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

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Miners' Strike

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 2

A general strike of miners has been proclaimed at Stannary Hills and Irvine Bank, in, Northern Queensland…

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Queensland Gold Yield

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 2

The Queensland gold yield for December was 45,743 fine ozs., an increase of 4632 fine ozs, compared with December…

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25 Miners Killed

Manilla Express · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

Twenty-five miners have been killed by a colliery explosion at Illinois…

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The State Gold Yield

Manilla Express · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

For the year 1908 the State gold yield amounted to 224,792 ounces of fine gold, a decrease of 22571 ounces on 1907…

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Gold at Nundle

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 4

A rich gold reef is reported to have been found at Nundle…

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What Our Coal Output Is Worth

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 3

It would seem, judging from last year's output from the mines and quarries of the United Kingdom, that there is little ground for the fear,…

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Colliery Disaster

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 4

All hope has been abandoned of any further lives being saved at the West Stanley Colliery, Durham. The…

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Miners Entombed

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 4

A dreadful explosion occurred on Tuesday in the pit of the West Stanley Colliery, Durham, England, with the result that 147 men were…

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Coal Trade

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 4

The depression in the Newcastle coal trade during the past few months is having an effect on the district. Many…

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Muswe[?]rook Coal

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 4

WE (Muswellbrook "Chronicle") are informed that the local coal mining syndicate inted to push on operations for the proper opening…

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Rich Find of Gold

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 4

A RICH find of alluvial gold at Dark Corner, near Sunny Corner, in the Bathurst district, has caused some stir in that district. Four…

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Colliery Thrown Idle

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 2

The Burwood colliery was thrown idle yesterday owing to outsiders being given the position as wheelers…

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Cupid on the Goldfields

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 2

AT a meeting of the Yorkshire Society, Sydney, on Tuesday night the president (Mr. William Swan) gave some interesting reminiscences…

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No Coal Substitute. Exhaustion of British Mines

Manilla Express · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 3

Sir William Ramsay, the great chemist, doubted, in a speech at the British Science Guild recently, the possibility of discovering a substitute for coal, and…

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No Coal Substitute. Exhaustion of British Mines

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1909 · page 7

Sir William Ramsay, the great chemist, doubted, in a speech at the British Science Guild recently, the possibility of discovering a substitute for coal, and…

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Namoi Copper Mine, Attunga

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 2

THE Gunnedah "Advertiser'' says:—Development works on the lode formation are being well advanced. High-grade ore is being…

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Perils of the Mine. Recent Advances in Lifesaving

Manilla Express · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 4

Before the Prince and Princess of Wales and a distinguished audience at the Royal Institution on February 19,Sir Henry Cunynghame delivered an…

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Perils of the Mine. Recent Advances in Life-saving

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 3

Before the Prince and Princess of Wales and a distinguished audience at the Royal Institution on February 19,Sir Henry Cunynghame delivered an…

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The Gold Yield. Sydney

Manilla Express · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 2

The gold yield of the State for April is valued at £81,000…

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Department of Mines

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 8

The annual report of the Department of Mines for the year 1908 has just been received. Being a purely pastoral district, without so much as a…

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