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Mining & the mines, 1910

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Coal at Powlett River. Government Will Not Grant Leases. The Squeal of the Employers' Federation

The Worker · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 10

Victorian Employers' Federation "view with astonishment the proposals made by the Government to refuse to issue any fresh coal leases because it is intended…

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Lobbs Hole. Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 3

A filip has been given to mining by the developments in H Cornelson and Fitch mine at Blue Creek. They are on a solid body of ore…

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Rich Gold Find. 492 Ounces in Five Days. Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 2

The fifth patch of rich auriferous stone discovered within five days in the North Woah Hawp Mine, Ballarat, was disclosed on Tuesday night…

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Colliery Troubles. Ten Men Dismissed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 2

In consequence oftrouble over the rate for filling coal bshing the cutting machines at Westera call[?] it is stated that ten men at the value of Clwy[?]…

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Mining Law Reform Called For

The Worker · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 5

Dear Worker,— Now that the working class of Australia is beginning to wake up, perhaps we will get the one-sided…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 23

The Duchess of York, Yambulla, N.S.W., tributers have cleaned up 31 tons for 16oz. 5dwt. The cost of getting, carting, and crushing swamps all the profit in this…

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Western Collieries Award

The Worker · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 19

"When the N.S.W. Western Collieries Wages Board delivered its general award some months ago the rates to be paid to machine men and fillers in the Vale of…

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Mining Notes

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 2

A filip has been given to mining by the developments in H. Corneilson and Fitch's mine at Blue Creek, Lobb's Hole. They are on a solid…

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Fearful Mine Explosion 150 Miners Entombed. Fears That All Have Perished. London, May 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 2

A fearful explosion is reported to have occurred in Pale's coal mine, at Birmingham, State of Alabama. One hundred and fifty miners were…

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Attack on Non-union Miners

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 2

Three hundred armed miners are marching west to the Villepa mines to drive out the non-union men. The sherill of the county is arming the…

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Colliery Explosion. Nearly Two Hundred Killed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 2

A terrific explosion has occurred in the Palos coal mine, near Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A. It ia reported that 185 miners and…

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Mining. Lobbs Hole Copper Mine Le[?] on Trisute

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 10 May 1910 · page 2

We understand that the Lobbd Hole Copper Mint, at Ravise, iate'y shu down temporarily, has been let n tribum by the company to Mr Julius Forsstiom and party…

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Mining Around Adelong

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1910 · page 3

DONNELLAN and party are about to crash six tons of quartz at the Reefer battery, taken from their claim near the Lady Mary mine. The stone is of…

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The Palos Mine Explosion Recovery of Bodies. London. May 9

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1910 · page 3

A despatch from Birmingham, Alabama, slates that thirty bodies have been recovered from the mines at Palos. Entry number four to the left was…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 23

The ballot re the trouble at the Great cobor mine, N.S.W., has resulted in a our to one vote in favor of accepting the itered conditions of contract which…

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No State Coal Trade

The Worker · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 19

The Victorian Cabinet has refused to agree to Mines Minister McBride's proposal to nationalise the State coal industry. It has also decided against the sale…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 2

Donnellan and party are about the crush six tons of quartz at the Reefer battery, taken from their claim near the Lady Mary mine. The Stone is of…

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Colliery Disaster Over One Hundred Men Underground. Entombed Under the Sea. the Mine on Fire. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 2

A terrible catastrophe has occurred at the Wellington Colliery, the property of the Earl of Lonsdale, at Whitehaven. Cumberland. At 8 o'clock yesterday…

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Disastrous Explosion Coal Mine on Fire. Mens' Terrible Experiences. Many Lives Lost. London, May 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 3

Scores of miners were imprisoned and many killed, following a terrific explosion at the Wellington coal mine, Whitehaven. A fire followed the…

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Submarine Mine Explodes. Five Bluejackets Killed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 2

An explosion, which occurred whilst mine-laying experiments were being conducted in Whelmshaven harbor, the chief naval port of Germany, killed five…

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