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Mining & the mines, 1913

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Great Cobar Mine LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1913 · page 2

Mr. Harvey, a director, has reported on his visit to the Great Cobar mine, and recommends the reorganisation of the entire staff, and a…

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The Miners' Conference London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 5

The Miners' Federation Conference regretted the rejection of the demand for a fifteen per cent. advance in surfacemen's wages. It is hoped the…

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Mining Syndicate

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 2

A meeting was held last evening at the Pastoral Hotel, to form a prospecting association to be known as the Commons Extended Gold Mining…

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Mine Cage Breaks Away Seven Killed. Vienna

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 2

A cage at the Erna mine fell 950 feet and seven were killed…

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Colorado Coal Mining Disaster Miners Entombed. Grand Junction

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 2

An explosion occurred at the Vulcan coal mine, in the Neighborhood, of New Castle, Colorado, wild entombed 40 to 50 miners…

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Miners Entombed New York

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 2

An explosion in the Vulcan mine (Colorado) entombed between 40 and 50 miners. Rescuers are unable to enter the workings owing to…

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Coal Trimmers Cause Trouble

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 2

The members of the Coal Trimmers' Union at Newcastle have refused to work the Union Company's steamers Maunganui and Waitemata,…

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Strike at Helensburgh Mine Idle. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 2

In consequence of a dispute about the wages of a wheeler at the Metropolitan Colliery, Halensburgh, all hands struck this morning, and the…

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Senghenydd Colliery Enquiry London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 2

Under the new Mining Act, the Senghenydd inquiry will be held before the Chief Inspector of Collieries, with two assessors, representing the…

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Colliery on Fire St. Petersburg, Wed

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 2

A fire bas been raging for eight days in a colliery at Vladivostock. Fifty men are entombed…

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Trouble at Collieries. Huge Stoppage Threatened. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 2

The Maitland miners threaten to cease work unless the employees abolish the afternoon shift [?]iately Unless efforts are made to refer the…

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Rich Gold Find. St. Petersburg

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 2

A big gold discovery is reported in Siberia Several huge alluvial nuggets have been found at Yenlseosk and Kainchatka…

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Colliery Dispute Ended

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 2

The Industrial Registrar has informed the Maitland Miners' Conference that Judge Edmunds is willing to go into the question of the…

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The Cost of Coal. Facts About Mine Disaster. Heroes in the Pit

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 7

So long as we omit one precaution against coal mine explosions, no one, says the Manchester Guardian." can look into his domestic the with a clear conscience…

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Maitland Miners' Trouble Ended Industrial Registrar's Mediation. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 2

The Industrial Registrar a conference of miners at West Maitland to-day in connection with the crisis there, and urged the adoption…

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Miners and Politics. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 December 1913 · page 2

The council of the Derbyshire Ministers' Association has resolved that unless Mr. Kenyon's (Liberal) election expenses arc paid, a ballot of…

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