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Mining & the mines, 1907

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Mining West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 3

The Barrier mine continues to give splendid results. The last parcel of are which was obtained in about eight weeks and treated at Cockle works resulted as…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 19

At the Blayney Mine (N.S.W.) a new prospecting shaft has been started. Smelting has been started at the old Belara copper mine, Gulgong (N.S.W.)…

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Sydney Coal Lumpers' Trouble

The Worker · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 8

At last week's meeting of Sydney Labor Council a hearing was granted to Mr. Macey, president of the Coal Lumpers Union, and Mr. MacDermott, a member of…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 2

Mr. Hooke, mining inspector, is on an official visit to Tumbarumba. There have been some important discoveries at Laurel and Cherry Hills,…

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Rand Mining. the Labour Question. Statement by Botha. London, May 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 2

General Botha, Premier of the Transvaal, addressing a number of the representatives of the banking, commercial and mining interests of the…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 3

At the deep lead, Laurel Hill, MesBrs Wood and party have driven 327 feet in a southerly direction, averaging from 5 to 10 dwts. on the lead. They…

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Gold Dust

Tumbarumba Times · Wednesday 8 May 1907 · page 4

A wrong is always worth forgetting. A while lie may be as bard to wipe out as a black one. People who [?] sunshine cannot live…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 9 May 1907 · page 19

Bendigo's April gold yield was 14,837oz., the lowest for that month for four years. Kiandra (N.S.W.) Elevator Gold-mining Company has re-started on China Camp…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 2

Messrs Davies and Kershaw, of the Grahamstown Gold Estates, has, we are credibly informed, purchased Mr. Martin Corbett's alluvial ground…

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Terrible Mine Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 2

Through a fire in a shaft in a copper mine in Mexico, ,107 miners are entombed. Seventeen escaped, but the position of the others is considered…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 19

A splendid find of copper is reported from Mugrim, Wybra Creek (Lionsville, N.S.W.). A 40-acre lease has been applied for…

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Miners' Grievances. Mine Owners Have Much to Lose

The Worker · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 16

The difference about wages and one or two other matters which has arisen between the Ballarat Branch of the A.M.A. and the local Mine Owners' Association…

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Illawarra Colliery Employees

The Worker · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 17

At the meeting of the Woonoona lodge of the Illawarra (N.S.W.) Colliery Employees' Association held at Sharple's Hotel, on May 7, Mr. J. Mordue in the chair, the following…

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A Mine Manager Committed

The Worker · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 17

At the inquest on the four victims of the Scarborough (N.S.W.) colliery disaster, the coroner found that Arthur Albert Selby, Michael Cavanagh, and Joseph Billington…

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Entombed in a Burning Mine. Shocking Disaster in Mexico

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 3

One hundred and seven miners were entombed by a fire in the shaft of a copper mine in Velardena, Mexico. Seventeen of the miners escaped, but…

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The Coal-lumpers' Strike. Strikers Leaving For, Country

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 3

Non-unionists continue to coal the steamers in port. There has been no fresh development, except that a number of members of the Union have left…

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Cootamundra Gold and Silver Mine. Important Development

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 2

On Wednesday our editor paid a visit to the mining field on the Oaks Hill in order to see for himself what development was to be seen at the…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 2

A resident of Kimo road has found some very rich specimens of silver ore on his property. A sample of the stone has been sent to Sydney for…

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A Great Strike. the Rand Mines. Arbitration Refused. a Grave Outlook. London, May 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 2

In connection with the difficulty on the Rand the representatives of the men offered to submit the matter to arbitration. This the mine-owners…

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Mining Notes

Tumbarumba Times · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 2

An outside correspondent wishes to know if there are any lead or tin shows within a radies of from 25 to 30 miles of Tumberumba…

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