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Mining & the mines, 1911

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A Boom in Mining. 17 Ounces to the Dish

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 7

Quite recently we have heard the story of some marvellous returns from an old Gundagai mine. Many of the dishes have averaged 10oz…

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The Gold Rush of '49. Its Romance and Tragedy

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 July 1911 · page 4

Modern history affords hardly any parallel, in point of popular interest, to the development of the Pacific Coast centres of the United…

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Bullfinch Mines

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 7

A reef giving an assay valued at £4 a ton has been struck at Bullfinch…

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Dissatisfied Miners

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 July 1911 · page 4

The Miners' Federation has issued a manifesto, urging a national strike for a minimum wage in all collieries…

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Mining Warden's Court. Monday, July 17.—(Before Mr. W. Perry, Mining Warden)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1911 · page 4

JOHN WILLIAMS applied for an authority to enter portions 24 and 25, parish Armidale, county Sandon. There was no appearance of the applicant…

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Colliery Explosion

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 4

Twenty-two miners were killed by an explosion at Cascade colliery, in Pennsylvania…

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Gold in Scotland

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 6

A gold mining camp at Kildonan, Sutherlandshire, has beeen opened by the Marquis of Stafford. A number of miners are busy. under the…

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Warden's Court. Monday, July 17. (Before Mr. W. Perry, Mining Warden)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 5

John Williams applied for an authority to enter portions 24 and 25, parish Armidale, county Sandon. There was no appearance of the…

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A Tale of the Gold Fields

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 4

In the early mining days of Victoria, when the miners were in the habit of bringing their gold dust and nuggets to Melbourne in order to…

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Explosion in Mine

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 5

An explosion in the Champion Reff Mine, Mysore, Southern India, killed 20 coolies…

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Common Among Miners

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 July 1911 · page 3

Like many other miners I contracted a severe cold through coming out of the hot mine into the cool air, says Mr. W. Crouch, of Tabina-street,…

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Wireless Between Mines

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 7

Drs. Leinbach and Locwy two German scientists have established an underground system of wireless communication. They have succeeded in…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Howell Miner Killed

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 2

Word was received in town yesterday morning to the effect that a mining accident had occurred at the Conrad Mines Howell…

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Explosion in a Mine

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 4

The explosions in the Champion Reefs Mine, at Misore, Calcutta, are more dissatrous than was at first supposed, and already 80 bodies have…

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Drowned in a Mine

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 4

George Burton was drowned in the Golden Fleece Mine, Wyalong, as the result of the mule flooding. The companions, had a miraculous…

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Emmaville Tin Mines

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

The manager of the Y-Water Company reports :--Sluicing regularly all last week on ground showing very encouraging…

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Miners on Strike. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 5

In connection with the strike at the El Oro mines bombs have bee lound at the mines. An appeal has been made to the…

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Mining Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 5

A serious accident occured at Hillgrove on Friday last. It appears that two men, named Terle and Quinnell, were lighting…

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The Latest. Scottish Miners' Demands

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Night.—A conference of the Scottish Miners' Federation adopted a policy of five days a working week, and also demands that…

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