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Mining & the mines, 1912

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Gundagai Gold. Another Good Find. Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 4

Harry Groth, a well known prospecpector, has made a good find in Perkins' Gully, Mount Parnassus, about 200 yards from the railway station…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 23

The Mount Royal mine, Tottenham, N.S.W., is being developed rapidly, and the contractors have started to sink a supply tank. Modern smelters are to he…

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Newcastle Collieries Labor Demands. General Shortage Denied

The Worker · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 22

Last week the Newcastle and Maitland colliery proprietors complained, publicly, and with much show of circumstance, that their industry is being hampered by…

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Uniform Mining Laws SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 2

The Minister for Mines left for Melbourne to-day to consult with the Victorian Government on the subject of uniform laws for the prevention of…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

At the Lady Clara mine (Donkey Hill) they are now operating on the richest stone in the history of the property. It is probable that the clean…

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In the Armchair. the Gold Ladye

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 3

[?]er name in the church register was Eltmore Ba[?] but "Gold Ladye" was such a litting title that her really true name was quite discarded in favour of the…

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Local Mining. Last Year's Work. Departmental Notes

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 4

THE report of the Mines Department for the year 1911 which has come to hand, shows that the total gold won in this State during 1911…

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Mining

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 3

The report of the Mines Department for the year 1911 which has come to hand, shows that the total gold won in this State during 1911…

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British Miners. "No Room in New South Wales." London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1912 · page 2

Mr. Keir Hardie is in receipt of the following cablegram from Mr. Brennan, secretary of the Northern Collieries' Employees' Federation of New…

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News and Notes. Mining Notes

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 2

At the Lady Clare mine (Donkey Hill) they are now operating on the richest stone in the history of the property. It is probable that the…

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The Pollution Problem Report by Dr C S Willis Particulars of Analyses. Mining Pollution Theory Negatived. Detailed Inspection of Tributary Creeks. Two Additional Wells Recommended

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 5

Dr. C. S. Willis, principal assistant medical officer of the Board of Health, has supplied the Department of Public Works with a report of his…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 2 May 1912 · page 23

The Lonergan nugget, found at Merreudce, Hargraves, N.S.W., was cleaned up for 54½oz. gold, worth £218. Diamond matrix. formation has been…

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Coal Dispute in America Agreement Rejected. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 4

A tentative agreement providing the basis of settlement of the anthracite coal dispute has been rejected the mine…

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Does Alluvial Mining Pay? Company's Chairman Says "No."

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 8

At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Great Southern Gold Mining Company, held in Melbourne on Tuesday, the chairman of directors (Mr…

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Price of Coal. Rise of 2/6 Per Ton. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 4

As the result of the minimum wage the price of coal in England has been advanced by 2/6 a ton. Wide dissatisfaction is felt, it being considered a…

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Mine in the Streets. Vctoria, (B.c.), Friday Night

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 3

A sensation has been caused here by the discovery of copper and gold ore in one of the principal streets. An enterprising prospector has already…

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Miser's Million. Copyright. A Great North Country Mill and Mine Romance. CHAPTER I. Old Sol and Nancy

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 6

It was a morning in late autumn, and the soft sunshine and sweet odours of the countryside were bathing and swathing the trees, lawn and…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 15

Mount Boppy good mine, Canbelego has shut down for want of water. About 400 men were affected. The Goldsworth mine at Uralla, N.S.W…

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Unemployed Miners at Cobar. Mines Closed Through Drought

The Worker · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 10

Mr. Davis, general secretary of the A.M.A. of N.S.W., reports that there are at the present time fully 350 miners unemployed at Cobar on account of the…

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The Wonthaggi Miners. Appeal to N.s.w. for Assistance

The Worker · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 16

The case for the miners at the Wonthaggi State coal mine, Victoria, who have been locked out by the "Victorian Railway Commissioners, was stated by their…

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