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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

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Lucky Coal Miner! Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 4

The prizes in connection with the Eight Hours' Art Union were paid over this morning. A coal miner's wife won the first prize of £600…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 3

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Miners Entombed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 3

Sixteen miners were entombed owing to an explosion in a mine near Seattle…

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Violent Miners

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 3

The miners on strike at Glanmorgaoshire prevented the engine men and Blockers from working and closed the polices prelecting them. The situation is serious, and the Army Council…

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Bullfinch Mines

The Western Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 2

Mr. Doolette estimates the value, of the Bullfinch mine at nearly a million and a half sterling…

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South Wales Coal Strike. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 2

The situation in the South Wales coal fields, where thirty thousand miners are on strike because of the employment of non-union labor, has…

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An Early Gold Discovery the Convict and the Bogus Specimen

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 8

The belief that Australia was rich in gold was almost universal for ages before it was colonised by England. Well aware of this opinion, many of the…

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Welsh Mining Riots

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 4

Serious rioting still continues in the Welsh coal districts. 270 police have been sent to be distributed in the locality. The manager of one…

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Mine Explosion

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 4

Fiffcy-seven miners were killed by an explosion in a mine in Dakota…

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More Gold Finds. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 4

Further rich finds are reported from Southern Cross. Two brothers named Rowe secured 38 ounces of gold from 56[?]bs of quartz. All the trains leaving…

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Latest Cablecrams. Fatal Mining Disaster. a Japanese Hero. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 4

Fifty-one bodies have been removed from the Delagua M[?]ne. Owing to the confusion above ground the 25reported to be rescued is reduced to 18…

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The Federal Mine

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 2

A meeting of shareholders in the Federal mine was held in the old band hall on Saturday evening, Mr. M. Bembrick being in the chair. Mr. P. E…

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State Coal Mine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 4

NEWS from the seat of Government states that there is every reason to believe that in the first programme of legislation to be submitted to Parliament by the McGowen Government…

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The Romance of Mining

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 2

When Charlie Jones found Bull[?]inch he advised his principals, and Doolette and Stallcross visited the field. The latter questioned the value of the find and sold out…

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Mining on the Macquarie

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 November 1910 · page 4

Mr. W. A. Watterson, of Euchareena yesterday allowed the Orange "Advocate" a bottle of flaky alluvial gold weighing 20 ounces, which he states was…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 3

Rents are due and owing upon the undermentioned Leases, and if not paid within thirty days from 9th November, such leases my be…

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Miners' Wages. Broken Hill

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 4

A conference regarding wages was held yesterday between representatives of the Mining Manager's Association and the Amalgamated Miners'…

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Government Coal Mine

The Western Herald · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 2

The Government received an offer of the coal rights of 3,714 acres private land, estimated to contain 40,000,000 tons of marketable coal, as a free gift…

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State Coal Miner

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 3

The Government is in receipt of a generous offer from a private individual in connection with the proposed State coal mine. The offers in the form of a letter received by Mr. M…

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Proposed State Coal Mine. Generous Offer

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 November 1910 · page 3

The Government is in receipt of a generous offer from a private individual in connection with the proposed State coal mine. The offer is in the form of a…

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