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Mining & the mines, 1907

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Copper for Gold. How the Bank of England Lost L1081

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 7

A remarkable story of halfpennies being substituted for half-sovereigns was told at the Manchester City Police Court yesterday, when Henry Douglas…

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XXI.--Coal F[?] Constable

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 4

[?]id the do[?] of the [?]mmunication [?]d him, when a great Police De[?] May's face. There eneral's Of[?] pair--blank, bitter, August, 1907…

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Fire at a Colliery. £1000 Damage

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 5

SHORTLY before 11 o'clock on Tuesday night last, a serious fire broke out on the pit top at Lambton B Colliery, at Redhead. The total loss is roughly…

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Gold at Both Ends. Here and Elsewhere

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 3

Mr J. F. Hogan thus gossips about gold at both ends of the earth: -- We shall all be glad if the reported discovery of gold in Scotland should…

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Copper for Gold. How the Rank England Lost Lion

The Moree News · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 7

A remarkable story of halfpennies being substituted for half-Sovereigns was full at the Manchester City Police Court yesterday. when Henry Douglas…

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Colliery Troubles

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 5

THE trouble at the Pelaw-Main Colliery appears to have been caused through a misunderstanding between the under-manager and a deputy. The…

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Mountains of Gold

The Moree News · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 6

According to old legude, existing in the tabled land of Ellorado, bat all the gold in the marvellous land would not campens [?] for the loss health and loss of health and life suitable to…

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Gold at Both Ends Here and Elsewhere

The Moree News · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 6

Mr J. F. Hogan thus gossips about gold at both ends of the earth:- We shall all be glad if the reported discovery of gold in Scotland should…

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A Country That Pours Out Gold

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 6

NEW SOUTH WALES, the premier productive and trading State of Australia, is fast earning a reputation for itself as the country that pours out gold…

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Hebburn Colliery Difficulty a Serious Position

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 10 September 1907 · page 5

AT a meeting at Newcastle of the committee of management of the Colliery, Employees Federation on Saturday afternoon' the Hebborn difficulty was…

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A Country That Pours Out Gold

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 2

NEW SOUTH WALES, the premier productive and trading State of Australia, is fast earning a reputation for itself as the country that pours out gold…

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Gold and the Guinea's Stamp

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 2

It was a quiet Sunday morning, a springtime morning with the dew gleaming in the sparse grass, and the raw edge of the dawn-wind just…

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King and Miners New Order for Bravery. Labor Lord Mayor Knighted

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 3

The King's memorable visit to Wales and Ireland ended on Saturday 13th July, at Cardiff, when his Majesty opened the new dock, knighted Cardiff's…

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The Shale Mines

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 4

THE Ardglen Shale mines lire attracting still more attention than ever, and the number of hands is being steadily increased. The opening up of these…

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Increased Gold Supply. Some of Its Evils

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 7

"Why are the markets in such a state ?" asks Mr A. J. Wilson in the " Nation." " Two influences stand out with remarkable prominence as…

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The Felixburg Goldfields

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 2

The British South Africa Company's mining commissioner at Victoria, Rhodesia, reports that he has just completed the inspection of the Felixburg…

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The Under-world. in a British Columbian Gold Mine. Nelson, B.c

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 2

When the manager of the gold mine at Rossland ottered to take us down, we accepted readily, and it was only when we were invited to " stop in"…

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The Great Coal Strike. All Collieries Idle

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 15 November 1907 · page 4

NOT a solitary colliery in either the Newcastle or Maitland colliery worked on Wednesday or Thursday. There is positively no chance of any work this…

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Coal Crisis

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 7

THIRTY coal mines are idle in the Newcastle district, and 14,000 men effected. The men demand an increase in pay…

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