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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Explosion of Fire Damp in Hungarian Mine. London, Friday afternoon

Northern Star · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 3

An explosion of [?]redamp in Anka Colliery, Veszprem (Hungary) killed 56 out of 300…

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Kalgoorlie Gold Returns. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 3

The Kalgoorlic mines have produced gold valued at £44,000,000. Six of the mines have paid in dividends £12,500,000…

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Broken Hill Trouble. Cases Against Miners Adjourned. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 3

When the hearing of the cases against Tom Mann and others was resumed to-day counsel for the Crown announced the receipt of a wire from the Attorney-General…

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Illegal Gold Buyers. Twelve More Arrests. Effects of the Police Action. Melbourne

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3

The Bendigo police made another raid on suspected illegal gold buyers to-day, and twelve arrests were made, including five Chinese, one well-known tallor, and…

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Dam Bursts and Floods Gold Mine. London, Friday Afternoon

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 3

A Reuter message from Johannesburg states that Knight's dam burst and flooded the Witwatersrand mine, drowning ten whites and 150 natives…

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A Little Gold Mine

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 4

Some excitement was caused in Windsor a few days ago by the finding of half a dozen sovereigns among some refuse in the brickfields, contiguous to the town…

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Miners Federation Joins Labour Organisation. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 5

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald announces that the Miners Federation accepts the Labour Party's conditions and joins the organisation…

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Miners Killed

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 3

Three miners were killed on Monday an explosion in a Pensyl[?] coal mine. A fall afterwards [?] and a rescue party of 50…

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Gold Medals for Wright Brothers, the Aeronauts. London

Northern Star · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 3

The Senate at Washington has Instructed the Secretary for War to award the brothers Wright gold medals in recognition of their services in the advancement of aerial…

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The Gold of Ophir

Northern Star · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 2

In Mr. Lucy's "Sisty Years in the Wilderness," in the December "Cornhil" the author tells of his first contact with Cecil Rhodes in 1894, the year before the…

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Entombed Natives Resoued From Mine. London

Northern Star · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 3

Twenty-four natives have been rescued alive from the Witwatersrand gold mine, which was flooded through the bursting of a dam. They had been without food…

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Newsboy's Successful Strike. Unsettled Mining Troubles. Possibilities of Ceneral Strike. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 2

The newsboys struck at Broken Hill yesterday, demanding an increcase of 2d a dozen profit on the evening papers. After holding out for Rome time the…

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Addresses to the Miners

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 3

Messrs. c. Hagan and E. Farrar, the delegates from the Sydney Labour Council, arrived at Broken Hill on Tuesday morning, and addressed a very large mass meeting…

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The Mac[?]ean Coal Company

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 2

Some time ago we ("L.C. Advocate") published an account of the attempts being made to assist the Government to assist in putting down a bore at Wood ford Island…

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German Diamond-mining

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 3

According to an Imperial decree, all diamonds found in German Southwest Africa must be handed to the colonial authorities for sale. The…

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Cangai Copper Mine

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 2

Mr. SAM SEE, in responding to a vote of thanks at the annual meeting of shareholders in the above property last week, said that the BULLETIN had referred to…

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Terrible Mining Accident. Two Men Fatally Injured. Grafton

Northern Star · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 3

Information has been received from, Copmanhurst of a double mining fatality at Gurdon Brook mine. It appears that two men named Taylor and Goodall were…

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Injunction Agalinst South Wales Miners Federation. London

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 7

Pontypridd County Court has granted an Injunction against the South Wales Miners Federation levying money to support members of the House of Commons…

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Broken Hill Trouble. Funds for the Miners. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 3

The Trades and Labour Council yesterday sent a further remittance of £550 to Broken Hill, while some of the Unions have sent money there direct, including…

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Record Coal Production. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 3

A new record in coul production was established last year. The total quantity raised was 9,147,025 tons, vatued at N3,353,093 exceeding…

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