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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

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The Great Coal Strike an Instigator Arrested. Matters in the South. the Northern Wages Board

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 4

Daniel Rees, one of the 13 men convicted at Newcastle on a charge of instigating a strike, was arrested on Wednesday. He will be conveyed to Maitland gaol. Rees is one of the men…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 2

The Commonwealth Gold-mining Co. are calling tenders for sinking a new main shaft 120 feet deep. Tenders close on the 19th instant. This will…

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Mining Operations

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

Asked about the Chesney mine, he stated that men had already been sent out to these works, and the mine would be soon going full…

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The Great Cobar Mine. Numerous Improvements, Alterations and Renovations

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

Seeing that many improvements had been carried out at the Great Cobar during the cessation of work, a representative of this paper had…

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Explosion in a Mine

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

Eleven men were killed by an explosion in a mine in Pennsylvania (U.S.)…

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Explosion in a Mine. London

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

Eleven men were killed by an explosion in a mine in Pennsylvania (U.S.)…

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The Coal Strike. More Hopeful Outlook. a Recommendation. Brennan Still Ill. Sydney

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

The Council of the Coal and Shale Workers' Federation held a meeting in the Trades' Hall yesterday afternoon. Subsequently, Mr. Patterson,…

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The Great Coal Strike Means to the End. £1000 From England. the Owners' Claims

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 2

AT the conclusion of the evidence before the Southern Wages Board on Friday, Mr. Holman, M.L.A, asked if, in the event of the men going back to work before the board had finished its…

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Mining Wellington District

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 5

The Commonwealth Gold mining Co are calling tenders for [?] a new main shaft 120 feet deep. Tenders close on the 19th instant. This…

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The Coal Strike. Northern Wages Board. the Conspiracy Cases

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 4

When the Northern Wages Board met on Wednesday, Mr. Cnarkon, M.L.A., said the miners had requested him to apply for on adjournment for a week, also to ask his Honor to…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

Cobar Gladstone report for two weeks ending 4th February, 1910 : South drive extended 13½ft., total length of same 334ft. from main…

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The Canbelego Mining Field. (From the "Australian Mining aud Engineering Review.")

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

The township of Canbelego, with a population of about 3o00, is situated four miles from Boppy Mountain railway station, in the…

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The Coal Strike. Practically Settled. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 3

Judge Scholes, upon reconsideration, granted the adjournment of the Wages Board till Wednesday. Judge Scholes is now acting as…

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Gold Hill Mine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

THE Dubbo shareholders to the above mine will be interested in the following clipping from the 'Narromine News':--"A good deal of solid development work is in progress at the Gold…

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Rich Gold Find

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

IN sinking the incline shaft below 140 foot in the Homeward Bound and Klondyke gold mine, Mauna Hill, last week, a new run of gold, bearing stone was met with, A small sample…

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Lithgow Miners. The Pay Saturday Question

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

TROUBLE has occurred at Messrs. G. and C. Hoskins' Lithgow ironworks, with regard to the coalminers. Judge Schools having left the matter undecided as to whether the men should…

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Judge Scholes' Success. Mines Re-open on Monday Next. Sydney, later

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

Judge Scholes, after conferring with the Northern proprietors last evening, said, "I am now able to say that both sides have agreed to a proposition…

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The Coal Strike. the Effect of the Convictions. the Judge's Mediation. Free Men Uniting

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 3

The southern miners have accepted the conviction of the strike leaders as an intimation that the present methods of industrial warfare will have in be charmed. Consequently there is…

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The Coal Strike. Nearly at an End. Results of the Southern Ballot. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

The strike, as far as the Southern miners are concerned, is at an end. A ballot was taken on Saturday, and resulted in a majority of 473 for…

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How Water Makes Gold. Story of a Small Farm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 7

Does the small holding pay? Is there still any sceptic who seeks a convincing answer to this question? If so, let him read and ponder the experiences of Mr…

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