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Mining & the mines, 1908

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Mining Direct[?] for Castigated. Judge's Caustic Comment

The Worker · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 11

The grievances of a majority of [?] shareholders in the Kamarvoka Mining Company were ventilated in the Court [?] Mines, held at Melbourne under the [?]…

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Mountains of Gold

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 10

According to old legends, exist in the tabled land of El Dorado, tut all the gold this marvellous land would not compensate you for the loss of your health and life,…

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21,424 Tons of Gold Dug

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 2

Since the beginning of the l6th century 21,424 tons of gold have been dug from the mines of the earth. The value is over £2,520,000,000. Of this…

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Colliery Dispute Full Court Dismisses Application. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 2

The Full Court has dismissed the application for prohibition against the Northern District Colliery Association. The President of the…

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Gales at Sea. Coal Ship in Distress. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 2

The American ship Henry Failing, which left Newcastle on July 26th for San Francisco with a cargo of coal, returned to Sydney this morning…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 5

The Victorian United (Ballarat East) have let a contract for deepening the shaft [?]. from 1327ft. to 1427ft. The Williama Fancy, Berringa (Vic.) last…

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Mine Explosion. Thirteen Miners Killed. London. Aug. 12

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 2

All explosion of firelamp in the Dudeveiler mine, Prussia, killed 13 miners and injured 13 others, eight seriously…

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Explosion in a Mine. Thirteen Men Killed London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 2

An explosion of fire damp has occurred at the Dudevillar mine, Saarbrucken, Rhenish Prussia. Thirteen men were killed outright,…

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Mining Activity

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 2

Mr. James Tilden has again struck it rich at Cullinga. We hope it will be equal to his pioneer strike. He is working the mine for the Burrow…

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A Few Gold Stories

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 3

Lord Roberts tells how, on one occasion, finding himself short of cash, he drew a cheque for £30 to the order of his old servant, and sent…

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A Day Reckoning (Copyright.) Better Than Gold. Part Xiii

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 5

The next morning Betsy was washing the breakfast things in a listless fashion. Her heart was not in her work, for she was thinking of…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 5

The Golden Hope Syndicate at Blakeville, V., have struck a body of stone 2ft. wide, showing gold freely, at a depth of 35ft. from the surface. A large trial…

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Persecuted Miners

The Worker · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 11

"All seems yellow to the jaundice of the mineowners of Bendigo. [?] themselves, they seem jealous of the [?] in other people's minds that the [?]…

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Colliery Explosion a Lancashire Disaster. Seventy Miners Entombed. Hope of Rescue Abandoned. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 2

A terrible explosion has occurred in the No. 1 Maypole colliery at Abram, near Wigan, in the heart of the rich coalfields of Lancashire…

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Mining Disaster Explosion in a Colliery. Seventy Six Men Entombed. Heroic Attempts at Rescue. Neighboring Mine Descended. Three Dead Bodies Found. Hope of Rescue Abandoned. London, Aug. 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 2

An explosion entombed 76 miners in the No. 1 Maypole colliery, Aleram, destroying the ventilating draft and cage and blowing the timber and head…

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Loddon Valley Goldfields. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 2

At a meeting of the shareholders of the Loddon Valley (Victori.) goldfields, it was resolved that it would be inadvisable to raise further funds for the…

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Latest Cables. London, Wednesday. Miners' Entombed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 4

A terrible colliery disaster has taken place in Lancashire. An explosion occurred, destroying the ventilating shaft and cage…

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The Colliery Disaster. Only Three Miners Escape. Heartrending Scenes. London, Aug. 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 8

The reports which continue to be received regarding the disastrous colliery explosion in the No. 1 Maypole colliery at Abram, near Wigan, in…

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Colliery Disaster. London

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 2

Later particulars of the colliery disaster at Abram, Lancashire, show that the explorers report that mutilated limbs were to be found scattered…

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Gold and Mineral Dredging Act, 1899. Notice Under Section 9 of the Gold and Mineral Dredging Act, 1899

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 3

NOTICE is hereby given that an application, as hereunder, has been made in terms of the abovementioned Act for a lease to mine for gold by means of…

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