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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1911

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Explosion at a Mine. Bombay

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 5

As the result of a serious explosion at the Champion Reefs mine at Mysore, there were 20 Colies killed. The buildings in the vicinity were…

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Rich Gold Discovery at Drake

Northern Star · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 4

Our Drake correspondent wired yesterday morning an follows:— "Mr. Alf. Smith brought into Drake to-day about 70 ounces of gold from his claim at Lunatic Creek…

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Miners' Conference. Resolution Adopted. London, Wednesday Evening

Northern Star · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 5

The Miners' Congress has carried an Austro-German resolution in favour of State-paid Inspectors elected by the workmen…

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Bullfinch Mine Company. London

Northern Star · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 9

The Bullfinch East Gold Mining Company has resolved to wind up; voluntarily, owing to the recent unsatisfactory position of the company's affairs…

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Indian Mining Disaster. Caloutta

Northern Star · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 9

Eighty bodies have been recovered from the ruins at the Champion Reef's mine at Mysore, caused by the recent explosion. Fifty other persons were injured…

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Mining, Fatality. a Mirclous Escape. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 9

While three men were working on the 600ft. level of the Golden Fleece Mine at Wyalong last night they evidently broke into some old workings causing an inrush…

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News of the Day. Mining at Tooloom

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 5

Beardmore Bros and party are stacking six tons of wash to send to Drake for treatment. This parcel is in the nature of a trial crushing in…

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Victorian State Coal Mine

Northern Star · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 4

The output at the State Coal Mine for mines £89,786. The total quantity raised 1910 was 281,053 tons, worth at the to the end of May of this year was…

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State Coal Mines

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 3

MESSRS. J. PALMER AND SONS, in their "Monthly Share List," have the following to say with regard to the proposed establishment of State coal mines in New…

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Coal Mined Regulative. London, Tuesday Night

Northern Star · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 5

The House of Commons Committee has rejected the clause in the Coal mines Bill. making miners haths at the Pit Head Compulsory as they cause work…

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Sensational Gold Find. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 5

Another sensational find of gold was re-. ported at the Long Tunnel Mine. Gunda gai, yesterday, prospects yielding an ounce; of gold to one pound of stone. Formation…

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Gold in the Eucalyptus. the Oil Industry

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 4

A report on the eucalyptus oil industry in the southern States of the Commonwealth suggests some form of Government control, and the grant…

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Coal Mines Bill. Baths Provision Renewed. London, Thursday Evening

Northern Star · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 9

The Government has reintroduced the baths clause of the Coal Mines Bill in an amended form. It stipulates that the owners must provide baths if two-thirds of…

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Wireless Between Mines

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 3

Drs. Leinbach and Loewy, two German scientists have established an underground system of wireless communication. They have succeeded in…

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Tasmanian Coal Seam. Important Development Work

Northern Star · Monday 14 August 1911 · page 3

The Catamaram Colliery Company Proprietary,.Tasmania,, which has a property of 1000 acres, situated 48 miles south of Hobart, has arranged a contract with…

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Goldfields' Bishoprics. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 5

The Bishop of Perth is appealing for £8400, the balance of the sum required to create the Goldsfields Bishopric…

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Chinese and Fictitious Gold

Northern Star · Monday 21 August 1911 · page 3

"For ways that are dark and tricks that are vain the heathen China is peculiar." Dr. Angas Johnson, of Adelaide, has received from a well-known resident of…

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Miners' Strike Threatened. Press Views. London, Monday Night

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 5

Twelve thousand of the Rhondda miners threaten an immediate strike for a minimum wage. The "Daily Mail" says the best bulwark…

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Hull Election. Entertainments and Gifts of Coal. Judges Mobbed As They Leave the Law Courts

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 6

After a bearing lasting nine days the Central Hull election petition resulted on Thursday in the sitting member, Sir 11. Seymour King, being unseated (says a…

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The Gold Reserves. Proposed Alteration. Statement by Mr. Fisher

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 August 1911 · page 3

The Federal Treasurer, when asked on Thursday night whether any measure would be introduced during the coming session to alter the amount of the gold reserves…

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