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Mining & the mines, 1914

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Tire Colorado Upheaval. Some Miners Rescued. No Chance for Others. Beckley (Vir.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 2

Sixten-seven miners now have been rescued from the New River colliery in Virginia, but 170 men are still entombed behind the wall of flame. The…

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Coal Mine Strike. Employee's Reinstatement Demanded. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1914 · page 2

The enginemen at the Wallarah coal mine, have left work, and will not return until one of their number, who was dismissed, has been…

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Mining Disaster Seven Men Killed. Explosion in a Bendigo Mine. Packages of Gelignite Ignited

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 3

The most tragic mining disaster in the history of the Bendigo field occurred at the Great Extended Hustlers' Mine on Saturday night, when, as the result of an…

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Explosion in Mine. Seven men Killed. BHNDICO

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 2

Seven men were killed in a mining accident at Beudigo on Saturday, as a result of an explosion in the Great Extended…

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Bank Messengers Robbed £6000 in Gold Stolen Rome

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 2

Robbers attacked two bank messengers at Genoa, and [?] in gold [?]…

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Mining Disaster. Magazine Explodes. Seven Men Killed. Bendigo

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 2

The Great Extended Rustlers mine, in Anderson-street, was the scene on Saturday of an accident unparalleled in the annals of Bendigo mining…

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Mine Inspection. Designated a "Farce." Report of Mining Employees. the Fight Against Non-unionists. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 3

The annual report of the Federated Mining Employees, states that the present system of mine inspection is a farce, providing a government, label…

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Diamond Mines in South Africa

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 6

The history of the diamond mines is one long romance—catastrophic, skilful robberies, and the speedy realisation of colossal fortune, the annual…

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Bangadang Sold Mine. Sold for £5000. A Proposition of Magnitude

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 4

WHAT is known as O'Dwyer's Gold Mine, situation on the Bangadang range, about ten miles west of Adelong, and which has recently been…

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Bangadang Gold Mine Sold for £5000

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 1

What is known as O'Dwyer's Gold Mine, situate on the Bangadang range, about ten miles west of Adelong, has changed hands, after several inspections…

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Mines Report

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 4

The annual report of the Dept. of Mines for 1913 is just of hand, giving a record in the value of mineral yield. The output came to £12,095,084…

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Plumbago Mines in Ceylon

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 3

Plumbago, Ceylon’s most important mineral product, is known all over the world for its lus[?] lubricating, polishing, and binding qualities. In…

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District Mining

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 3

The following is extracted from the Minee Dept. report for last year:-- The gold obtained in the Batlow…

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Beer and Two-up a Goldfields Sunday, Perth

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 4

The Rev C. Taylor, of Kalgoorlie, told the Perth Presbyterian General Assembly that there were 300 [?]lygrogeries on the goldfields and that…

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Sly Grog on the Goldfields. Violating the Sabbath. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 5

Speaking of the drink traffic, Rev. C. P. Taylor told the Presbyterian Assembly to-day there were 300 sly grogeries on the goldfields, and that on…

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Colliery Idle 830 Men Out of Work. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 2

The Wallsend Colliery at Newcastle was idle to-day owing to the top hands reining to fill the waggons unless they were run under shoots in a particular…

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Mine Closed Down. After a Career of 20 Years. HOBART

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 2

The Montana mine at Zeehan, Tasmania, has closed down after a career of twenty years, during which £200,000 were paid in…

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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 Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 7

How many regrets lay among the past endeavors of the man who has been Iured. by the call of mining, speculation? How many abandoned sharts to-day…

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Colliery Unrest. Probable Action by Men. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 May 1914 · page 2

It is expected that a serious industrial crisis in the Newcastle district will arise early next week in consequence of the Wages Board award in…

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Burglary at Colliery Office Safe Blown Open with Dynamite. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 2

When a clerk at the South Clifton colliery entered his office this morning be found that the office-door had been broken down and the iron safe…

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