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Mining & the mines, 1913

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Northern Miners. the Present Deadlock. Sympathy with Southern Men. Newcastle

The Sun · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 8

The condition of affairs in connection with the colllieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts is such that it is not easy to forecast what the outcome will be…

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Mining Disaster. Two Men Entombed. London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 9

An iurush of water entombed two men in the Townhead mine, Cumberland. They are being fed through a borehole. The water has risen in the shaft 78ft, but…

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Idle. South Coast Mines. Only Two Working. a Climax Reached. Big Strike Feared

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 9

WOLLONGONG, Monday.--No great surprise was occasioned here this morning, when it became known that all the mines, with the exception of Mount Kelra and Mount Kembla,…

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On Strike. Southern Miners. Four Thousand Men Out. Determined Fight. (By Our Special Reporter.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 9

Nearly 4000 men engaged at the different collieries on the South Coast have struck work as an expression of indignation at the action of the Public Service Board in not…

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Mount Morgan Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 23

The quantity of ore sent to the smelters from Mount Morgan during February was 19,613 tons, and the quantity treated was 19,491 tons,, tons compared with a total of 16,866 tons for the correspondent month of last year,…

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The Entombed Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 16

LONDON, Monday Evening.--The entombed Townhead miners, who were shut in by an inrush of water, and bad to be fed through a bore hole, were both Irishmen. They will be…

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The Coal Strike

Evening News · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 8

THE recrudescence of the strike trouble in the Southern collieries is another illustration of what we said recently about the inadvisability of "patching up" disputes of…

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North Mine (Barrier) Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 23

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--The inquest on the bodies of the three men killed in the North mine was concluded to-day, the finding being one of accidental death, caused by a fall of rock…

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South Coast Miners' Strike

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 54

All the mines in the Wollongong district except Mount Keira and Mount Kembla are idle. The trouble arose ostensibly through the dismissal of two men at South Kembla for…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Southern Collieries Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 17

Representatives were nominated for the Southern Collieries Wages Boord (Coal-mining Group, South, No. 4) as follow:—Employers' representatives, A. E. O. Sellers (mining…

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Two Miners Killed. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 19

An explosion occurred shortly before 8 o'clock on Monday night in the sto[?] over No. 4 level in the Mount Elliott mine through a machine boring into an unexploded charge,…

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Victorian and Queensland Gold Yields

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 54

The gold yield in Victoria for February was 41,183oz gross, or 37,938oz fine, valued at £161,151. The yield for January and February shows a decrease of 6979oz fine compared with…

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The Old Palmer Gold Field

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 54

A movement is on foot to re-open the old Palmer Gold Field, near Cooktown (Q.), from which in the past over £5,000,000 was won. The reefs were then followed down, and gave good…

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Mining. a General Decline

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 23

Doubt and apprehension marked the prices that ruled on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday in all mining scrip. There was a fairly general slump in values…

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Northern Mines. Delegate Board Meeting. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 19

The miners' delegate board sits to-morrow to discuss the present critical mining position. Most probably there will be another adjournment till Thursday, as the position is…

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Against Nationalisation. Mr. Asquith on Mines and Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 16

LONDON, Tuesday.--Replying to a deputation from the recent Trades-union, Congress, the Prime Minister (Mr.. Asquith) sold he would considerably demur to the proposal to…

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Mount Balfour Copper Mines. Option of Purchase Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 21

The directors of the Mount Bal[?]our Copper Mines announce that an option until October 30 next has been given to the Australasian Guarantee Corporation, Ltd., of…

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Mining News. In the Wellington District

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 54

All the men at the Bodangora mine except one shift have been paid off, and work is practically suspended. The cyanide works are still going on, but future prospects are not hopeful…

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The Coal Strike. Result of Aggregate Meeting. Wollongong

The Sun · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 7

At a mass meeting this afternoon a resolution was passed that there should be no resumption of work until tho proprietors agree to reinstate Russell and Critcher and…

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