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Mining & the mines, 1912

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The Coal Owners' Harvest

The Worker · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 19

Giving a month's notice of the Strike was a very serious blunder on the part of the coal miners. During that month the owners piled up…

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The English Coal Crisis Accidents Due to Neglect. Hesitation About Resuming. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 2

Many accidents are reported from various mines, due to the way the pits have been neglected during the strike. Three men were killed and three…

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Long Tunnel Mine. Gold Going Down

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 4

NOTHING sensational occurred during the past two months at the Long Tunnel mine owing to "dead work" and the fact that no work…

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The Coal Strike. Some Miners Refuse to Resume. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 3

Five thousand miners at Bolton, West Houghton and Lancashire, refused to resume work till the minimum wage is fixed…

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Laurel Hill. MINING

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 2

Mining in general is very dull, very little color showing in any of the mines. There is, at present, on " the Hill " but one tunnel in…

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Wyalong Mining Disaster Relief Fund

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Coolamon Shire Council, the councillors appointed to collect for the above fund handed In…

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A Coal Pit Tragedy Four Persons Killed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 2

A fall of clay killed four women and children who were picking coal in an open pit. The victims of the tragedy were all buried…

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The English Coal Crisis. the Position in Lancashire. Extravagant Language Repudiated. London, Thursday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 2

Owing to the intimidation manifest in Lancashire, 640 Fusiliers arrived at the township of Leigh, 500 in Suffolk, and 300 of the 16th Lancers at Wigan…

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The Coal Strike. Demands of Surfacemen. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1912 · page 2

The demands of the surfacemen in South Wales Collieries have been dealt with and the whole matter is now settled…

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The Coal Strike. Miners and Soldiers. an Amusing Incident. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

The miners of Leigh, Lancashire, entertained the soldiers who were sent to enforce order…

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Victorian Goal Mine. Melbourne

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

All hope of a settlement of the trouble at the Victorian State Coal mine has been abandoned…

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British Coal Crisis Soldiers Go to Church. No General Strike Proposed. Lindon, Sunday Evening

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

The miners of Leigh, in Lancashire have been entertaining the soldiers who were sent to maintain order. The soldiers today marched to the…

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The Coal Strike. Enginemen Resume. Protest Against Miners Leaders. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 2

Mr. Wilson, Labor member in Die House of Commons, received £250 from the New Zealand press fund to relieve the strike distress…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 22

The State coal mine in Victoria, a socialistic enterprise run by an anti-socialistic Government, is idle, the miners definitely refusing to enter the pits at…

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Victorian Gold Find. Melbourne

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 4

Tributors working at the Pioneer mine Bendigo, obtained 203 ounces of gold from a crushing of fifteen tons of stone…

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A Good Joke. "Gold" at Murrumburrah

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 4

Considerable excitement was caused at Murramburrah on Saturday morning at the news that a rich find of gold was made under Messrs. T…

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Gold in the Mount. Harry Groths Find

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 2

Gundagai folk will be pleased to hear that there is still "gold in the mountain," and that Harry Groth, the ever-persevering…

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A Goldfield Fight London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 5

Serious fighting is reported from St. Petersburg to have taken place on the washing fields of the Lena company at Irkutsk, between soldiers and…

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Gold Find at Gundagai. GUNDAGAI

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 2

Another, good find of gold is reported from Parkins, Gully, Gundagai, giving a pennyweight to the dish…

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Gold Recovered

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

Over £400,000 worth or gold has been recovered from the sunken Oceana in the English Channel…

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