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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Mining Items

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 3

O'Dwyer Bros., at Bangadang, who have for some time past been sluicing down alongside their lode, and stripping it, have broken down the ore…

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Help for Entombed Miners

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 3

A device which manufactures breathable air, when required, for miners caught in mine accidents has been invented by an American…

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The Provident Use of Coal

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 3

Professor H. E. Armstrong, referring in "Engineering" to the consumption of coal in domestic use and in the gas industry…

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Overdue Steamer. Short of Coal in a Hurricane. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 2

The overdue steamer Boveric, arrived at Auckland from San Francisco, having been delayed 12 days by tempestuous weather. The vessel…

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State Coal Mines. Prophetic Utterance by Mr. Edden

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 2

Another deputation interviewed the Minister for Mines to-day, and urged the necessity of immediately starting State coal mines in the northern,…

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Deputations. to Ministers for Mines and Agriculture. Rabbit Trade Combine. Government Determined to Break Up Monopoly. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 2

A deputation which to-day interviewed the Minister for Agriculture made certain representations in connection with the freezing and packing…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 9

Victorian gold yield for January was 34,561oz. gross, or 31,526oz. fine, valued at £133,913. Compared with January of last year, a decrease of 8066oz. has occurred…

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Bagful of Gold. for the Asking. Judge's Perplexity

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 7

Puzzled, after spending several on a case, his Honor Judge Wills, at the Southwark County Court on Tuesday, said it was very suspicious, and…

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Warden's Court. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson P.M. Mining Warden)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 2

Thomas W. Simpson appeared to apply on behalf of William T. Walton for a suspension of labor conditions on] the latter's mining lease at Boblegigble…

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Dwindling Coal Trade. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1911 · page 2

There is great distress among the Newcastle miners, owing to the dwindling coal trade…

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Bagful of Gold. for the Asking. Judge's Perplexity

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 3

Puzzled, after spending several hours on a case, his Honor Judge Willis, at the Southwark County Court on Tuesday, said it was very suspicious, and…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 23

The Bullfinch Proprietary is now busy bagging ore, and everybody is awaiting the result of its treatment with as much eagerness as they await the scores of a…

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Newcastle Distress. 3000 Miners Unemployed and Starving. Deputation to Mr. Carmichael. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 2

Parliamentary representatives of the Newcastle district led a deputation to-day to Mr. Carmichael. They stated that 3000 men were…

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Bagful of Gold. for the Asking. Judge's Perplexity

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 3

Puzzled, after spending several hours on a case, his Honor Judge Willis at the Southwark County Court on Tuesday, said it was very suspicious, and…

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Mine on Fire. Heavy Death-roll. Vancouver, Feb. 24

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 4

A fire has broken out in the Belmont Mine, Tonopah, Nevada. Twelve fatalities are reported in one level and others in the bottom of the shaft…

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The Minimum Wage. Threatened Coal Strike. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 4

All the members at the South Bulli mine have given notice of their intention to cease work unless the minimum wage is raised to 9/…

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Miners Face Death

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 2

Eleven men were killed in the mining disaster at Tonopah, Nevada. Five miners in the mine may, it is anticipated, be rescued…

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Miners to Prosecute. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 2

Judge Heydon, in the Industrial Court on Saturday, granted leave to the Coal Miners' Industrial Protective Association to prosecute the…

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Gold and Superstition

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 3

There is a great deal of superstitious romance in connection with gold. The ancients perceived a similarity between the glitter and…

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State Coal Mine. First in New South Wales. Minister's Intentions. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 2

The Minister for Mines says there are 40,250 acres of coal land not at present under lease and available for coal mining purposes in the western…

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