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Mining & the mines, 1912

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Rich Gold Discovery. 534ozs. From Three Tons Ore. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 4

A party at Mulgabbie, West Australia, obtained 534 ounces gold from three tons of ore…

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Miners' Federation LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 2

Since the coal strike, 30,000 miners have left the South Wales Federation. Three thousand struck yesterday at Carew Valley, Glamorganshire, in…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 15

Work is being rapidly pushed on at the Big Nugget mine, Hargraves, N.S.W., and the machinery is on the way. Arrangements are being made by the…

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Red and Gold

The Worker · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 10

WHEN Christinas bush is pulsed with red, And wattle all abloom with gold,…

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West Australian Mining Conditions. No Agreement Arranged

The Worker · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 15

The projected further conference between the Boulder and Kalgobrlie Combined Unions Committee and representatives of the local Chamber of Mines was…

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The Kentia Palm. a Monopoly and Its Gold Wine. Royal Commission's Unsatisfactory Finding

The Worker · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 13

Once attain the dainty decorative pet palms that adorn, some of our dinin[?] tables, and form the chief table decorations of restaurants and such like…

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The Carpathia Mine

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 4

Last Saturday was a gala day with the party and shareholders in the above tin mine, when the transaction between the vendors and the…

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Meerschaum Mining

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 3

In Asia Minor meerschaum mining is an important business. Pits are first dug, and as soon as a vein of meerschaum is struck horizontal…

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Nuggets of Gold

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 7

Mr. E. J. Dunn, late Director of Geological Survey, Victoria, had compiled a valuable volume of the departmental records in connection with the gold nuggets…

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South Coast Miners. Trouble Ended. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 6

It is understood that the trouble among the South Coast miners is definitely ended. There is now a good understanding between the men, and…

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State Gold Yield SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 2

The New South Wales gold yield for November shows a comparative increase in value of £12,000. The yield for the past eleven months,…

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Railway Strike. 3000 Men Out. Colliery Stoppage Feared. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 2

Three thousand men have now struck on the North-Eastern Railway. The company's services are consequently curtailed by half the number…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 15

Two boys, fossicking at White Cliffs struck about £20 worth of opal in 6ft. of soft ground, whereupon old boys and young boys made a rush, to the scene, but…

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Hand-bags. Gold and Precious Stones

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 2

In the pocketless age the reign of the hand-bag continues (says the "Daily Telegraph"). But the hand-bag of to-day is not extravagant in size;…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 19 December 1912 · page 15

Work has been commenced on the Big Nugget leases at Hargraves. Operations, however, have been delayed owing to the trouble of securing teams to draw the…

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Collision in Sydney. Coal Train and Engine. a Guard Killed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1912 · page 2

A coal train collided with a light engine at Darling Harbor this morning. Although the impact is described as slight it threw the guard…

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Coal Mine Strike. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 2

The Clifton Coal Cliff Colliery was again idle to-day. The miners held a meeting and every effort was made to induce the wheelers to resume duty…

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Dearer Coal. Effect on Shipping Freights. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 December 1912 · page 2

Owing to dearer coal the German Australian and Nord Deutscher Lloyd lines announce they are adding 1¼ and 2 marks to the freight rate to…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 26 December 1912 · page 15

The Clunes Goldfields has been formed in London with a capital of £100,000 with a view to acquiring G. F. B. Hancock's. property at Clunes, V. Shares to the…

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Commandeered Coal. Settlement of an Old Wages Claim

The Worker · Thursday 26 December 1912 · page 4

For some time during the Newcastle coal strike, which led to the passing of Wade's notorious Coercion Act, and the subsequent jailing of Peter Bowling and…

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