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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1911

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New Gold-field. the Pure Metal Found. London

Northern Star · Monday 25 September 1911 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at Santiago de Chili states that rich goldfields have been discovered at Curepto, in the Chilian province of Talea…

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Parisian Gold Scare. Paris

Northern Star · Monday 25 September 1911 · page 5

There is a gold scare here, andd the banks are refusing to pay more than 16 per cent in gold. Some private banks are following only three frances per thousand for gold…

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Work for Miners. Mr. Fisher's Statement. London

Northern Star · Monday 25 September 1911 · page 5

It is announced that the Associated Northern Collieries have received a cable from their Newcastle representative endorsing Mr. Fisher's statement in Wales…

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Assistance for Miners. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 5

The Queeensland Minister for Mines has offered to provide three-fourths of the cost of a portable battery to enable the working miners to test their ores…

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Lost Gold. Capetown

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 5

The Government Commission inquires into the working of the East Rand proprietary owing to the disappearance of £60,000 worth of gold during treatment in the…

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Miners' Risks. Fatal Accident. Perth (W.a.)

Northern Star · Thursday 28 September 1911 · page 5

Thomas Denman and George mcclcod, miners, working at Chaffer's Mine, Kalgoorlie, when on a stage, fell, other workers hearing a cry for help went to…

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Southern Coal Trade. Reported Trouble Denied. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 28 September 1911 · page 5

The Chairman of the Southern Colliery Association Agency has given an emphatic denial to the reported threatened trouble in the southern coal trade. He is at a…

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Latest Wires Sydney, Wednesday. Mining Fatality

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 28 September 1911 · page 4

In West Australia, through a stage collapsing at Chaffer's mine, Thomas Deaman was killed and George Me Lead severely injured…

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A Rich Find. an Old Mine Re-opened. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 5

The Brass Knocker Syadicate at Pambula has opened up what is praetically a jeweller's shop, in an old shaft after sinking fifteen feet. The assays are from 66 ounces…

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An Arctic Coal Mine

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 3

According to "La Nature" the most northerly coal mine is that of the Arctic Coal Company (an American concern) at Advent Bay, on the east…

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Gold Behing the Notes. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 October 1911 · page 5

The amount of gold backing held by the Federal Treasury on September 27, when the issue of the Australasian notes represented a value of £9,421, 954, was…

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Moroccan Affairs. French Gold Foe Germany. Paris

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 October 1911 · page 5

The "Excelsior" newspaper states that Herr von Waetcher, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, has extracted from M. Cambon, the French Ambassador, a…

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Perfect El Dorado. the Pambula Gold Finds. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 October 1911 · page 5

Intense excitement continues at the wonderful richness of the finds of gold in the Brass Knocker mine at Pambula, and the surrounding country is all pegged out. Ten…

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Real Gold Bricks

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 5 October 1911 · page 3

Real gold bricks may be the means of restoring the ancient fame of Golconda, near Hyderabad, in Southern India, once known all the…

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The Coal Trade. a Theatended Upheaval

Northern Star · Thursday 5 October 1911 · page 6

For some time past the South Coast coal trade has been very brisk, and all concerned have been congratulating themselves on the bright outlook. But It…

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Miners Imprisoned. Straight Shaft Collapses. Brisbane

Northern Star · Thursday 5 October 1911 · page 5

As the result of the collapse of a portion of the straight shaft at Marshall's Queen Mine, Charters Towers (Q.). at the 300 ft. level, Frank Bond and three…

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Hunt for Gold in Scotland

Northern Star · Friday 6 October 1911 · page 2

The operation on the Killdonan Goldfield in Sutherlandshire, which have been undertaken at the expense of the Duke undertaken at the expense of the…

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Naturalist About Leaf-miners

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 3

While the glory of autumn colors gratifies our sense of the beautiful, another aspect of the leaves appeals to our interest and curiosity. The great army of Leaf-miners which…

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Imprisoned Miners Rescued. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 13

The men imprisoned in Marshall's Queen mine. Charters Towers, were released yesterday. Bond Mager had been very sick with pleurisy, and was in a very weak…

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Industrial Troubles. Miners' Demands. London

Northern Star · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 13

A conference of the Miners' Federation at Southport has resolved to support the Northumberland miners' demand for an increased minimum wage and the abolition…

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