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Mining & the mines, 1908

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 5

The Ballarat (Citizens') Prospecting Company having completed the erection of plant, and put in working order an old shaft on the Ballarat North lines of quartz…

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Leopold's Congo. Rich Gold Mine. Discovered. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 2

Gold worth £60,000, from "King Leopold's Kels Mino, in the Ituri Province, Congo Free States, has passed through Uganda…

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Lithgow Ironworkers. Wages Board Formed. Airly Miners' Generous Offer

The Worker · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 2

The drastic action taken by Mr. Hoskins in shutting down the Lithgow ironworks will now come before the Industrial Court, when it will be determined…

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Fabulous Wealth. Minks in the Congo. Goldfield Discovered. London, July 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 2

Sixty thousand pounds' worth of gold from King Leopold's Kels mine, in the Ituri province of the Congo has passed through Uganda. It is reported…

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Famous Mine Closed

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 2

The famous Do Beers diamond mine, South Africa, has been closed down…

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A King's Gold

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 2

It is reported that an enormeanly rich gold mine has been discovered in King Leopold's private domains in the Congo (Africa)…

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The Hero of the Mine. Coroner's Warm Tribute

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 4

Professor Redmayne on Saturday, [?] April, concluded the Home Office inquiry into the causes of the recent colliery disaster at Hamatead, near…

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Fire at a Colliery. Sixty Men Imprisoned. Rescued Under Difficulty London, July 24

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 2

A fire occurred in the framework of two shafts at High House Colliery. Auchinleck, Ayrshire, and imprisoned sixty miners. After tremendous…

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Miners' Sympathy

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2

On Saturday the following telegram was received by the Labor Council from Mr. Peter Bowling, president of the Northern Coalminers' Federation :…

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Coal Lumpers Meet

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2

The coal lumpers held a meeting camera, and no information is available to the press, but it is understood that the union decided to make a…

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A Day Reckoning (Copyright.) or Better Than Gold. Part X.

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 5

She drew herself up proudly. "Then you are mistaken. I came here almost at once, and there isn't a man, woman, or child that can say…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 5

Jorgensen's, Stirling, V., bas crushed 26 tons for the satisfactory return of 16½oz. There is a lessening of hands in many of the Bendigo mines, and mining generally…

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Warning to Miners

The Worker · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 11

Mr. S. Ford, secretary of the Zeehan branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, in a telegram read at the meeting of the Trades Hall Council last week,…

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Gold Robberies. Extensive System on the Rand. Confederated Miners Victimised. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

The "Daily Mail" correspondent at Peter Maritzburg, Natal, states that sixteen detectives are engaged tracking a conspiracy to…

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Robbing Gold Mines. Gangs in Africa. Aided by Women. London, Aug. 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

Sixteen detectives are engaged in tracking a conspiracy to rob the Rand mines by means of confederates in the mine, who hand the gold to…

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More Precious Than Gold

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 1

Snake venom is found useful in medicine, and has a valued place in several departments of the mechanical arts and sciences…

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A Dry of Reckoning or Better Than Gold. (Copyright.) Part Xi

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 3

Jabez Armytage nodded in a surly fashion, and Luke seated himself, taking a rapid survey of his companion, he decided not to beat about…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 5

The Jubilee, Scarsdale, V., shows 981¾oz. from 2881 tons in its last month's clean-up. The Portuguese Dredge, Creswick Vic., have now worked out five paddocks for a…

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The Illawarra Miners. the Coal Trade

The Worker · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 19

The coal trade of the district has been interfered with to a considerable extent during the past week by heavy weather and high seas, making loading at the…

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State Mining Batteries. Success in Western Australia

The Worker · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2

It is satisfactory to note that the system of providing State batteries in Western Australia has been eminently satisfactory. Altogether there are 29 in operation in the…

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