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Mining & the mines, 1918

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Enemy Counters. Temporary Success, But Mine Restored

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1918 · page 2

Sir Douglas Haig reports:— Fresh enemy divisions from the reserve this morning strongly attacked our positions at Lihons (W. of…

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Richmond Mine. Men Cease Work. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 August 1918 · page 4

Unionists employed at the Richmond Main colliery creased work last night, and the day shift unionists refused to work to-day. The trouble arose over a…

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Closing Down. Mines at Broken Mill. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 August 1918 · page 4

It is believed that several additional mines at Broken Hill will be compelled to close down shortly for want of coal…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 August 1918 · page 4

The New South Wales gold yield for July Showed a comparative decrease in value of £19,171. For the seven months of the financial year a comparative…

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Fortunes in Rubbish. Gold Found in Road Metal

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1918 · page 7

A road was being made in Tasmania with stone from around the New Golden Mara property near Warratina when it was discovered that this…

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Romance of the Coolgardie Goldfields

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1918 · page 3

In the history of gold-digging and gold-finding many a romantic and tragic story is to be found. Few of these stories, however, possess more…

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Alleged "Speeding-up." Trouble at Dapto Mine. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1918 · page 6

The men employed at the Wongawilli mine, Dapto, have gone out on strike as a protest Against the dismissal of one of their mates. The men allege…

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Mining Grant

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1918 · page 2

Mr. G. S. Beeby is in receipt of an advice from the Department of Mines to the effect that the Prospecting Board of that department has recommended…

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Tasmanian Iron Mines. Option Secured by Commonwealth. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1918 · page 2

Mr. Watt announced to-day that in order to enable the Government to retain some hold over the future of iron manufacturing industries in the…

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Importance of Coal. Output and Economy. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1918 · page 2

Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at Criccieth, emphasised the necessity for saving coal and its increasing output. Without minimising British sufferings…

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Mine Off Port Kembla. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 August 1918 · page 2

Captain Munro, of the steamer Wy[?]rallah, which arrived at Newcastle on Friday from Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, reported to the authorities that he…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 27 August 1918 · page 2

Capt. F. J. Daniel, manager of the Goobragandra Copper Mine, on Mr. Dave Patton'a property, states that the mine is developing very encouragingly and a…

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Miners Demand Better Wages

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 29 August 1918 · page 4

A new log of wages and conditions has been served by the mining section of the Australian Workers' Union on the employers in…

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Mining the Wyangle Gold Strike

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 30 August 1918 · page 3

MR. Thos Keefe has taken some more exceptionally rich gold specimens from his show at Wyangle. A shaft had been sunk on the property to a depth of 30ft. but…

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Floating Mines. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1918 · page 1

The Acting Minister of the Navy says that the naval authorities consider that the two floating mines sighted last week broke away from…

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The Mine-sweepers

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 5 September 1918 · page 5

Out on the deep, The rolling deep, A mine-sweeper lurches and cleaves; Her bow abreast…

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Far Better Than Coal

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 5 September 1918 · page 6

An American mining engineer has come to England with an invention for using nitrogen as an energy-producer in place of coal, at a fraction of the…

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A Gold-producing Poison

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 5 September 1918 · page 2

Had poison not been created from coke in order to collect gold, the world would are now probably have experienced a "gold famine" of…

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The Mine Sweepers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

Out on the deep, Tho rolling deep, A mine sweeper lurches and cleaves Her bow abreast…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 2

Mr. W. P. King, manager of the Goobragandra Gold Mine, reports that the continuous wet weather has somewhat retarded mining operations on the mine. Another…

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