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

Mining & the mines, 1923

89 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 4 of 5

Miners Return to Work Redhead and Hebburn Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 August 1923 · page 2

The Miners' Federal Executive yesterday directed the ininers at Red head and Hebburn mines to resume work forthwith, the men to whom…

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The Coal Trouble. Men Ordered Back to Work

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 9 August 1923 · page 2

The Federal Council of the Miners' Federation has decided to order the men at Hebburn Number I and Redhead collieries back to work…

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Overseas Coal

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 13 August 1923 · page 4

Anticipating that the Now South Wales coal dispute would extend over a protracted period, several shipments of overseas coal have been ordered…

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Animal Gold-miners

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 August 1923 · page 5

The account published recently of a Syrian goose, in the gizzard of which was found Bakes of pure gold, calls to mind similar case which…

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Explosion in Coal Mine

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1923 · page 2

Two hundred miners are entembed as the result of an explosion in a coal mine at Kemmere, Wyoming…

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A Medicine Mine

Manilla Express · Thursday 16 August 1923 · page 3

The word "mining" says a writer in The Engineering and Mining Journal-Press" (New York), usually causes to flash on…

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Late Telegrams. Explosion at Bellbird Colliery. Thirty-one Men Entombed Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 3 September 1923 · page 2

A Cessnock message states that as a result of a big explosion and fire which occurred at the Bellbird Colliery on Saturday afternoon, 31 men…

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The Bellbird Disaster. Inspector of Mines' Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 10 September 1923 · page 2

The Minister for Mines (Mr. FitzPatrick) has made available quotations from the report of Mr. Hindmarsh. The Minister stated that after…

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Miners Threaten Stoppage

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 2

The miners in the Wollongong district have now issued an ultimatum threatening stoppage of work unless better lamps are supplied. The…

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The State's Gold Yield

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 2

The State's gold yield for August amounted to 3176 ounces crude, equal to 3404 ounces of fine gold, valued at £14,461…

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Sydney Collieries Limited Operations Commenced at Balmain Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 September 1923 · page 1

The Sydney Collieries Limited commenced operations at Baimala coalmine on Saturday. The first coalmined there for eight years was…

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Oil Coal or Water?

The North Western Courier · Monday 1 October 1923 · page 2

The Mines Department has informed Mrs Perry that the flow of gas struck at a depth of 460 feet on Mr. R. Brown's farm at Watermark…

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A Visit to a Cost Mine

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 October 1923 · page 6

Last December my uncle took me to a coal mine in Helensburgh. We went down a fight of 200 steps. It was about ten o'clock in the…

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Great Boulder Mine 500 Men Idle Peril

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 October 1923 · page 1

Five hundred men have been thrown idle through the closing of the Great Boulder mine through a dispute over Sunday week. It is…

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Miners Summoned

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 25 October 1923 · page 2

The proprietors of the Evan[?]ce nine in the western district have issued one hundred summonses against miners on strike…

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Gold Discovery NEWBRIDGE

The North Western Courier · Thursday 25 October 1923 · page 1

A Newbridge message states that a gold discovery of great importance has been made 11 miles from Newbridge, on Craigies Garabaldie…

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Monetary and Mining

Manilla Express · Tuesday 6 November 1923 · page 3

Sir John Taverner writes:—"For the information of the Victorian shareholders in the Primary Producers' Bank of…

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Ivanhoe Colliery Miners Fined

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 November 1923 · page 1

At the Portland police Court yesterday over hundred miners employed at the Ivanhoe colliery were fined for leaving work without notice,…

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Ivanhoe Colliery Dispute

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 8 November 1923 · page 2

At the Portland Police Court over 100 men were fined for leaving the work at the Ivanhoe Colliery without notice during the dispute concerning…

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South Mine at Broken Hill

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 8 November 1923 · page 2

The position at South Mine. Broken Hill, has become such as to call for the most serious measures to cope with the increased gas. The reports…

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