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Mining & the mines, 1909

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For Lifting Coal Barges

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 6

The Goole Shipbuilding Company has launched from the Goole Yard a huge floating pontoon, which is to carry a very large hydraulic hoist. This…

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Emmaville. Mining Notes

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 4

At Bourke's Hill the usual work is going on at both plants, and a good clean up is expected for the pretest month…

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(All Rights Reserved.) for the Sake of Gold. a Sensational Romance, Introductory

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 3

John Lucas, a wild, handsome young follow, after running through a comfortable little fortune, married a lovely girl belonging to one of the…

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For the Sake of Gold. (All Rights Reserved.) a Sensational Romance Part 9. Xviii. the Inquest

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 2

Half an hour later Dr. Lucas arrived. and he was followed almost directly by the inspector of police from Witton accompanied by the…

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Broken Hill. Miners Unemployed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 5

Between 500 end 600 men are still out of work as a result of the late strike at Broken Hill…

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New Castle Coal Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 5

The probable dissolution of the Newcastle Coal Court is viewed with great concern…

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Mining Disaster. Sixty-five Men Entombed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 5

An explosion at Pennsylvania entombed 65 miners, 24 of whom were killed…

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For the Sake of Gold. (All Rights,Reserved) a Sensational Romance. Part to Chapter Xx. a Revelation

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 7

Philip Basset has been laid to rest with his father, and Miss Melita, upon whom the strain of the last few weeks was beginning to tell, had…

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Mine Flooded

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 4

An underground river flooded a mine in Portugal. Fourteen bodies have been recovered, and 35 miners are still missing…

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Music. (By Gold Nid.)

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 4

Music is the perfume of the whole universe. The best recreation to my mind and body, whensoever either of them…

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(All Rights Reserved.) for the Sake of Gold. Part 7

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 3

"By Jove, I never knew it was an insult for a fellow, particularly if he's heir to an estate and lots of money, to ask a girl to marry…

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Important Gold Discovery

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 4

An important find of gold has been made at the Golden Junction mine, South Australia, the lode yielding from 2½oz to 3oz per ton…

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Dancing-halls in Salt Mines

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 7

The salt mines at Northwich contain some wonderful novelties in the way of unique apartments cut in pure salt, but the most interesting salt…

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Miners in Distress

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 12 July 1909 · page 2

The acute distress at Broken Hill, as might be expected, has caused a feeling of desperation, which, among some of the men, has led to menacing…

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Deepwater. Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 July 1909 · page 2

During last week 16 12 teas of tin and 7 tone of wolfram were desched from the local station. A good show was struck at the…

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Miners' Entombed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 4

All explosion entombed a large number of miners in Southern Russia…

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Daggafontein Gold

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 July 1909 · page 7

Considerable interest is being taken in the Daggafontein Gold Mining Company, Ltd., and the following particulars will interest our readers on this…

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(All Rights Reserved.) for the Sake of Gold. a Sensational Romance, Part 9. Chapter Xviii. the Inquest

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 16 July 1909 · page 3

Half an hour later Dr. Lucas arrived, and he was followed almost directly by the inspector of police from Witton, accompanied by the…

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Coal Shipping Deadlock. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1909 · page 5

The whole of the coal shipping and other work of Newcastle wan render completely idle this morning owing to a general ce[?]sation of work on…

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Scottish Coal Dispute. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 5

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