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Mining & the mines, 1910

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With the Coal Getters a Descenet Into the Earth's Depths

Evening News · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 3

Overhead and all around, brightest day. Below, blackest night. I have reached the Pit balk. Inside this little building there is a curious structure. which looks like a gibbet,…

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The Coal Lumpers. Yesterday's Meeting. Confidence in the Bowling Congress

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

At a meeting of the Coal-lumpers' Union yesterday the various phases of the strike were discussed, and finally the following resolution was carried:--…

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More Prosecutions Feared. Hetton Lodge Uneasy. "Miners Should Demand Arrest." Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 9

The rumours being circulated throughout the district that the police are still collecting evidence with a view to further prosecutions under the Industrial Disputes Act are…

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Miners and Military. Federation Bars Service. Fines of £10 Threatened. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

The socialistic followers of Mr. Bowling in the Miners' Federation have from time to time been endeavouring to force their policy on the whole of the members of the…

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Mount Morgan Company. Copper-gold Ore Improving. a Decreased Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 11

The output of the above mine during December show's a falling-off in the tonnage of ores treated, both at the gold reduction works and also the copper reduction works. The quality…

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Coal From Oversea. Five Big Consignments. 32,000 Tons for Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

Five big consignments of coal, amounting to about 32,000 tons, have been ordered for Melbourne. The first shipment arrived in Hobson's Bay yesterday by the steamer Irish Mouarch,…

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Twenty Thousand Idle. British Miners' Shift System. London, Tuesday, 4.10 p.m

The Star · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 1

Upwards of 20,000 miners are now idle in Northumberland and Durham as a result of the dissatisfaction provoked by the present shift system…

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Mining News. Around New South Wales Fields. the Adelong Field

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 53

A report from Adelong states that Messrs. Capell and Dunston at the Great Victoria Hill, are crosscutting with the object of locating the rich bunch which they successfully exploited…

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Coal and the Future. a Problem of Commerce and Production. the Mystery of the Industry. I.

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 9

"What thorn is specially in the coal trade which makes it impossible for both sides to settle their differences and push business to their mutual advantage is a puzzle to the…

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The Tight in the South. Rowdy Meeting at Kembla. Miners and Officials at Loggerheads. the Glib Tongue of the Politician. (From Our Reporter.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 10

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--The bitterness which has for some time past been slowly rising to the surface in connection with the industries trouble on the South Coast almost reached…

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Island Tragedy. Murderers Captured. Williams River Goldfield. Warning to Prospectors. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 8

The steamer Malcambo arrived to-day from Papua and the Solomon Islands. Among the passengers was Mr. Walter Lucas, of Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, and the Solomon…

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English Collieries Idle. Twenty Thousand Miners. London, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 7

Upwards of 20,000 miners are now idle in Northumberland and Durham owing to dissatisfaction in regard to the shift system, resulting from the application of the…

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Mines and Mining. Dealings in Scrip

The Star · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

Brilliant Contrail crushed 245 tons for gold and concentrates valued at £960 12s 11d. A limited amount of business was transacted on the Stock Exchange to-day,…

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B.H. BLOCK 10 Mine. High-priced Coal Closes Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 9

The B.H. Block 10 posted notices to-day that the mine and mill would be closed down from Saturday next. This decision is due to the high price of coal and probable water…

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Western Collieries. an Interim Award. Machine Men and Others. at Vale of Clwydd Mine, Lithgow

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

A special issue of the "Government Gazette" was published last evening containing an award of the Western Collieries and Shale Mines (Coal Mines) Board, Constituted for the industries of…

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Miners' Emissaries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

Messrs. E. Davies and T. Thompson, of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association, arrived in Melbourne to-day. They have been through the north-eastern district canvassing…

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The Coal Crisis. Vale of Clwydd Mine. Interim Wage Board Award

The Star · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 4

The Western Collieries and Shale Workers (Coal Mines) Board has made an interim award regarding the Vale of Clwydd mine at Lithgow, with respect to men working…

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Kangiara Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 9

The report for the week ended January 1 states:— No. 1 level: No. 1 north stope, average width of ore taken down 4ft of copper lead. No. 2 north stope, lode 3ft 6in of copper-lead ore No. 1 south…

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Miners "Play Up."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

CLIFTON, Wednesday.-- At the courthouse this morning cases were heard which required the attendance of several of the strikers. It would appear that on the night of December 23 the…

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Western Collieries Board. Award As to Wages

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 4

The following award of the "Western Collieries and Shale Mines (Coal Mines) Board, constitued for the industries of coal miners, wheelers, surface haids, and other…

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