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Mining & the mines, 1909

294 stories in New England's papers · page 14 of 15

Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 5

Local shares are quoted as follows:--Vegetable Greek (paid), buycrs 56 sellers [?] Great Britain, [?] 276, sellers 6[?] Great Britain sellers 276. Bourke's Hill, buyers [?]…

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Gold Yield

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 10

The New South Wales gold yield for November was 11,093 ounces crude (equal to 9927 ounces fine), valued at £42,166, as compared with a good yield…

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Local Coal Supply

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 4

Glen [?] will not be in [?] ae able to report that the Municipal Council has received a [?] supply of coal for the [?]…

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Tingha Tin Mining

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 2

On Middle Creek M'llveen and party are engaged sluicing with satisfactory returns. Staines and party are engaged ground sluicing…

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Big Coal Strike. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 7

At a mass meeting of the wharf laborers last night it was decided not to cease work until instructed to do so by the Strike Congress…

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The Coal Strike Sydney

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 11

There are no important developments , so far with regard to the coal strike. The Government offer to protect the free laborers while at work in the…

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The Coal Strike How Lone will It Last ?

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 5

Sir Hutton (one of the northern delegates to the Strike Congress), and Mr Burns (treasurer to the Miners' Amalgamation), contend the strikers…

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The Coal Strike and Halley's Comet. (To the Editor.)

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 7

SIR,—On September 14th we were "cabled" that the return of Halley's comet had been photographed, and that we shall see it with the unclothed eye…

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Sensational Gold Find at Drake. Pound Weight to the Dish. Near Old Lunatic Reef. Drake

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 2

A RICH discovery of gold has been made close to the old Lunatic reef on Girrard's Creek. The formation is about two feet wide, and is rich in gold, as much as one…

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Telegrams. Sydney. Friday. The Coal Strike. Impo[?]ing Coal. Coal-[?]rs Ouy. Cas Emploiees [?] [?]Ng and Hughes

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 6

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Japanese Coal. Whary-laborers Refuse Work. Bowing's Position

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 6

The wiill [?]ers refused to losd a consigmment of concencates into the steamer Palerm because the [?]tter had been co[?]d with Japanese caoal…

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Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

Nineteen tons of tin and 7½ tone of wolfram were despatched from the local station during the week. There are several virgin shows of…

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The Coal Strike

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 3

This month has seen a state oE affairs unexampled in the history of the Commonwealth. The cry of the Labor Party is majority rule. A measure has…

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Sensational Gold Find

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

Word is to hand from Drake that a rich discovery of gold has been made close to the old Lunatic Reef, on Gerrard's Greek. The formation…

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The Coal Strike. Congress Disowns Mr. Bowline SYDNEY, Saturday. Mr. Bowling Turned Down

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

Mr. Peter Bowling has been turned down emphatically. Mr. Hughes reigns once more alone. The strike congress has declared for his policy,…

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The Strike. Huge Supplies of Goal Ordered. Southern Mines to Re-open. Hughes Breaks From Bowling. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 5

The Government intends to import coal to end the coal famine. The Acting-Premier said in Parliament last night that the Government…

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The Coal strike

Guyra Argus · Thursday 16 December 1909 · page 2

It is understood that the Government will tighten the penal provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act by making the penalty for striking or…

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Gold Watch Competition for Girls

Guyra Argus · Thursday 16 December 1909 · page 6

We have received a large number of papers for the Gold Watch Competition for Girls offered by the Rev. C. T. Forscutt, B.A., Principal of Bexley…

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Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 5

The manager of Bourke's Hill Tm Sluicing Coy. reports:--Both plants are mining on average ground with satisfactory results. The water…

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The Coal Strike. Miners to Resume Work Wade's Bill before The House SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 11

The Congress decided that the Northern, Southern and Western miners should each make arrangements for the resumption of work, also that a ballot…

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