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Mining & the mines, 1911

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State Coal Mine. Action Deferred. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 4

Mr. Edden, acting on advice of the Crown Solicitor, has deferred establishing a State coal mine till the scheme is authorised by Parliament…

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Welsh Colliery Strike. Rioters' Revenge on Alleged Informer. a Mine Flooded. Two Killed and Others Imperilled. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 2

The Clydach Vale strikers fired the powerhouse on Saturday and dragged a delivery cart belonging to a butcher named Jones, to the top of the hill,…

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Mining Items. The Bangadang Field

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 2

Messrs. O'Dwyer Brothers' claim is still maintaining its richness, and a parcel of 18 tons was despatched last Wednesday from Mt. Horeb to Cockle…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 5

Ballarat branch A.M.E.A. last week forwarded £100 to assist the strike of Victorian implement and machine makers. The average membership of the…

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A Big Nugget. Found in Ballarat Mine. Ballarat

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 2

A nugget of gold weighing 350 oza., was found to-day in the North Woah Haup mine, Ballarat…

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Murrill Creek Gold. Wagga Mines Warden Reports Favorably

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

In his capacity of Mines' Warden for the Wagga district, Mr. George Stevenson, P.M., has recently paid a visit of inspection to the goldfields at…

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Rich Gold Find

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

A rich find of gold is reported at Kanowon (W.A.), specimen stone giving 500 ozs. to the ton, has been found. The reef can be traced for…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 23

The Tongkah Harbor Tin Dredging Company had four dredges running 2007 hours last month for a return of 75 tons 8 cwt. This is the best run the company…

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Murrill Creek Mine. Visited by the Warden

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 3

Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M., mining warden for the district has prepared a report for the Under-secretary for Mines of a visit which he paid to…

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News From the Capital. Sydney, Thursday. Newcastle Coal Vend

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 4

It is understood that at a meeting at Newcastle yesterday, the question of dissolving the coal vend was discussed, but no decision was…

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Miners' Disease Research. Capetown, April 7

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

It is announced. that the Witwater's Rand Native Labor Association, is building a laboratory at Johannesburg costing £40,000, with the object of…

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Mining Strike. Ottawa

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

The Government allows the min[?] strikers in British Columbia and Al[?]berta till Monday to settle their differences. The Government will the…

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Fire in Mine. Many Men Entombed. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

Between 50 and 60 men were entombed by a fire in a mine at Thoop, Pennsylvania. No hope of rescue is entertained…

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Cold Mine Robbed. Watchmen Imprisoned and Safes Exploded. Vienna

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

The Hungarian State gold mine, at Veresviz, was visited by robbers on Friday. They lowered themselves down a disused shaft and lay…

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Sixty Convicts Killed. and 200 Entombed. Mine Explosion in America London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

A cable from Littleton, Alabama, U.S.A, on Saturday, reported that 60 convict workers were killed by an explosion in the Banner coal mines. Two…

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Terrible Mining Disaster

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

Particulars of the explosion in the Banner mine, Alabama, show that 45 bodies have been removed, and 128 more of the dead are still…

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The Colliery Trouble. Rumors of General Strike Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

The Pelaw Main colliery is still idle. There is also dissatisfaction among the employees at the Hebburn and Aber main mines. Rumors are…

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Gold Discovery. Excitement at Beverley. Rich Finds. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

Great excitement prevails at Beverley in consequence of the discovery of gold. Samples give high results. Up to last night 40 claims had been…

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School of Mines Woolclassers

The Worker · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 3

An association of the South Australian School of Mines woolclassers has been formed, and the rates of pay fixed. It was decided that for classing sheds where…

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Coal Strike. Government Intervention Desired. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 2

The coal mine-owners affected by the Crows' Nest strike, will inform the Labor Department that they welcome the proposal for Government…

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