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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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Mining Trouble at Newcastle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 5

Further serious trouble has arisen at Newcastle. Four miners have stopped work. The coal crisis at Newcastle is increasing. Six mines have closed down. The situation is…

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Mining. the C.s.a. Mines Ltd

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 3

Mine report for period ended the 24th December:— Main Shaft:—Plat measures 22ft. back from centre of shaft on the East…

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The Newcastle Coal Difficulty

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 3

[?] Newcastle mining [?] Judge Heydon stated that if it was to be a fight to a finish, he thought the matter would be ultimately settled by public opinion. The Court…

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General Coal Strike Feared

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 3

The coal [?]mmers at Newcastle have can[?] a special meeting for to-night. It is regarded as certain that a proposal will be made to strike,which will leave [?] colliery in the…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 5

Under the New Mining Act every holder of lease, claim or other title under this Act to mine shall, during the first 14 days of January in each…

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The Coal Trouble

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 4

The Teralba miners have decided by 72 votes to 37 votes to resume work. Mr. Williams, acting president of the Miners' Federation, made a significant…

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The Coal Dispute. Sydney, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

The Teralba miners resumed work yesterday morning…

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The Newcastle Colliery Difficulty. Judgment of the Special Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

WHEN the Special Arbitration Court assembled at Newcastle on Wednesday morning. Judge Heydon, the President of the tribunal, delivered judgment as to the Teralba trouble and the right of the proprietors to withdraw from the…

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Mining. the Commonwealth Mine

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

At the Warden's Court on Friday, before the acting Warden, Mr. W. R. N Dove, Captain Hosking, general manager of the Commonwealth gold…

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Bendigo Gold-stealing Cases. Rev. H. Worrall on God's Gifts

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 4

Arthur C. Thorn, a gold buyer, who was arrested in connection with the thefts of gold from the Princess Dagmarmine, was acquitted by the Bendigo Police Court on…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 3

The lease of private land pin 11, part of cl 1773, county Wellington, parish Galwadgere, has been forfeited and will be open to be taken possession…

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Chinese Gold Thieves

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 5

The police searched a dam on a Chinaman's promises at Bendigo yesterday and fished out two parcels containing gold-bearing specimens alleged to have been stolen. Several porcels of…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Is Kalgoorlie Giving Cut ?

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

AT a meeting of holders of the Associated Northern Blocks at Kalgoorlie this week, the President advocated that the Government of Western Australia ought to test and explore the…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 3

The Mine Manager of the MounDry-dee Gold Mining Company, Limited, reports that the diamond drill has been baring vertically from…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 4

Premier G.M. Co., No Liability.—The mine manager reports under date 17h inst. :-Contractors have sunk boundary shaft a further distance of…

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Fatal Accident at the Copper Mine

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 3

In connection with the death of a young man named John William Pascoe, which occurred as the result of an accident at the Great Cobar copper mine, an…

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Author of "Amy Herbert," The Mineral Industry of N.S.W. II. Coal

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 2

"M.B.E." writes in the "Westminster Gazette" : I have an amusing remimisence of this once most popular authoress. the sombre and Arctic Christmas Next to silver coal contributes the largest share to the annual mineral production of the State. In 1906, out of a total production of nearly £8,000,000…

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Mining Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 5

A shocking mining accident occurred at Bendigo yesterday. Owing to a fuse prematurely exploding the charge, James Enright sustained a fracture of the skull through which…

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The Mineral Industry of N.S.W. II. Coal

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 6

NEXT to silver coal contributes the largest share to the annual mineral production of the State. In 1906, out of a total production of nearly £8,000,000,…

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Mining. Queen Bee Mine

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 3

Report of the Queen Bee Copper Mining Co., for week ending 18th January, 1908 :—Mining.—Stoping carried on at No…

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