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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Rich Gold Find

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 October 1911 · page 2

A press message from Pambula, on the South Coast, 360 miles from Sydney, suites that the Brass Knocker Syndicate has opened up what is…

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Naturalist About Leaf-miners

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1911 · page 8

While the glory of autumn colors gratifies our sense of the beautiful, another aspect of the leaves appeals to our interest and curiosity. The great army of Leaf-miners which…

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Industrial Unrest Demands of Miners' Federation. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 2

A conference of the Miners' Federation at Southport, resolved to support the Northumberland miners in their demand for on increased minimum…

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British Miners' Demands. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1911 · page 2

A conference of the British Miners' Federation resolved to support the Northumberland miners' demands for an increased minimum wage and the…

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Colliery Unrest. Balmain Still Idle. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 October 1911 · page 5

The Balmain colliery is still idle, as the men steadfastly refuse to accept the new fork filling conditions. Only a few shiftmen and wheelers were…

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Mount Lyell Strike. Reinstatement Demand. Miners Insistent. Arbitration Declined. President Disapproves. Zeehan

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1911 · page 3

Mr. Hawker, general president of the A.M.E.A., is disappointed that the proposal placed before the meeting of men on Sunday was not more thoughts…

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Gold in the Arctic. Essex Rector's Astounding Find. No Man's Land

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 7

Toll[?]shunt d'Arcy, a quiet little Ea[?] village, is the centre from which has been engina[?]cered a scheme having for its object nothing less than the exploitation of an…

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Grong Gold. a Mallee Hen Crushing. 25 Ounces to the Ton. Wyalong

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 2

From M'Lean's Malice Hen mine a crushing of twenty tons of stone at Wyalong realised 25½ ounces per ton…

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Mining the Dardanelles. a Question of Contraband. Reported Massacre of Italians. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 2

Advices from an apparently trustworthy source state that the Turks arc mining the Dardanelles. The Foreign Office has advised…

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Long Tunnel Mine. More Rich Yields

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 2

THE Long Tunnel mine seems to be determined to prove that the rich finds which from time to time have been obtained, are no flash…

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Coal Dealers' Strike. Result of Keir-hardie's Threats. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 2

Following upon Mr. Keir Hardie's threats it is now regarded that a coal dealers' strike is certain next month, with probably the transportation men…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 18

Last week, at Mcintyre's mine, Dunolly, V., over 80oz. gold was dollied from a parcel of stone. The prospects are reported to continue equally as good…

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Colliery Strike. 6000 Men Idle. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 2

Six thousand five hundred miners are idle as the result of a haulers' strike at the Cambrian collieries. The strike arose through the management…

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Balmain Colliery the Trouble Ended. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 2

It is believed that the labor difficulty at Balmain Colliery has been solved, and men will resume work on Monday…

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Balmain Colliery Trouble. Men's Statement of the Position

The Worker · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 6

The Balmain Colliery trouble was con[?]idered by the miners' lodge recently, when it was decided to place the position before the public by the following…

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Nearly a Tragedy Coal Lumper Saved by Tram Driver's Quickness. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 3

The coal lumpers held their annual procession and picnic to-day. During the procession this morning, while passing down Pitt-street, one of…

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Another Mining Fatality Killed by Fall of Ore. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 3

Thomas Devitt, a miner, employed for 15 years at the South Mine, Broken Hill, was killed to-day by a fall of ore at the 970ft. level. His brother was…

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Colliery Trouble Likely

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 2

At a meeting of the Newcastle Delegates' Hoard to-day the opinion was expressed that it was very unsafe for the proprietors to delay meeting them…

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Railroad Properties. Over Rich Iron Mines. Sensational Action Taken. New York

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 2

The United States Steam Corporation has decided to cancel the Great Northern Railroad properties, worth millions of pounds. The reason given…

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Dynamite Explosion. Mines Flooded. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 2

An explosion of dynamite in the ion mines in Hibernia (New Jersey) resulted in the workings being flooded. Sixty men were overwhelmed and…

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