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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Damage to Mines

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 2

A large number of strikers' in South Wales are unable to obtain work owing to the damage to the mines during the stoppage…

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Hulton Colliery Fund

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

The Mansion House Fund for the relief of the distress caused by the linotype machines. now amounts to over £78,000…

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The Penalty of Betrayal. Mine Manager Shot London, Jan. 3

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

Signor Vita, manager of a sulphur wine in Sicily, and a member of the Mafa, was accused of betraying the supreme tribunal of the society and…

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[?]er workers' Troubles. Demands Refused. Mining Industry Threatened. Kalgoorlie

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 4

A disquieting situation exists in regard to the fuel supply for the mines on the Golden Mile. The whole of the mines are entirely dependent for fuel…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 9

Operations at most of the Victorian mines, suspended during the holidays, will be resumed during the present week. "Digger" writes in the "Bruthen…

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State Goal Mines

The Worker · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 5

In view of the increasing importance of coal and the all-pervading evils of mining, the question of State-ownership must possess more and more attractions for the…

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Victorian State Coal Mine. Ministerial Reply to the Legislative Council's Committee. a Jaundiced View and a Biased Report

The Worker · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 9

Minister of Mines McBride, in his reply presented to the Victorian Assembly on the 23rd ult, touching the adverse report on the administration and prospects of the…

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Sewer Miners Want Advanced Wages. Street Contract Held Up

The Worker · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 10

A number of sewer miners employed in a tunnel in Pitt-street, Sydney, by Mr Gough, a well-known contractor under the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board,…

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Shocking Mine Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 4

A deplorable accident has occurred in the Golden Horseshoe mine, Kalgoorlie. A large piece of rock struck a stage which collapsed and feel on three men…

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Gold Boom in W.a

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 2

The gold boom is almost in full swing again in Western Australia. several new discoveries have been reported…

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Mine Explosion. Six Killed at Portland Cement Works. a Miraculous Escape. Vancouver, Jan. 5

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 2

An explosion of coal dust at the Portland Cement Works to-day, resulted in six deaths. One employee was blown on to an elevator in which…

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Gold Coinage, Legislation in America. Certificates Against Bullion. Washington. Jan. 8

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 2

Mr. Secretary M'Veich will seek legislation to stop the coinage of gold and permit the Treasury to issue gold certificates against gold bullion and…

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Colliery Explosion. Miners' Miraculous Escape. Vancouver, Jan. 9

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

At Lexington, U.S.A., fifteen miners were badly burned through an explosion at the Bighill Colliery. The men were blown from far down…

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Landslide in Mine. Many Miners Entombed. Five Killed. Vancouver, Jan. 9

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

A landslide occurred at Rio Tinco copper mine. The bodies of five miners who were killed, have been recovered and five miners who were…

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Miners Suffocated

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

A fire occurred in the sulphur mine at Turo. Seven miners were suffocated…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 9

Long Tunnel Company, "Walhalla, "V., closed the year with S60½oz. gold from 1661 tons, the result of a month's operations. The previous month gave 945oz…

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The Collie Colliery Disaster

The Worker · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 23

Dear Worker,— The Collie miners are strenuously engaged barking up the wrong tree, in asking for a mines inspector to…

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Ventilation of Collieries. Owners Want Exemption When Not Working

The Worker · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 15

A deputation of Lithgow colliery owners and managers interviewed Mines Minister Edden on Tuesday to ask partial exemption from the ventilation clauses of…

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Kalgoorlie Firewood Strike Men Refuse Arbitration. Mines Order Newcastle Coal. Kalgoorlie (W.a.)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 3

Although the settlement of the firewood strike appeals to be as far off as ever, the outlook in regard to the milling industry is more Hopeful. Several…

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Preservation of Gold Chains

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 6

Persons who carry a gold watch chain will notice that the chain will lengthen in time, and often after years of carrying the chain will gain…

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