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Mining & the mines, 1910

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Colliery Explosion. 149 Men Entombed. Seventy Bodies Recovered. London, Feb. 1

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

A terrible colliery disaster, attended with great loss of life, has occurred in the State of Colorado, U.S.A. Owing to an explosion in the…

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Disaster in Kentucky. Forty Miners Entombed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

An explosion in a colliery at Drakesbury, Kentucky, U.S.A., entombed forty miners. So far twenty bodies have been recovered…

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Position at Newcastle. Indications of Speedy Termination. Miners Seek a Conference

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

There are undoubted indications at Newcastle of a speedy termination of the present strike, as far as the Northern men are concerned…

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Coal From India. Meeting of Seamen. Will Not Cease Work. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

The steamer, Men of Airlie, arrived to-day from Calcutta, with 4,600 tons of coal. A mass meeting of seamen resolved not to cease work. The…

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Kootra Mines

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 2

Kootra Mines report for the past week states:— Main shaft: Cut plat chamber 8ft. by 10ft. by 10ft., and connected up shaft with No. 1 level…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 2

Mr. George Rutherford, manager of the Adelong Syndicate's alluvial claim at Laurel Hill, came to town on Tuesday with 25ozs 9dwt of gold, the…

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News of the Adelong Mines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 2

Ferguson Bros, are engaged carting 12 tons of stono to the Keefer battery from their mine at Windowie. The raine commonly known an the…

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News of the Adelong Mines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 4

FERGUSON BROS. are engaged carting 12 tons of stone to the Reefer battery from their mine at Windowie. The mine is commonly known as the…

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Mine Explosion

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

Eleven miners were killed by an explosion in a Pennsylvanian colliery…

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Colliery Disaster Eleven Men Killed. London, Feb. 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

Eleven men were killed by an explosion on Saturday in the Tarnest Colliery, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.)…

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The Coal Lumpers. Vote to Be Taken

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 3

The Coal Lumpers' Union will take a vote to-morrow as to whether they shall resume work forthwith…

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Coal and Shale Federation. an Important Decision. Waiting for Newcastle

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 3

The Council of the Coal and Shale Workers' Federation held a lengthy meeting at the Trades Hall this afternoon…

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Northern Miners and Wages Board. Objection to Mr. Paterson. Important Meeting at Newcastle

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 3

Several of the Northern miners' delegates stated to-day that they were prepared to advise the men to return to work providing Mr. Paterson was…

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The Coal Strike. Conference of Delegates. Question of Returning to Work. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

A conference of delegates, representing the Federated Coal and Share workers, this afternoon discussed the question whether or not the men on…

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The Coal Strike. Drivers likely to go Back. The Question of Returning to Work. Equal Division of Opinion. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

An aggregate meeting of the Southern miners decided to leave the settlement of the strike to the Amalgamated Council, which meets in Sydney on…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 9

Bendigo mines for the last week of the month closed yielded 2740oz. gold, and £1531/7/6 was distributed in dividends last week in respect to two companies—…

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The Small Boy in the Coal Mine

The Worker · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 29

When a coal miner is compelled, either through slack work or through hardship and oppression while he is at work, to put his boys in the mine in order to meet…

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Coal Strike. the Wages Board. Ballot of Northern Miners. Newcastle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

The delegate board to the Colliery Employes' Federation held a meeting to-day which lasted nearly all day. As was anticipated, the meeting was…

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Victoria. Coal Mines Regulations. What the Act Contains. State Enterprise at Powlett

The Worker · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 9

Notwithstanding the amendments which the Legislative Council made in the measure to regulate work in the coal-mining industry, the Act stands as the most…

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Miners' Band in Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

The Corrimal Miners' Band, which is touring the State with the object of raising funds in aid of the wives and children of the South Coast miners…

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