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

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Mount Morgan Mine. Mount Morgan

North West Champion · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 2

The Mount Morgan mine, which was the during the week-end, has now [?] sealed, and most of the building gear above ground has been saved. The…

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Fire in Mine At Mount Morgan SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 2

The Mount Morgan mine, which caught alight in the weekend, has been sealed and most buildings and gear around have bison saved. The…

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Coal Mines Commission

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 2

Mr. Justice Edmunds at a meeting of the Coal Mines Commission, said that unless something was done to establish closer co-operation and more…

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Mount Morgan Miners. Brisbane

North West Champion · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 2

The Mount Morgan miners are claiming 40/- per shift per man actually engaged in fighting the fire in the mine. If the demand is not granted…

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Mt. Morgan Fire Claims By Miners Will Withdraw If Not Granted SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 2

The Mount Morgan miners are now claiming 40/ per shift per man actually engaged in fighting the fire in the mine. It the demand is not…

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Late Telegrams. Mining Disaster in New Zealand. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 5 October 1925 · page 2

The Latest particulars of the mining disaster at Lake Colreidge, New Zealand, states that two men, named Hugh Daley and Gordon Archer were rescued…

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Mystery Deaths In Welsh Mine A Horse's Revenge NEWCASTLE

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 October 1925 · page 7

The "mad" horse, which in alleged to be working in ono of the coal mines in the Maitland district and terrifying miners working at the coal…

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Russia's Red Paradise. Long Hours and Low Wages. 41,000 Women in Coal Mines

North West Champion · Monday 12 October 1925 · page 4

According to Trotsky, Russia is "the only country where power is in the hands of the working class." Speaking in 1918, he said: "We shall create a…

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Seventeen Miners Killed. Berlin

North West Champion · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 2

Seventeen [?]riners were killed and several injured in an explosion of fire-dump in the Holland pit of the Phoenix Company at Gelsenkirchen…

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The Last Dollar of Skeleton Gulch How the miners discovered that a very little money can be made: to go a considerable distance

Manilla Express · Wednesday 23 December 1925 · page 2

The complete cash asset of Skeleton Gulch was exactly one lonesome little silver dollar and in that same dollar rested the salvation and future hopes of…

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