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Mining & the mines, 1909

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 9

Victorian A.M.A. executive have decided to organize Heathcote, Sebastian, and Raywood districts whore there are now numbers, of miners not in the Union…

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Illawarra Miners. Coal and Coke Trades

The Worker · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 14

The anticipated improvement in the coal trade of the district, which was to have followed the establishment of the Wages Board, has not yet manifested…

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Newcastle Notes. the Miners

The Worker · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 5

Last week's figures provide a mere continuation of the history of the past six months, and indicate the depression in the coal trade in indisputable fashion…

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Portland Miners' Strike. Request for Legal Redress. ignored by Premier Wade

The Worker · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 23

A few clays ago in New South Wales Legislative Assembly the Labor Opposition protested strongly against the exclusion of a number of workers who had…

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Mining. Another New Gold Find at Dog Trap. Reef 3Ft Wide. Assays 2Oz Gold Per Ton

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 2

SOME excitement was occasioned last week by a discovery of Wm. O'Dwyer, the pioneer prospector of the Dog Trap goldfield, Mr. Adrah, on the…

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Sleeping on Gold

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 7

The practice of hiding money away in all manner of out-of-the-way corners is by no means modern, in the old days, according to "Gleanings…

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General Telegrams. Mining Fatality. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

Owen Cleary was found dead this morning underneath a mass of tai[?]gs [?] one of the bins of the Proprietary [?] evidently been [?]thered…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 14 September 1909 · page 4

C. Reece has taken a contract for the cartage of copper ore from the Lobbs Hole Central Copper Mine lately taken on tribute by Mr…

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Colliery Trouble. Serious Position at Hebburn. General Strike Probable. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 September 1909 · page 2

The trouble at the Hebburn colliery is acute. A general cessation of work will be advocated unless the dismissed lodge secretary is reinstated. The…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 16 September 1909 · page 4

An extensive find of alluvial gold is reported from South-west Yampi Sound, in the Derby District, W.A. The locality is kept a secret, but lease applications have…

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Illawarra Miners. the Coal Trade

The Worker · Thursday 16 September 1909 · page 20

Brisk conditions prevailed at most of the collieries last week. This was due in great measure to the distribution of the [?]elensburgh trade among some of the…

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Newcastle Notes. the Miners

The Worker · Thursday 16 September 1909 · page 10

For Friday's pay, Maitland men again scored fairly well. Hebburn took full time, Pelaw Main and Stanford Merthyr 8 days each, and Heddon Greta 7 1/2 days…

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N.s.w. Southern Colliery Disputes. Helengburgh

The Worker · Thursday 16 September 1909 · page 15

The Metropolitan colliery at Helensburgh has now been idle for a fortnight owing to the lock-out brought about by the cavilling dispute. A special delegate meeting…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 4

At the Lobb's Hole copper mine, No. 2 level west was extended to 183 ft. during August, without passing through ore. Owing to the continued…

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Mining. the Adelong Syndicates Laurel Hill Alluvial Claim

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 3

In the course of a conversation with Mr. George Rutherford, the manager of the Adelong Syndicate's Laurel Hill alluvial claim under the basalt, we…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 23 September 1909 · page 9

The A.M.A. mine at Yambuilla, N.S.W., has been sold to Haugh and McDonald. The latter's battery is working two shifts on Duchess of York stone…

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Newcastle Notes. the Miners

The Worker · Thursday 23 September 1909 · page 14

The shipping in port totals two dozen vessels nil told, so that there is the dead calm this week that is said to often presage the coming storm. The A. Burns…

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Federation of Miners. Australia Joining Hands

The Worker · Thursday 23 September 1909 · page 20

During the last few months Mr. J. Little, secretary of the Amalgamated Minors' Association of Victoria and Tasmania, acting under instructions from the last conference…

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The Helensburgh Mine Prosecutions. Men Misled by Defective Cavilling Arrangements

The Worker · Thursday 23 September 1909 · page 13

In the daily press reports of the prosecution of Helensburgh, N.S.W., miners' for a breach of a special rule validated by the-Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1902, by being…

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Kootra Mines

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 September 1909 · page 2

Kootra main shaft has been sunk 68ft., and No. 1, level north extended. 23½ft. There are Gin. of pure mineral, and 12in. of dig in the face…

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