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

Mining & the mines, 1913

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Man with a Grievance. Lost a Law Suit Against Mining Group. Later

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 2

The man who shot Sir Lionel Phillips at Johannesberg, is a Russian storekeeper named Minamed Missum. Onlookers secured the assailant just as…

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DROPPED 950 FEET. Terrible Austrian Mine Disaster. VIENNA

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 17 December 1913 · page 4

Seven men were killed and several others badly injured through a cage rope snapping at the Erna mine in Austria. The cage dropped a distance of 950 feet…

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DROPPED 950 FEET. Terrible Austrian Mine Disaster. VIENNA

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 17 December 1913 · page 4

Seven men were killed aud several others badly injured through a cage rope snapping at the Erna mine in Austria. The cage dropped a distance of 950 feet…

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American Mine Disaster. New York

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 2

An explosion in a vulcan mine at Colorado entombed between 40 and 60 miners. The rescuers were unable to enter the workings owing to the after damp…

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American Mine Disaster. New York

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 2

An explosion in a vulean mine at Colorado entombed between 10 and 50 miners. The rescuers were unable to enter the workings owing to the after damp…

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What Coal Can Do

The North Western Courier · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 6

Does anyone realize the power of coal as a worker? A man was set to work to pump as hard as he could all day, and at the end of ten hours it…

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Chapter Xiii. "Hast Thou Found Me, O Mine Enemy."

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 7

Sunday in the Land of Lodgings is kept in a desultory and Bohemian fashion. The hour of breakfast is prolonged till mid-day, and often the lodgers remain in…

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Two Bright Christmas Eves at Alafos. Twenty-five Years Between. an Australian Gold Fields Romance. (Copyright.)

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 4

The Miners' Arms, the principal hotel in the old mining township of Alafos, was ablaze with light, and many who had no…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 4

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, patent attorneys of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the farming and…

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