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Mining & the mines, 1909

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The Coal Crisis Notice of Reduction Suspended. Scotch Miners Vote for Stoppage. Northumberland Favors Strike. London, July 23

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 2

The Scotch miners and coal masters met the Board of Trade. The masters agreed to suspend the reduction notices fora week. A small committee…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 9

The Kulamadan mine at Woodlark Island, N.S.W., has turned out 800 tons of stone, worth £1675. The prospectors' claim at Wolumla,…

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Newcastle Miners

The Worker · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 3

Messrs. J. McWilliams and Peter Bowling have been nominated for the position of President of the Northern Federation for the ensuing term. The…

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Newcastle Coal Trimmers

The Worker · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 16

There was a large muster at the meeting of the Newcastle coal trimmers on. July 15. The secretary, Mr. S. Sullivan, reported that an association, known as…

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Illawarra Miners. Quarterly Delegate Meeting

The Worker · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 15

The quarterly delegate meeting of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held in Wollongong, the district president, Mr. F. Dunleavy,…

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Mine on Fire. Flames From Mount Morgan. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 2

Telegrams from Rockhampton report an outbreak of flame in the great Mt. Morgan Mine at 1574 feet level. Stre[?] efforts were made to combat the…

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The Coal Crisis National Strike Probable. a Serious Outlook. London, July 28

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 2

The men in the Leicesterahire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Durha, Cumberland, Cleveland, and other mining districts voted largely in favor of a…

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Mining in the State. Kootra Mines

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 July 1909 · page 2

The new main shaft of the Kootra Mines has bean south 12ft. No. 4 south winze is down 101½ feet. The lode is 42io. wide, and of high-grade ore. At No. 2 shaft,…

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The Coal Crisis Settlement Expected. London, July 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 2

The general expectation is that the Scotch coal dispute will be settled today, judging by yesterday's conference of the parities under Mr. Churchill's…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 22

Chaffers' London office has cabled to [?]lgoorlic that there has been no "official" negotiations for amalgamation with Hannan's Star, Deep Levels, or any other…

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Explosion in a Mine

The Worker · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 19

A serious explosion of fire-damp occurred in the New Madame Berry mine, Allendale, V., on Monday. On the previous night one of the men noticed a long…

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Lodge Doctors and Unemployed Miners

The Worker · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 17

Dear Worker,— Probably there is no part of the State where the slackness of trade is felt more acutely than among the miners and coke…

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Mining. HARDEN

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 1

A meeting of the provisional directors of the Harden Future Goldmining Co. was held at the office of Messrs. Robert Gibson and Son.,…

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Chemistry 4600 Years Ago. Chinese, Alchemists "Gold Pills."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 3

Yu Tung Kwai, a Chinese delegate to the recent Chemistry Congress in London, read an interesting paper on June 12 before a section of the…

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Adelong Mining News

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 2

DUNSTONE BROTHERS and Capel, since their recent good crashing, have been doing development work, and have sunk a shaft connecting their old…

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The Missing Waratah Coal on the Bridge Deck. Crgiser Not Yet Returned. London, August 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 2

The Waratah took 300 tons of coal on the bridge deck, after discharging cargo at Durban. The cruisers Fork and Pandon have…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 5

Operations have been commenced near the old Church Union, mine, Wedderburn, V., where a mining syndicate have a reef about lft. wide, which offers fair prospects…

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Australian Mining Verse. The Digger's Song

The Worker · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 21

Scrape the bottom of the hole: gather up the stuff! Fossick in the crannies lest you leave a grain behind!…

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Mining at Adelong

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 2

The Adelong syndicate working under the basalt at Laurel Hill has succeeded in getting through the bar which caused a decided falling off in…

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Mining Mems

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 2

Mr. J. Reardon crushed a parcel of dump material from the Prince of Wales mine at the Reno battery during the week for a yield of 120z…

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