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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Mining. Brighter Prospects for Adelong a Huge Undertaking. Proposal to Work the Deep Mines Under One Big Company

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 10 November 1911 · page 2

Mr. J. B. North, a well-known stock-broker of Sydney, has taken up a large area of ground on the Adelong Goldfield, at Adelong, comprising in…

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A Goldfields Sketch. Ropeyarn's Dilemma

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 November 1911 · page 3

"Good-bye, John Don't be long. Come back soon to your own chick a biddy. For the winds do blow, Yo-ho, Yo-ho, To take away my sailor…

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Great Coal Discovery. in British Columbia. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 5

One of the largest coal areas in the world has been discovered ia Northern British Columbia…

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New Coal Areas Rich Discovery in America. Vancouver

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 2

One of the largest coal areas in the world has been discovered in Northern British Columbia. The quality is described as being equal to the best…

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Glebe Murder Mystery. Victim Killed for Gold. Police Following Clues. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 4

Despite the unremitting investigation of everything that has the semblance of a clue the police have not yet solved the mystery attaching to…

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Mount Lyell Strike. Miners Sign Provisional Agreement

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 2

It is probable that work will be resumed at Mt. Lyell this week in accordance with the terms of the provisional agreement which was signed…

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Adelong Mining. a Big Proposal

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 2

MR. J. B. NORTH, a well-known stock-broker of Sydney, has taken up a large area of ground on the Adelong goldfield, at Adelong…

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The Old Endeavour. Original Plans Found. Careet of Cooks Bark. Once a Coal Carrier

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 4

The original plans of Captain Cook's bark Endeavour, in which he made the voyage which led to the discovery of Australia, have been…

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Coal Mine Superstitions

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 5

Superstitions have good breeding-ground in the thick darkness, silence, and solitude of the under-world., and in the race-complexity of the workers…

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Mining. Brighter Prospects for Adelong

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 4

Mr. J. B. North, a well-known stock-broker of Sydney, has taken up a large area of ground on the Adelong Goldfield, at Adelong, comprising in…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 28

The recent developments on the Knocker have stimulated the shareholders and all are working their properties. At the sulphide corporation Cookle…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 2

Two out of the three sections of the contract for a race for Adjunbilly Sluicing property have been let, and a party of three men went…

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Wonders of Coal

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 4

The formation of coal, according to Dr. Homer Greene's cosmical theory, was due to the solar orb bringing forth millions of years ago, when it was larger and hotter…

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Coal Dust Explosion. Miners Entombed. Four Men Rescued. Vivian (West Virginia)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 November 1911 · page 2

An explosion, caused by coal dust, occurred in the Bottom Creek coal company's miss yesterday, with the result that a number of men were…

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Entombed Miners Seventeen Bodies Recovered. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 2

A message from Bluefield, Wert Virginia, states that 17 bodies were removed to-day from the Vivian mine, the some of the recent disaster. Four…

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Western Collieries Wages Board. Application for Re-constituticn

The Worker · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 6

In the Industrial Court at Sydney on Monday, J. S. Bragg, on behalf of the Saywell's Collieries Ltd., applied for the constitution of a Western Collieries…

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Balmain Colliery Dispute. Amendment of Previous Award

The Worker · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 30

The Sydney Collieries Board (Judge Edmunds, Chairman) has amended the previous award by adding clauses regarding payment for fork-filled coal, etc. The…

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The Hoskins Miners' Prosecutions. Appeal to the High Court

The Worker · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 6

The case of the Lithgow coal miners who ceased work at the Hoskins colliery some months back reached the High Court of Australia on Monday. It will…

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Industrial Troubles Miners Secure 7/ Minimum. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

After several conferences the miners of Warwickshire have obtained a minimum wage of 7/ per day, with proportionate increase in the lower…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 14

On the Pambula, N.S.W., fields prospectors are reported to be getting encouraging prospects. Mr. Ball, of the Queensland Mines…

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