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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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Mount Morgan Mine. Fall of Rock

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 4

ANOTHER serious accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon at the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company's works. A fall of earth occurred at…

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Another Mining Accident. Five Men Killed at Mount Morgan. Brisbane

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 8

Another serious accident occurred at the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company's works yesterday afternoon. It appears that a fall of earth occurred at the…

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Hanged in Mine Shaft. Hotel Keeper's Suicide. Refused Renewal of License. Junee

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 3

Robert Rogers, late of the Junee Reefs Hotel, committed suicide on Sunday. He was found suspended with a clothes line round his neck about 16 feet from the…

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State Parliament. Kyogle Railway. Rock Choppers' Fines. Mines Department Administration. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 12 November 1908 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Premier, in reply to Mr. G. S. Briner (Raleigh), said the total cost of the prison buildings now unoccupied in Trial Bay was…

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The Mines Department. Mr. Doodley's Charges. an Explanation. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 3

As soon as the final business was conclution in the Legislative Assembly to-night, the Premier referred to Mr. Dooley's speech of last night. He said he wanted…

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A Promising Mine

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 4

A REPORT was received here on Wednesday, that a reef 6 feet wide and showing gold freely, had been struck in the Nestor Mine. This mine is situated…

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The Radbod Mine Disaster. Long Death Roll. London

Northern Star · Monday 16 November 1908 · page 3

There are known to be 860 dead in the Radbod mining disaster…

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Latest Cablegrams. Ra[?] Mine Flooded. Prince [?] Friedrich Visits the Mine. Scenes at [?] Head. Women Try to Cast Themselves Down the Shaft. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 3

The [?] mine has been flooded to extinguish flames. Prince [?] Friedrich arrived during an angry demonstration against the owners,…

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Testing Coal Seams

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 2

MR. ROBERT PYERS has been intending, for some time, to test a coal seam on his property, about three-quarters of a mile from Casino railway station, and wrote recently…

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The Radbad Colliery Disaster. Melbourne

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 5

The Prime Minister has received the following telegram from the German Consul-General in re[?]ly of his message of sympathy with the sufferers from the…

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Local Coal

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 4

MR. R. PYERS, who has been interesting himself in the matter of putting down a local bore for coal testing purposes, recently wrote to the Mines Department for full…

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Socialists Will Hen[?]eforth Dominate South Wales Miners' Federation. London

Northern Star · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 3

The result of the proceedings of the conference of the South Willes Miners' Federation at Curdi[?] shows that the Socialists will henceforth dominate the organisation…

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Coal Miner Killed. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 5

Thomas Briant was killed at Wallsend coal pit by a fall of coal weighing about four tons. His neck was broken and his skull badly…

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With Gold in Thier Crops

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 4

About a fortnight) agol Mr. S. Spiclvogel, or Bendigo, purchased pair of ducks, paying 3s-7d for them. When the second bird was killed some shining specks were…

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Colliery Disaster. Great Loss of Life Feared. London

Northern Star · Monday 30 November 1908 · page 3

A colliery disaster is reported from the United States. An explosion occurred in the Pittsburg and Buffalo Coal Company's mine at…

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Broken Hill Troubles. the Miners' Terms. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 3

The combined unions' delegates at Broken-hill met last night. It is understood the irreducible minimum which the unions are willing to accept…

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Latest Cablegrams. the Pittsburg Mine Explosion. No Hope of E[?]tombed Men Being Rescued. London, Sunday Afternoon

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 3

The explosion in the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal Company's mine at Marianna which entombed 273 men, blew the iron cage 350 feet from the pithead…

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A Government Coal-mine

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 3

IN moving the second rending to authorise the purchase of Mr. A. Sueddon's coal lenses on the South Maitland field, Mr. Price, the Premier of South…

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Gold From Silver. Sill William Ramsay's Experiments

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 7

The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from Paris on August 28:—Sir William Ramsay, the…

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A Metal More Beautiful Than Gold

Northern Star · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 2

Professor Robert[?]Austen has succeeded in making out of gold and aluminium [?] compound metal, or [?] that is said to be the most brilliant known. Its general…

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