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Mining & the mines, 1913

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Commercial. Mining

Northern Star · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 4

Garibaldi Consolidated Gold Mines report for three weeks ended 20th instant:— A level No. 4 [?]ast drive west of crosscut clean out and retimbered for a further…

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Gold in Siberia. Extraordinary Rumors. St. Petersburg

Northern Star · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 5

Extraordinary rumors are being spread of gold discoveries in Siberia, and huge nuggets are alleged to have been found in each of several widely separated alluvial…

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Coal Miners. Trouble Prewing. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 4

Maitland miners threaten to cease work unless the employers abolish the afternoon shift immediately. Unless efforts are made to refer the dispute to arbitrators at once,…

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Subscription Refused. Bereaved Miners' Bitterness. Calumet

Northern Star · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 5

The relatives of the dead children refused to accept ten thousand dollars which were raised by public subscription for the disaster fund, on the ground that all the…

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Coal on Fire. Tramp Steamer's Plight. Driven Into Hobson's Bay. Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 4

Driven by a fire in her bunkers to seek assistance in this port, the tramp steamer liford arrived in Hobson's Bay yesterday evening. For over two days a fire had been…

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Panic at a Fete. Christmas Tree Disaster. Seventy-four Lives Lost. Striking Miners Bereaved. Calumet, (Michigan)

Northern Star · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 5

A terrible panic, which resulted in the loss of many lives, occurred during a Christmas tree entertainment in a hall, situated in the top floor of a two-storied…

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Preparations for Reopening Mines. Wellington

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 5

The Acting President of the Red Federation in New Zealand says that only £4500 have been subscribed to the Labor Strike. Fund of that organisation. Preparations…

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Afternoon Shift. Miners' Trouble Settled. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 5

ThE Industrial Registrar has informed the Maitland miners' conference that Judge Edmunds is willing to go into the question of the afternoon shift as soon as he has…

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Where Streets are Paved With Gold

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 8

Legends of the lost mines of Mexico are no more startling than the recent experience of an American engineer who visited the old abandoned gold smelters…

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