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Mining & the mines, 1914

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Trouble with Basuto Miners. Police Reinforcements. Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 2

The police at Jagersfontein have been reinforced as trouble is expected from Basu[?]os working in the mines. They are suspected of collecting and…

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Mine Disaster. Brussels

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 2

A mine in the province of Hainault, Belgium, has been flooded. Nine lives were lost but the others escaped…

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Mine Flooded. Nine Men Killed. Brussels

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 3

Of 350 men working in the Strepy mine, which was flooded, nine were killed, but the rest escaped…

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Miners Idle. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 2

Four hundred miners were thrown idle at Clifton this morning owing to the scarcity of coal trucks. The men became highly incensed on…

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Collieries Idle Two Thousand Men Out. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 3

The Hebburn and Pelaw Main collieries are idle to-day, and nearly 2000 men are thrown out of employment…

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Colliery Strike. Two Thousand Idle. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 2

The men at the Hebburn and Pelaw Main collieries have gone out on strike. Nearly 2000 employees have been thrown idle thereby…

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German Owned Coal Mine in the Middle of England. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 4

A sensation has been caused in coal mining circles by the announcement that at Germany company is in control of a new colliery which is being…

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Wereless for Miners

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 7

An Invention has been brought to light which will serve to considerably minimise the dangers to which every day the large number of…

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Adelong Mining Field

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 8

THE principal gold mine situated on , Bangadang Range, which was previously known as O'Dwyer's mine is now being worked by a…

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Coal Miner Killed Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 3

James E. Goodwin. a well-known northern miner, was killed this morning in the Abedare colliery at Maitland. He fired one shot, and was…

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Extensive Repairs Required. User of Australian Coal. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 2

The condition of the battleship Australia is said to be giving anxiety to the naval authorities. It is stated in official quarters that £200,000 must…

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Mining

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 2

The latest sensation in the mining world is moly [?]nite, it having reached the phenomenal price of £525 per ton. This has caused a rush of prospectors…

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Canaries As Life-savers. Bad Air in Mines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 7

The enumeration of canary-birds among the necessary implements of the miner might might surprise, but these pets are life-savers of the first order when their services are…

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The Romance of a Mine. the Queen of Molybdenite. Ore One Time: Discarded As Valueless Now Worth £525 Per Ton

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 3

How many regrets lay among the past endeavors of the man who has been lured by the call of mining speculation How many abandoned shafts to-day,…

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Coal Mines Re-opened Fortnights Loss in Wages £12,000. SYDNEY, Monday night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

The propr[?] of the Pe[?]main and He[?]urn collieries opened both mines to-day. This course is regarded as an acceptance of the resolution passed…

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A Million Gold Watches

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 3

Switzerland's export of watches in 1912 reached a total of just upon £7,000,000—a record figure for the Republic, although its trade in…

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Mining Disaster. South American Town Disappears. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 2

An explosion in Challapanta a mining centre in Bolivia ( South America), blew the township out of existence. The lose of life is not yer…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 3

Mr Edward Caen reports that high-class ore, almost pure metal, is being sunk upon on his silver, sine, and lead property at Yarrangobilly. The…

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As a Warning to Miners

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 3

An ingenious invention for warning miners of firedamp has been shown to the Kaiser. It is a kind of whistle which the gas automatically affects…

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Mining

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 2

Mr. Cotton, who has charge of the O'Dwyer good mine at Bangadang for the Melbourne Syndicate, has had an expert at Adelong during the past week…

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