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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

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The Coal Strike. Complications at Newcastle. Hoyle on Trial at Clifton. Sydney

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

The basket trouble has cropped up again between the stevedores and [?] [?], and disaffection is evident. everywhere among the coal lumpers…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 March 1910 · page 2

The warden was recently called upon to deal with a matter in which John H. Laut sought to carry on sluicing on Thomas Campbell's land in the parish…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 2

The Budgery Mining Co. southeast crosscut has been extended to 58½ it from the shaft. The country, which is dark elate, with less quartz…

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Union S.s. Co's Coal Bill

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

The union Company in four months incurred an additional cost of £50,000 for coal owing to the strike…

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The Coal Strike. the Proprietors' Attitude. Sydney

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

The Northern proprietors have detained to budge an inch from the determination not to discharge the free laborers who have stood by them from the inception of the strike. This…

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The Coal Strike. a Request and a Refusal. Sydney

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

It is reported that the Newcastle proprietors are now anxious to resume, being afraid of the Southern collieries capturing the trade if the strlke lasts…

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A Mining Question

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 6

At the warden's court last Friday a question of considerable interest both to miners and land owners was raised on an application by Christian…

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The Coal Strike. Negotiations Ended

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 8

When the Newcastle Wages Board resumed on Tuesday, Judge Scholes said that, owing to complication which has arisen over which none of them there…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 4

Cobar Gladstone Mining Company, N.L.—Report for two weeks ending 4th March :—South drive extended by contractors 7ft., total…

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The Coal Strike

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 5

The Northern proprietors have declined to budge an inch from detrmination not to discharge the free laborers who have stood by them from the…

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The February Gold Yield

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

A [?]N furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield for this State for the month of February was 17,529 ounces [?]de, [?] to 15,[?] ounces fine, valued at…

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The Coal Strike. the End Prophesied

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 5

The manager of one of the most powerful companies in the coal vend declares that work will be resumed at the Northern mines next week under the propriot[?]s' terms, which, he…

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The Coal Strike. Is This the End? Assertion by Shipping Manager. Sydney

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

A shipping manager in one of the big companies in the coal vend, states that the strike will conclude next week. The gentleman referred to, when asked to…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 March 1910 · page 3

The following authorities to enter were granted by the warden on Friday:—Charles Farr, 7 acres Galwadgere, Thos. Campbell owner, compensation £2…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 2

The February Proceedings of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers contain a comprehensive article on the Electrolytic Refining…

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Big and Small Mines. Wasted Efforts. Combination of Mines and Ore Blending

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 2

One cannot get away from the fact that there is a great deal of wasted effort, and, therefore, unjustifiable expenditure, in certain…

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Fatal Accident at the Great Cobar Mine. Edward Atkins Killed

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 3

On Saturday rooming Cobar was again shocked by the news of a fatal accident at the Great Cobar. It appears that at 11.3o p.m. Friday…

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Restless Miners

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

A strike against the working conditions under the Eight Hours' Act is threataned by the Northumberland miners. The delegates of the Durham miners favor alterations in the…

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The Strike Ended. Mines Started on

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

The Northern coal strike is over. The proprietors and the miners' representatives' met on Friday, and the negotiations for settlement were…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

Mr. E. E. Tyler, the Wyalong mining magnate, accompanied by Mr. Geo. Coulson, his mining manager, visited the Canbelego…

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