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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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Coal Trouble

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

JUDGE HEYDON gave judgment on Wednesday in regard to the cessation of work at the Teralba collieries. His Honor said the miners…

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Gold Discovery. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 5

THE police searched a dam on a Chinaman's premises, at Bendigo, and fished out two, parcels containing gold-bear…

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The Mineral Industry of N.S.W. II Coal

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2

Next to silver coal contributes the largest share to the annual mineral production of the State. In 1906, out of a total production of nearly £8,000,000,…

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A Mining Incident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 3

On 4th December a fall of rock in a gold mine at Ely, Nevada, entombed several men. Three men named Bailey, Brown, and Macdonald were covered a…

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The Magic of Coal Tar. What an Inventor Did

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5

There is coal [?]ar in every thing [?] more or less. More than [?] drugs are [?]e produce of coal [?]. An our dress goods are dyed by coal…

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Gold Bond Tobacco

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 10

Lovers of good tobacco will find the famous "Gold Bond" and "Edgeworth" brands shown in all the attractive styles, by the Sydney representatives…

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Scholars' Gold Medal

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 5

WE are glad fo note that Master Rupert Jackson, son of Mr. W. J Jackson, of this town, has won the Empire Gold Medal, an award of…

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Mine Catastrophe

Manilla Express · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

During a fire in a Colorado mine, 34 people attempted to rescue three missing miners, and only 14 returned. It is…

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Mine Explosion

Manilla Express · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 3

By an explosion in a mine at Jusooka, Russia, many miners were imprisoned, 70 rescued and the bodies of 228…

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Mine Explosion

Manilla Express · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 2

By an explosion in a mine at Jusooka, Russia, many miners were imprisoned, 70 rescued and the bodies, of 228…

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Miners Suffocated

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

A fire has occurred in a coal mine at Haileyville, Oklahoma. It is believed that 30 miners were suffocated. Twenty six bodies have been…

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Coal Tar--the Most Protean Substance in the World

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 3

Speaking recently before the Society of Chemical Industry, Mr. H. Schweitzer summarized a number of the products of the coal-tar industry. Since…

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Reminiscences of the Gold-fields. a Clever Bit of Salting

Manilla Express · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 4

In forcible, if not elegant language, old, Ah Le Ong impressed upon me the necessity of "doing something, the "something " being the making…

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Gympie Goldfield

Manilla Express · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 4

Yesterday, was the twenty-first anniversary of the discovery of the Gympie (Q.) gold fields. Since that date the gold won in the district…

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The Lithgow Mines

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 4

In giving evidence, yesterday, before the Public Works Committee, in respect to the Zis Zag deviation, Mr. Wilton said there was at least 50 years…

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In the Roaring Sixties. the Great Rush at Canoona. Being a Reminiscent Yarn of Fifty Years Ago About Queensland's First Gold-Field

Manilla Express · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 3

''Rush O! Rush O! '' was a common enough cry along in the fifties and sixties, and the writer has a personal recollection of many of them…

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Charge Against the Mines Department

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 4

ON Tuesday night Mr. Wood called upon Mr. Dooley to make good his charges of corruption against the Mines Department, in…

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How Long Will the World's Coal Last?

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 3

Computations of to-day have shown that Great Britain has "in sight," so to speak -- although it is all below the ground -- an available coal deposit of…

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In the Roaring Sixties. the Great Rush at Canoona. Bring a Reminiscent Yarn of Fifty Years Ago About Queensland's First Gold-[?]ield

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 4

How much gold was won at Canoona, no one can say—more, probably, than the authorities ever knew, for record were not very carefully…

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Killed in a Mine

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 2

While working in the Billiant Extended Mine, Charters Towers, a man named Charles Hender was killed by a current…

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