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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Amalgamation of West Australialian Gold Companies. London. Friday Afternoon

Northern Star · Monday 4 October 1909 · page 3

A meeting of the sharcholders of Boulder Deep Levels and Hannan's. Star have unanimously adopted the amalgamation scheme…

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Increase of Price of Coal. LONDON,Sunday Afternoon

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 October 1909 · page 3

The [?] ing price of Northumberland coal is showing an advance for the first time since 1907. The Conciliation Board has advanced miners wages 11 per cent…

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Decreasing Gold Yield. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 7 October 1909 · page 3

The gold yield for N.S.W. for the past nine months shows a comparative decrease of £71,966…

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King Edward Medals for Australian Miners. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Northern Star · Thursday 7 October 1909 · page 3

His Majesty King Edward has awarded First Class King Edward medals to Michael Lyons and John Shields for gallantry during the subsidence of a body of [?] at…

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Coal Trade Award. Men's Claims Rejected. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 7 October 1909 · page 3

Mr. W. Edmunds, Chairman of the Conciliation Board to settle the disputes at the Hebburn and Dudley collieries, made his award to-day…

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Fire at a Mine. Store Destroyed. Heavy Damage. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 7 October 1909 · page 3

A fire at Broken Hill almost completely destroyed a store on the central mine, the property of the Sulphide Corporation. The store contained a large supply of…

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Mine Disaster at Vancouver. London, Wednesday Afternoon

Northern Star · Friday 8 October 1909 · page 3

Vancouver reports state that thirty men are imprisoned in a burning colliery at Dunsmuir, Ladysmith. Fourteen bodies have been recovered…

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Notes. Fortune From a Dream. [?] Coolgardie Gold was Discoverea

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 3

Dick Whittington is not the only person whose imagination went far towards making his fortune. [?]here are many authenticated cases…

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Gold Mine Stopped

Northern Star · Monday 11 October 1909 · page 2

The Clogau gold mine, situated five miles from Barmouth, Merionethshire, which has been carried on for years, has been stopped. About 200 men have been…

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Coal Trade Trouble. Miners' Mass Meeting. "Not Now But Soon." Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 11 October 1909 · page 3

A mass miners' meeting was held at Newcastle to-day to discuss their grievances. Mr. Peter Bowling declared if a struggle…

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Miners' Conference. Labor Members Must Sign Labor Ticket. London

Northern Star · Monday 11 October 1909 · page 3

The Miners' Federation Conference at Newcastle unanimously favored a uniform minimum wage of 8s a day throughout the Federation area…

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Rich Ballarat Mine

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1909 · page 3

THE rich finds which the Woah Hawp Canton Company, Ballarat East, have had during the past four months were eclipsed last week, when…

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To the Rescue. Chapter Vii. Some Strange Thoughts of Mine. Continued

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 10

THERE was no harm in my having run from my room to find out who had screamed, and I might have stopped my…

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Miners to Share in Profits. London, Sunday Afternoon

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 October 1909 · page 3

Mr. Millerand, at the Rand, addressing his constituents, said that henceforward, when granting mining concessions, they will include a proviso that the miners…

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Another Coal Strike. Must Join the Union. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 October 1909 · page 5

A strike has occurred at the Stanford Merthyr colliery in consequence of the refusal of some of the employees to join the union…

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Miners Injured. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 3

Two men have been seriously injured at the Great Cobar mine…

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Gold Tailings. Valuable Find in Mexico. London

Northern Star · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 3

Gold mining has been carried on for the last 300 years in the Macatacas district, in Mexico, and throughout that time the [?]ing from the crude reduction mills…

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Mining in Morocco. Opinions of Authorities. London, Wednesday Afternoon

Northern Star · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 3

A Reuter message says in view of the approaching conference to establish mining law, the Morocco, German Mannesmann group have taken the opinion of thirteen…

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To the Rescue. Chapter Vii. Some Strange Thoughts of Mine

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 10

IT was impossible to go to sleep again as if nothing hail happened. Yet, after all, what had happened? If the Pasha's…

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Short-lived Bushrangers. Copyright by N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Iv.—holding-up the Gold Escort

Northern Star · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 10

With fields yielding gold in almost fabulous quantities, in both New South Wales and Victoria, particularly in the lastnumed colony (which, by the way, was…

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