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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Another Rich Find at Long Tunnel Gold Mine

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 2

There was quite a stir in town on Saturday when the report went round that another rich gold find had been made at the Long Tunnel Mine, Long…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 9

The Kootra mines, N.S.W., have been shut clown for a time to give the company an opportunity of raising further capital…

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Prices and Gold Production

The Worker · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 29

Dear Worker,— H. E. Langridge, East Melbourne, recognises the cogency and value of Mr. Chiozza Money's article, " The Wages of…

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Helensburgh Goal Miners. a Question of Levies

The Worker · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 2

A special meeting of the Helensburgh Branch of the Coal Miners' Association was held recently to consider the refusal of some members to…

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The Gold Standard. Proposal to Include China. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 2

The International Conference regarding Chinsee currency reform is preparing a report for submission to international bankers subscribing to the…

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The Strike at Hoskins' Mine. No Settlement Arrived At. Prosecution Against Delegate Cairnes Fails

The Worker · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 13

There have been no fresh developments during the week in connection with the Lithgow strike. The case against lodge delegate James Cairnes for absenting to…

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Long Tunnel Mine

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 6

The Long Tunnel mine must certainly be considered a mine of surprises, and contrary to popular superstition Friday seems to be its lucky day…

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Coal Vend Cask

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 4

The expenses in the coal vend case are variously estimated at from £30,000 to £60,000…

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Important Mining Visitor

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 2

On Tuesday last, Mr. A. Charket of Sydney paid a visit to Adelong to meet Mr. W. D. Heather on mining business, the result of which will cause some…

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Hull Election. Entertainments and Gifts of Coal. Judges Mobbed As They Leave the Law Courts

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 6

After a hearing lasting nine days the Central Hull election petition resulted on Thursday in the sitting member, Sir H. Seymour King, being unseated (says a…

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Mining News. an Important Find

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 2

What may probably prove the most important gold discovery in this district during the past decade was made last week by Mr Sewell, a Victorian…

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In England. Troops Sent to London and Liverpool, Served with Ball Cartridges. Coal Porters Obtain Concessions. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 4

In consequence of the strike riots in London troops have proceeded there from Aldershot. Cavalry, Dragoons, Hussars and Infantry are armed with…

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The Romance of the Rand Mines

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 4

Up to 1884 there was scarcely a suspicion of gold in the Transvaal, and the country was regarded as a barren land, lacking in all the…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 22

The Stannum Tin Sluicing Company has Suspended boring, not meeting with payable tin. The dredge will not again start sluicing…

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Miners' Secretary Dead

The Worker · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 19

Just as we go to press, news reaches us of the death of Mr. R. Hawkins, secretary of the A.M.A., Cobar. Dick Hawkins was a sturdy Trades…

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Colliery Employees and the P.L.L. Question of Withdrawal. To be Submitted to the District

The Worker · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 10

The delegate board of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation, at the instance of delegates from Stanford-Merthyr Lodge, passed the following resolution on…

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Goldfields Bishopric. Appeal by Bishop of Perth. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 1

The Bishop of Perth is appealing for £3,400, the balance required to create a goldfields Bishopric…

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Mining News. Adelong Items

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 4

WICHT and party are doing exceedingly well Operations are being carried on at the head of Nuggety Gully. The overburden…

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Strike Collapses. Canadian Coal Famine Averted. Winnipeg

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1911 · page 2

Miners of Franklin, in the Province of Alberta, are returning to work without the formal settlement of the strike. which followed the men's…

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Opaque Darkness. Fire in a Mine

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 8

I had known darkness before—the darkness of the mine, darkness that meant a complete absence of light—but here was an opaque darkness, a…

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