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Mining & the mines, 1898

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Exciting Scene Near Albury Capture of an Alleged Housebreaker. Rushed by Indignant Miners. Protected with Difficulty by the Police

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 April 1898 · page 2

An exciting scene occurred at Black Range, near Albury, to-day. Constable M'Intosh had arrested a man named Henry Penhall on charges of…

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The Klondike Gold Fields. a Lady's Ride Over the Chilcoot Pass

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 4

The passage of the famous Chilcoot Pass, on the way to Klondyke a box slung by a polity on a rope batmen two elevated points has been made…

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Klondike. a Rough Mining Camp Disputable Skagway. Unsafe at Night

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 6

A GENTLEMAN who has returned to Sydmy from Skagway, one of the doorways to Klondike, describes it as the roughest camp he has ever seen…

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The Latest. [By Telegraph.] London, April 17. the Miners Strike

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1898 · page 2

In consequence the miners strike ironworks in Scotlan are in want of coal supplies. A GIGANTIC UNDERTAKING…

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China and the Powers. France Satisfied. Shortage of Coal in Scotland. British Acquisitions Approved Of. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 April 1898 · page 2

Le Temps declares that the Chinese concession of Kwang Chanau to France balances the British advantages of the opening of the West…

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Mining. Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1898 · page 5

The Klondyke Company is now meeting with excellent mineralised stone showing coarse gold, in the putting in of the levels north and south at 260ft, level. The…

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Intercolonial. Sydney. Wednesday. the Dudley Colliery Disaster

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 2

Giving evidence to-day at the inquest concerning the Dudley colliery disaster, Mr. Alfred Atkinson, chief examiner of coal fields, expressed the opinion that had…

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Spanish War Tactics. the Coal Difficulty

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 2

There is an impression abroad that Spain, in delaying the despatch of further war ships towards America, is trying to lure the American navy into…

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The Latent. London, April 10. the Miners' Strike

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 2

The British Mine-owners' Federation is arranging a congress to considor the wide spread demand for an increase in the wagea. SUICIDE OF A DUKU'S DAUGHTER…

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The English Miners' Strike. a Congress Proposed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 2

The Miners Federation of Great Britain are arranging for a congress to consider the widespread dissatisfaction among the miners in Wales and…

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The Klondike Gold Fields. a Journey Up the Yukon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 6

The first river bearing gold encountered on the way up the Yukon is the Kuikuk. This steam has been prospected for gold five hundred miles…

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The War Scare. Coal for America. Contracts Cancelled. Newcastle, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

Several charters of Newcastle coal cargoes to America have been cancelled owing to the war between that country and Spain…

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The Colliery Trouble. Strike in South Wales. Weekly Loss, £300,000, 200,000 People Out of Employment. London, Thursday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 5

The strike of coal miners in South Wales is having disastrous effects. The miners struck for an advance in wages of 20 per cent, and the…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Block [?] Mine Broken Hill a Big Creep. Workmen Removed. Sydney, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

A big creep occurred at the Block 14 mine, Broken Hill. Fortunately the indications were noticed yesterday and the workmen were removed in…

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The Spanish-American War. Spanish People and Soldiers. a Belligerent Race. "Blood and Gold."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 5

MR. C. B. Luffman, the director of the Horticultural College and Gardens at Burnley, is a gentleman who has a knowledge of modern Spain such as…

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A Missionary Martyr a Gold Coast Tragedy. a Head Impaled on a Stick. London, Thursday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 5

Reports from Sierre Leone., one of the Gold Coast colonies on the west coast of Africa, state that an outrage has been committed on a missionary…

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The Coal Mining Difficulties. Action by the Mine Owners. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 3

The coal-mine owners throughout the colony have apparently determined to resist the weighing regulations formulated by the miners. It has…

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A Spanish Steamer Captured. America Respects Commerce. Hayti Refuses Coal Supplies. Financial Conditions Improving. London, Saturday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 2

One of Admiral Sampson's torpedo boats, attached to the squadron blockading Cuba, has captured the Spanish steamer Mathilda after a…

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The War. Hostilities Commenced. Capture of a Spanish Ship and 1000 Troops. Reported Capture by Spain of the Steamship Paris. Spanish Minister Withdrawn From London. Anglo-american Friendship. Submarine Mines at Sandy Hook Cut. Supposed Work of Spanish Spies. Financial Panic at Madrid. London, April 24

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 2

The hostilites between the Americans and the Spanish have commenced. The fl[?] ship New York captured the steamship Al[?] XIL., with 1000 troops on board,…

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He Went to the Rush. a Good Goldfields Yarn

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 4

Many a good yarn is told by miners of the old digging days in Victoria when money was thrown about like water, and when scarcely a fortnight passed without some…

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