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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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Digging for Buried Million in Gold

Northern Star · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 7

Clarence Bowen, of Los Angeles. is digging in the vicinity of Hill Croek, Redding, for n million in buried gold, which is said to have been hidden by Mexicans owning…

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Mining on the Rand. London

Northern Star · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 5

Though native mining on the Rand is satisfactorily increasing the cost of mining is also increasing. A number of Chinese have offered the…

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International Miners' Congress. London

Northern Star · Monday 23 September 1907 · page 3

The International Congress of Miners which is now sitting at Salzburg, in Austria, has passed resolutions urging the State acquisition of mines, and the…

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American Mining Accident. London

Northern Star · Monday 23 September 1907 · page 3

A cage containing 17 miners was precipitated 700 feet in a mine attached to the Jones-McLoughlin Steelworks, Ulgeaumec, Michigan, U.S.A…

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Colliery Roys Strike. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 September 1907 · page 5

The boys employed at the largest colliery in the Wollongong district struck work, and the mine is now idle, as the manager paid the boys off…

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Federal Parliament. Senate. the Coal Combine. Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 26 September 1907 · page 3

In the Senate Senator Millen moved the suspension of the standing orders to call attention to the action of the coal combine in raising the prices. Senator Best said…

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Our Coal Measures

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 4

OWING to several difficulties which have arisen it is more than probable that work at the Bungawalbin coal mine will have to be abandoned, or at least temporarily suspended…

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Sale of Silver Mine. London

Northern Star · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 5

A Reuter message from Ottawa reports that the La Rose silver mine, in the richest colialt district, has been sold to an English syndicate for £10,000,000…

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Gold and the Guinea's Stamp

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 3 October 1907 · page 4

It was a quiet Sunday morning, a springtime morning, with the few gleaming in the sparse grass, and the raw edge of the dawn-wind just…

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Welsh Coal for American Fleet. London

Northern Star · Thursday 3 October 1907 · page 3

The washington Government, intending to prevent the inflation of American contractors' prices, will shortly ask Cardiff colliery owners to tender for £200,000…

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Rise in the Price of Coal. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 3 October 1907 · page 3

The Northern Colliery Proprietary Associations have decided to increase the selling price of coal from 10s to 11s per ton…

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King and Miners New Order for Bravery. Labor Lord Mayor Knighted

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 3 October 1907 · page 3

The King's memorable visit to Wales and Ireland ended on Saturday 13th July, at Cardiff, when his Majesty opened the new dock, knighted Cardiff's…

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Mining Stocks Depreciation. SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 2

A remarkable feature of recent Stock Exchange operations is the persistency with which the market value of Australian copper, silver, and lead mines have declined…

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Queensland Coal Trade. Crisis Pending. Brisbane

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 October 1907 · page 5

A crisis is at hand in connection with the coal trade the minera affected being the Ipswich, Bundamba, and West Moreton…

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Miners Resume Work. Brisbane

Northern Star · Thursday 10 October 1907 · page 3

The miners at [?]pswich and Bundam[?]a, who struck yesterday, resumed work this morning. The shipping companies have signed an agreement similar to that…

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Miners in Sympathy with Railway Men. London

Northern Star · Thursday 10 October 1907 · page 3

The Miners' Federation, at Southport has passed a re[?]ion of sympathy with amalgamated railway organisations…

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The Hague Convention on Submarine Mines. London

Northern Star · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 3

A plenary sitting at the Hague announced the convention on submarine mines, but the reservations of several powers nullify, as far as they are concerned, its most…

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Miners Vote to Abolish the House of Lords. London

Northern Star · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 3

The Minors' Federation unanimously favoured abolition of the House of Lords…

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Colliery Owner at Maitland Killed. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 9

Mr. Austin Fitzpatrick, proprietor of a co[?]ery at Muitland, was thrown out of his buggy, owing to the horse bo[?]ing, and was killed instantly…

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Queensland Coal Export. Brisbane

Northern Star · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 9

The Government has decided to discontinue the rebate of ninepence per ton of railway carriage on all coal cargos exceeding 500 tons…

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