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Mining & the mines, 1915

434 stories in Riverina's papers · page 20 of 22

The Latest. SYDNEY, Monday. British Mine Sweeper Sunk

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 November 1915 · page 2

The British mine sweeper Hythe sunk after collision with another British ship off Gallipoli. Ten naval men and 145 soldiers are…

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James Tyson & His Three Brothers Slaughtering Cattle on Bendigo Goldfields in 1852

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1915 · page 4

In '52 when my brother Thomas and myself were gold-digging on Bendigo we had our tent pitched about 200 yards from…

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Flooding the Mines

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 3

The copper mines have been flooded to prevent Germany working them…

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Colliery Trouble. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1915 · page 4

It is expected that the final settlement of the colliers' trouble will be effected to-morrow, when a mass stopwork meeting will be held…

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Mining. Tumut Gold Syndicate a Huge Pyritic Lode

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Monday 8 November 1915 · page 2

Development work is proceeding space on the Tumut Gold Syndicate's property on Wm Piper's land on Bom: bowlse Creek, and every stroke of the…

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Coal Lumpers. Employers Terms Accepted Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 November 1915 · page 4

The coal lumpers held a mass meeting to-day, at which a report was read containing an offer from the employers to recognise an eight hours day…

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The War. Austrian Mine Sweepers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 2

Austrian steamers are engaged clear- the Danube of mines in the neighbourhood of the Iron Gates. Steamers are already transporting Bulgarian…

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Mine Sweeping on the Danube. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 2

Austrian and German sailors arc engaged in clearing the Serbian and Russian mines front the neighborhood of the Iron Gates in the Danube. It is…

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Miscellaneous Items. Welsh Coal Miners. Threat to Strike. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 2

It is reported that 50,000 Welsh miners have decided to give a fortnight's notice to stop work until all the coal miners join the federation…

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Submarine Mine—layers

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 7

"Truth" thinks there is now no doubt that the Germana possess submarines specially designed for minelaying. These craft are fitted with a…

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New Zealand Racing. Desert Gold Wins Oaks. Christchurch

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 4

The New Zealand Oaks, run to-day, was won by Desert Gold, with Nones second and Bonny Dream third…

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Germany's Urgent Need of Gold

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 3

There has been no gold visible in Germany for some months past. What has not been yielded up to the Government has been hidden' under mattresses and…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 2

Mr Victor Leggo, of Victoria, has taken over a three-months' working option over T O'Keefe's gold show on M Geary's land at Wyangle…

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The Bombowlee Creek Goldfield

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 2

The crosscut westward in the Tumut Gold Syndicate's mine on Wm. Pipet's property has failed, so far, to cut the wall. The sulphide…

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Colliery Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 3

At the Glebe colliery, Newcastle, yesterday, the pit top caught alight. Flames came through and spread to the power magazine, where £1000…

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State's Gold Yield. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 November 1915 · page 4

The New South Wales gold yield for the first ten months of the present year shows an increase in value of £24,842…

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Industrial Unrest. New Zealand Coal Miners. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 3

It is understood that the New Zea land Coal Miners' Federation is determined to fight strenuously for 20 per cent. increase in wages to meet the…

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Explosion of Coal Dust Thirty-one Lives Lost

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 4

SEATTLE (Washington), Wednesday.—Thirty-one lives have been lost by an explosion of coal dust in the North-western Improvement Co.'s coal…

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To-day's Cables. the Mining of the Anglia. Friday Morning

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 2

The sinking of the hospital ship Anglia has caused great -anxiety in England The public supposed the Channel to be clear of mines…

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Industrial Unrest. Collieries' Dispute. Agreement Arrived At. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1915 · page 3

As a result of the compulsory conference in regard to the coal dispute it was announced tonight that a complete agreement had been arrived at as…

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