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Mining & the mines, 1920

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Moored Mines. Britain's Work Completed. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 4

The operations allocated to the British for the clearance of all moored mines in home waters and in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas have…

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Coal Mines. Nationalisation Opposed. "Social Ownership" Favored. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 2

Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, said to-day that a motion for the social ownership, with democratic control, of…

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Austria's Troubles. Scarcity of Coal London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 2

The coal situation in Austria is unprecedentedly critical. All passenger trains have been stopped for the past ten days, and there is a likelihood of…

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Coal for South Australia. Help From N.S.W. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 4

The Victorian Railway Commissioners are preparing to haul coal from New South Wales for use on the South Australian railways, there…

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Burra Miners' Sports

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

The "Burra Miners" a little combination created, in u moment of philanthropy, a year ago again brought forth their programme of…

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Danger to Shipping. Supposed Floating Mine. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 3

The Commodore in charge of Garden Island has received a message stating that an object, considered to be a floating mine, has been sighted in the…

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Coal Shortage. Works Closing Down. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Berlin, says that the lack of coal, duo to the freezing of the rivers and the shortage of rolling stock, has resulted in the…

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Steamers to Sail. Coal for Melbourne. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

R. S. Lamb and Company and R. G. Cowlishaw have agreed to the engineers' terms and their ships will be manned immediately…

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Floating Mine. Steamship Sunk. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 2

Reports from Genoa state that the steamer Princes Mailaids, from America, struck a floating mine, and was wrecked. The report has not…

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Miners' Proposal. Opposition Expected West Maitland

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 3

The proposal of the miners that everyone working in and about the Cessnock collieries should be members of the Miners' Federation [?]…

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Miners Earning £5 a Day

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 2

Up to £5 a day is being earned by alluvial minors at Hill End, Bathurst district, since the recent heavy rain. According to a message from that…

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South Coast Mines. Unsettled Conditions. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 1

Conditions are very unsettled on the South Coast mines as a result of alleged grievances. Already about 500 men are idle…

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South Coast Mines. Unsettled Conditions. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 1

Conditions are very unsettled in the South Coast mines as a result of the alleged grievances suffered by the men…

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Badak Tin Mine. Excitement in Melbourne Shares Rise to £300. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 2

As a result of remarkably favourable reports regarding the Badak Tin Mine, excitement was caused on the Stock Exchange…

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From all Parts. Stampedes for Gold. Strange Stories of the Lure of the Nugget

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 4

There are men still living who can recall the mad scenes that, followed the appearance at Sydney in 1851 of William Hargreaves carrying a small…

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Mine Closed Down. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

As a result of the marine engineers' strike, Hebburn colliery, employing 1,000 men, has been idle all this week. This colliery produces some of the…

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Badak Tin Mine. Shares Still Advancing. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

The excitement on the Stock Exchange in connection with the Badak Tine Mine shares continued to-day, when two shares were-sold, the first…

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Strike in the Ruhr Region. Day-long Rioting. Coal Held Up. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 1

Reuter's Berlin correspondent says the strike of miners in the Eastern Hanborn district, Ruhr region, for a six-hour day and better food supplies…

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Mining Hatters the Gold Output

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

The principal sources of output of gold in the Cootamundra Warden's district during the year have been the dredges…

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The Gold Output. Mining in the Cootamundra Area

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 2

THE principal sources of output of gold in the Cootamundra Warden's district during the year have been the dredges working on Adelong…

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