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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Mine Mill Fatality. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 3

A young unmarried man named J. Smith, employed at Junction North Mill, Broken Hill, was caught in the belting and dreadfully injured. He died…

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Our Coal Measures

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 6

THE Mines Department, in declining to give a special grant of £200 for the purpose of testing the coal measures at Tyalgum, writes:—"The board desire to point out…

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District Mining

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 3

A FRENCH syndicate commenced operations last month with a pump dredge at Jerusalem Creek, on the beach. Several tons of concentrates…

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SPORTING. The Turf. Ascot Gold Cup. London, Thursday Afternoon

Northern Star · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 9

The Ascot Gold Cup, run over a 2½ mile course, resulted: Bomba 1, Santo Strato 2, Siberia 3. The full programme, for the Lismore…

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Commercial Combination Coastal Steamship Owners and Coal Merchants. Affiliated on Mutual Interests. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 3

An important development in connection with the Coastal shipping trade was announced to-day. This was the affiliation of the New South…

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Coal Commission. Miners' Delegates' Withdrawal. Endorsed by the Lodges. Newcastle

Northern Star · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 3

The decision of the northern miners' delegates board to kill the Royal Coal Commission by withdrawing all the federation's cases tram that tribunal, has been…

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Colliery Disaster. London

Northern Star · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 9

An explosion entombed 65 workmcn is the Webrum Colliery, Pennsylvania. Twentyfour, mostly Poles and Hungarians, were killed…

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Coal Lumper Killed. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 3

Thomas Galvin, a coal lumper, was killed on board a hulk through falling a distance of 20ft. and sustaining severe internal injurtes and broken thigh…

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Coal Mine Flooded in Portugal. London, Monday Afternoon

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 5

An underground river flooded a coal mine at Carhnjo, in Portugal, Fourteen, bodies have been recovered, and 37 are still missing…

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Mining at Drake

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 2

The prospects of the Adeline Mine continue to improve, as the ore in the deep levels is increasing in quantity and quality. The northern drive at the 180 feet level is…

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South Wales Miners Situation. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Northern Star · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 3

A conference representing 156,000 of the South Wales miners resolved that the masters proposals for working the mines under an eight hours system is…

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Miners' Federation. Supports Welsh Unionists. London

Northern Star · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 3

The Miners Federation, at a conference in London, has unanimously supported the stand taken by the Welsh miners, and in the event of a lockout has recommended a…

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The Mount Agnes Cold Mine

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 8

THERE is an old [?] which very wisely says "All that glitters is not gold." and there is [?] the fact that the [?]…

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Mining at Drake

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 6

THE prospects of the Adeline Mine continue to improve, as the ore in the deep levels is increasing in quantity an quality. The northern drive at…

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Mining Dispute Settled. London

Northern Star · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 3

The South Wales miners dispute has been Settled on the basis of legally testing the sixty hours question, and also arranging new methods of working by means of…

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Gold

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon last we were kindly invited by Captain [?] to inspect some of the specimens which came from the Mount Agnes gold mine. The Captain is…

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Telegraphic News. the Colliery Trouble. Sydney, Tuesday

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 July 1909 · page 5

The trouble at the Hebburn and Dudley Collieries has been settled by reference to the Conciliation Board…

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The Maclean Coal Co

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 July 1909 · page 5

FOR some months past the Government bore has been steadily going down over at Woodford Quarry, to prove or disprove the existence of coal…

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Scottish Coal Miners Reducing Price Op Wages. London

Northern Star · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 7

The Scottish coal owners have posted notices enforcing a reduction of 6d per day after the 26th. There the indications that in the event…

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Gold Returns

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 4

A return furnished by the Under Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield for June was 15,306ozs. crude, equal to 13,684ozs. fine, valued…

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