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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 22

A nugget of gold which turned the scale at 36oz. was unearthed some days ago at Stanley and Phillips' mine at Havelock, near Maryborough, V…

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Teralba Collieries Award

The Worker · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 20

Judge Scholes's conciliation award in the Teralba Colliery dispute was made public last Thursday. The minimum rate per ton for shooters and fillers is to be…

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Victimizatioh at Hoskins' Goal Mines. How the Request for a Conference Was Treated. Hewing Rate Reduced Twopence a Ton

The Worker · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 25

Developments were rapid last week in the position caused by the action of the manager of the Lithgow ironworks coal mine in dismissing the miners' delegate…

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"Would Steal Our Gold." (To the Editor "Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 2

Sir.— With regard to your sub-leader of 26th july referring to the [?]malgamation of the Savings Banks, I would like to ask:—…

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Sensational Incident. Miners Break Into Old Workings. One Drowned. Wyalong

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 4

While three men were working at the 600 feet level in the Golden Fleece mine, Wyalong, last night, they evidently broke into old workings,…

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Mining Disasti in Rush of Water One Man Browne Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 2

The Golden Fleece mine, long, was flooded last night. Burton a married man, with men named Sullivan and…

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The Pullitop Goldfield. (To the Editor "Daily Adverta[?].")

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 6

Sir.— I notice by the "Advertiser" of 25th instant, that the warden stated that he had received a letter from Mr. Smith stating that gold was being still…

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The Coal Strike

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

In the event of coal mine owners refusing the district minimum wage for working in abnormal places, the British Miners' Federation will take…

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British Miners. Want District Minimum Wage London. Monday

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

The British Miners' Federation has decided to ask the owners to consider the payment of a district minimum wage afor working in abnormal places,…

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Coal Strike Threatened. More Pay Wanted Dangerous Work. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

In the event of the coal miners refusing a district minimum wage for working in a[?] places the British Miners Federation will take a…

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Overwhelmed by Water. Fatality in a Mine. Men Washed Along a Drive. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 4

A terrible accident occurred in the Keep It Dark mine, West Wyalong, at 7 p.m. on Thursday. Three miners, George Burton, Alexander…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 9

Cathcart Company, Ararat, V., last week cleaned up 670oz. 11dwt. gold for a fortnight. The yield provided a big margin of profit…

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Mines and Miners. (Continued from Page 9.) Decline of Victorian Goldfields

The Worker · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 10

The Victorian Department of Mines' annual report on the Victorian Mining industry for 1910 presented to Parliament last week shows the total gold-yield for…

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Lithgow Mine Trouble. Court Proceedings. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 2

At Lithgow to-day the cases against the miners charged with leaving work at the iron works tunnel mine were commenced. The evidence was of a…

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Baths for Miners Rejection of Compulsory Clause. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 2

The House of Commons in committee rejected the clause in the Coal Mines Regulation Bill making baths for miners at the pithead compulsory…

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Mining Deals. Two Big Transactions. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 2

Two important mining deals are reported. Messrs. Bewick, Horsing and Co. have completed the option on the Transvaal mine at Southern Cross on…

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Disaster at the Fleece Mine. One Man Killed—another Injured. by a Flood of Water

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 2

AT about 6.45 p.m. on Thursday week, an accident happened at the Keep-it-Dark (late Golden Fleece) Mine, Wyalong, which resulted in the death…

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A Government Contract Gold Mine for Contractors. Mr, Griffith's Statement. Unfair Prices Allowed by Predecessors. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 2

Mr. Griffith, Minister for Works, states that the prices agreed upon by his predecessor tinder the contract with Hoskins for the supply of iron…

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Gold Discoveries. Long Tunnel Again. A Mine of Surprises. Rich Reef Struck

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 2

THE Long Tunnel mine must certainly be considered a mine of surprises, and contrary to popular superstition Friday seems to be…

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Struck It Rich. Sensational Developments in Long Tunnel Mine. "An Ounce to the Pound."

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 2

Mr. Dodd, one of the owners of the mine, telegraphed to the 'Sunday Times' on Saturday. At the Long Tunnel Mine the winze…

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