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Mining & the mines, 1911

6,275 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

Carcoar Strike. Lithgow Miners Replace Strikers. Union's Dilatoriness

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 15

CARCOAR, Friday.-- Matters in connection with the ironstone mines strike were advanced another stage this morning by the arrival of nine miners from Lithgow. They reached…

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Tasmanian Tin-mining. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 17

Ninety tons of tin oxide were shipped by the Mount Bischoff Company for January, and 17,464 tons of crude ore were treated in the milling and concentrating plant during the…

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No Hope of Rescue. Trinidad Mine Explosion. New York

The Sun · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 8

Advices from Trin[?]dad state that the rescues to-day recovered four bodies from the Cokedale carbon coal mine, which was wrecked last night by an explosion of gas…

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Mining in the State. Yerrander[?]e

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 17

A general meeting of the members of the Ruby Creek silver-lead syndicate was held on Wednesday. The report aud balance-sheet were ordered to be printed and circulated…

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Mount Pleasant Powder Incident. the Miners on Strike. Reinstatement Before Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 14

WOLLONGONG, Friday.-- In connection with the trouble at the Mount Pleasant colliery over two men leaving powder in a skip, a monster. meeting of miners was held last night, when it…

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South Coast Mines. a Sanitation System Wanted. Reinstatement of Union Officers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 15

HELENSBURGH, Friday.-- Full time is being registered by all hands connected with the coal trade. At the Metropolitan the work of installing new boilers at the air-shaft is being…

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Mining. Tin Boom Bursts. All-round Listless Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 17

There was very little animation yesterday morning about the mining section of the market. It was to a very large extent dominated by the excellent business done in investment…

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Thousand Ounces to the Ton. Rich Gold at Pine Creek

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 13

ADELAIDE, Friday.-- A small seam of very rich gold has been struck on the Eleanor reef, on Carter's Consolidated, Pine Creek. A small quantity of stone is estimated to carry 1000oz…

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Enginemen's Claims. Against Barrier Mining Companies. Important Point to Be Tested

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- The Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association of Australasia will commence an action in the Federal Arbitration Court, sitting in Melbourne, on…

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History of a Proletarian Family. No 3 the Iron Collar ; or. Faustine and [?] (All Rights Reserved.) The Gold Sickle

People · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 4

The first publication of this story in Australia, commenced in "The People," for August 18, 1910. The scene of the story is laid in ancient Gaul. Joel, the…

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Vacuum Cleaners in Coal Mines

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 11

Vacuum cleaners are said to be the means that will in future be used for the purpose of cleaning coal mines of the dangerous coal dust that has often been…

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The Cokedale Mine. No Hope for Entombed Miners. Trinidad

Truth · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 9

Rescuers to-day recoverer four bodies from the Cokedale Carbon Coal Mine, which was wrecked on Thursday night by a gas explosion…

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Chaffinch Mine Sensation

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 15

Edward C. Dyason was arrested in Melbourne on a charge of conspiracy in connection with the Chaffinch mine. He was before the Court on Monday and remanded till February 14. Bail…

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South Coast Scourge. Typhoid and the Collieries. Suggested Improvements Discussed

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 3

During the week the following letter, dealing with typhoid en the South Coast, appeared in a morning daily : "Now that so much prominence has…

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Superheater to Save Coal on Railways

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 21

Railway managers will be interested in the example of some of the principal British railways, which have for some time past been conducting a series of…

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Germany's Gold. Dot Fine Old Faderland. Berlin

Truth · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 9

Professor Ballod shows, by official statistics, that Germany's private fortunes have increased 2[?] billion pounds within the last decade. The records of…

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The Great Bullfinch Mine. Why Was It Shut Down? Bunkum About Bogus Labor Dispute. Won't Wash: "Cui Bono ?" What's the Game of the Dooletteers ? Present and Future Prospects of the Mine. a Game of Boodle Worth Watching. John Norton Pledges Himself to Action—off to London to Investigate. Sunday, February 5th, 1911. Orient R.M.S. "Orontes" (at Sea), (En route from Sydney to Brisbane)

Truth · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 6

14. For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods…

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The Great Chaffinch Mine. Allegations of Conspiracy W.A. Government Issues Warrants. Messrs. Bonwick, Greenway, and Dyason Under Arrest. "Detective-Sergeant Harry Mana will be the Laughing Stock of the Country," says Solicitor Freeman

Truth · Sunday 12 February 1911 · page 6

The three men for whom warrants were recently issued at the instance of the Government of Western Australia, in connection with the Great Chaffinch…

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Northumberland Miners

Evening News · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 6

LONDON. Sunday Evening.— The Northumberland miners ny ballot decided by a large majority in favor of terminating the Conciliation Board agreement with a [?] to terminate…

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Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 11

It would almost seem as though whitever prospect there is before the coal industry it larjely iles with the Commonwealth. Industrial troubles have so discredited us among…

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