

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Stubborn Miners. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 5

One of the largest mining lodges in Burwood rejected the resolutions carried by the miners' committee in their endeavour to retain the Newcastle coal…

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Conscience v. Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 4

IN a diminutive farmhouse on the summit of Westerham Hill, one of the highest points of the County of Kent, lives a young man who has been offered £30,000 to…

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Miners Entombed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 4

An explosion in a coal mine at Wyoming, America, caused 70 miners to be entombed. It is feared that all the men have perished…

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A Mining Incident

Guyra Argus · Thursday 2 April 1908 · page 7

On 4th December a fall of rock in a gold mine at Ely, Nevada, entombed several men. Three men named Bailey, Brown, and Macdonald were covered a…

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Colliery Trouble

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 2

It is reported that the American colliery owners intend to close their mines pending an agreement on the scale of wages. This action will throw 250,000 men out of…

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American Collieries Closing. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 5

IN is reported that the American colliery owners intend to close the mines, pending an agreement as to the scale of wages. The effect will be that 250,000 men will be…

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