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Mining & the mines, 1927

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American Coal Strike Settlement in Illinois. Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1927 · page 2

Coal operators and miners both believe that the cool strike settlement, which in effective throughout Illinois, is likely to influence a settlement in…

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Lucky Gold Teeth

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 3

No one is more superstitious than the gambler. The men and women who hunt the tables at Monte Carlo and other Continental casinos attach…

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How to Steal Gang and Gold Escort

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 5

Remarkable stories showing the damaging effects some pictures have on the mind of young people are related in the annual report of the director of…

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Gold Seekers' Perils in New Guinea

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 17 October 1927 · page 1

Three months ago, Mr. W. H. Jones and Mr. Gerald Mack, two Lakemba business men, left Sydney on a prospecting trip to the New Guinea…

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Fall of Coal a Miner Killed WOLLONGONG

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 October 1927 · page 1

Two men were hurled beneath 100 tons of coal in Mount Pleasant mine yesterday. One, John Ashmore, was killed, while the other, George Hill,…

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Fall of Coal Two Deputies Buried. Wollongong

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 October 1927 · page 2

Two men were buried beneath 100 tons of coal in the Mount Pleasant mine yesterday. One, John Ashmore, was killed, while the other, Gorge Hill,…

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Cobber of Mine

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1927 · page 8

Cobber of mine! Do yon sleep sound To the mournful lay of the jackal's wailing, Where Syria's stars beam coldly on…

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6000 on Strike on Denver Coal Fields I.W.W. Action Denver City

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1927 · page 2

Although 6000 El Doradi coal miners, Affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World, responded to the latter's strike order, only part of…

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Broken Hill Mine Fatality Broken Hill

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 October 1927 · page 2

William James Stephens died at the Broken Hill hospital yesterday as the result of injuries received in an explosion at the 1000 feet level at the…

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Coal Miners Idle Wollongong

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 2

A meeting of nearly 400 miners employed at the Coalcliff collieries decided to-day to give 14 days' notice to the colliery proprietors to cease…

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New Guinea Gold Record Shipment Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 1

The steamer Montoro, which arrived at Sydney to-day from New Guinea, brought 17,000 ounces of gold of an estimated value of about £[?]2,500,from…

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Colorado Mine Strike Women in the Van New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 2

A Ludlow (Colorado) message states that following on recent industrial troubles in the district, two guards were pushed into a creek and 28 men…

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Family Endowment Cost to Broken Hill Mines Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 4

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Broken Hill North Mine to-day. the chairman of directors. Mr. W.L. Baillien said that the New South Wales…

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Mine Guards Defeated LWWW's. Led by Girl New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 1

A message from Trinidad (Colorado) says that cheering members of the N.W.W., led by a girl aged 17 years, fought the mine guards at…

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Mines Close Coal Trade Slack Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 2

The slackenss in the coal trade was emphasised yesterday when the horses were brought to the surface from the Aberdare and Aberdare Central…

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Family Endowment Cost to Broken Hill Mines

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 2

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Broken Hill North Mine, the chairman of directors, Mr. W. L. Baillieu, said that the New South Wales…

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Huts Full of Gold. They Trust Each Other

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 4

Gold is everywhere in the huts of the lucky miners at Edie Creek (New Guinea). There are tea caddies of it; pickle…

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Coal Miners Dismissed Cessnock

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 3

The employee of the Caledonian Collieries Ltd. are mystified by the action of the management giving all lands 14 days' notice of dismissal…

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Coal Mines Shutting off at Cessnock CESSNOCK

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 1

Employees of the Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., are mystified by the action of the management giving all hands fourteen days' notice, which…

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Trivale Wins Melbourne Cup Silvius and Son o' Mine in Places Veteran Jockey's Masterly Tactics Deauville and Clan Robert Take Jumping Double Fuji San Carries Over 12 Stone to Victory Mania Wins [?]N Yean Stakes Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 3

Trivalve proved himself one of the greatest three-year-olds of recent years when he beat the favorite Silvius in the Melbourne Cup this afternoon. Son o' Mine, who was last a mile from home, finished in great…

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