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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1917

231 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 12

The Gold Yield

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

The N.S. Wales gold yield for the first four months of the year shows a decrease in values of £52,226…

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Miners on Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 May 1917 · page 4

The employees at the White Crystal Tin Mine, Ardlethan, are out on Strike. They explain that their action is due to the fact that they are not being…

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Damp Coal

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 4

Never put small coal on the fire without well damping it. If put on dry, half of it will fall through into the ashpan. If damped, put on, and left…

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Council's Power for Gold

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 2

The fact that the Workmen's and Soldiers' Council delegates have considered it necessary to thus appeal to the army is significant. However,…

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Mining Risks

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 4

During the past 16 years there have been no less than 78,456 casualties in the coal mines of N.S. Wales, of whom 922 were killed…

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Ashford Aspirations. Railway and Coal Mine. Visit of Ministerial Party. The District's Future

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 7

The importance of Ashford, and the immense possibilities that await development in the district, were fully paraded on Tuesday last. The…

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Judge's Advice. Don't be Like the Coal Strikers

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 4

Justice Heydon, in making an award lo cover the work of repairing wheat stacks damaged by the plague of mice, remarked: "I would like to urge…

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Mining at Smmaville

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 5

For the week ended May 24 the Vegetable Creek mine produced 4 tons Sew of tin oxide. A clean-up of the Great Britain Sluicing Company's Britain…

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Miners Earn £20 a Week. Workers in Cardiff Invested £30,000,000 in War Loan

Guyra Argus · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 4

Cardiff has become known as the Pittsburg of the British Isles (says the New York "Sun"). Like the American city, the coal mines are largely…

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Vegetable Greek Mine

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 4 June 1917 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Vegetable Creek Tin Mining Co. WH held one day last week. The director's report and balance sheet for the period ending…

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Collieries Idle

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 4

Three South Coast collieries an idle to-day. South Bulli, Scarborough, an Coledale. The trouble at Bulli where five…

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Oban Gold

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 5

An old fossicker came into town on Saturday with of 2[?] of gold, obtained at Oban, and this morning he thought there would be no difficulty in selling…

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A "Hoard" of Gold in Japan

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 3

THE rapid and unprecedented accumulation of gold which occurred in the United States when that nation became the world's trading depot,…

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Death of Two Old Miners

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 6

The deaths of two old miners have been reported to the [?] police under rather tragic circumstances. Henry Goodfellow, of Bobby Whitlow,…

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Local and General News Emmaville Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 5

The Vegetable Creek Tin Mining Co. produced 3½ tons of [?] exide during the week ended June 7, as against 37 tons for the preceding week. The…

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The War. Germans Wiped Out by British Mine. Whole Country Changed. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 3

A French correspondent at British Headquarters gives some indication of the elaboratness of the preparations for, and the immensity of the offensive…

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A New and Deadly Mine. More Mine-Sweeping Risks

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 3

The mine as an instrument of destruction has been used by the Germans to a manner consistent with her disregard of laws and international…

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Mining Accident. Broken Hill Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 4

A man named John Edwards was killed, and three others injured at-the Junction North, Broken Hill Mine yesterday…

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Coal Famine in Germany. London

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 2

A serious coal famine is threatened in Germany. Many bakeries are closing, and lighting in Berlin has been cut down to two-thirds. There is a…

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Mongolia Sunk. Strick Mine Off Bombay. Australian Mails Lost. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 4

It is announced that the Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s R.M.S. Mongolis, carrying mails form London up to May 31, was sunk off Bombay at noon on…

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