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Mining & the mines, 1919

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U.S. Mine Disaster London, Monday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 5

Fifty men were trapped in a shaft at Hamilton coal mine (Cherokee; Kansas). A fire followed the explosion. Dynamite is being used in an…

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Stuart Town's Gold. an Optimist's Views

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 12

Mr. W. J. Cooper, of Dublin, is quite optimistic that he will strike it rich at Stuart Town, where he is working a claim south of the town; Mr. Cooper says that fortunes are yet…

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Reported Gold Find at Wingham. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 12

Some excitement has been aroused at Wingham by the reported discovery of good alluvial gold on the Bulga, some 20 odd miles from Wingham. Prospecting parties have…

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Miners' Demands Proprietors Make Reply What Men Have Gained

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 6

In reply to the latest demands of the coalminers Mr. C. M. M'Donald, secretary of the Northern Collieries Association, has forwarded the…

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Gold Prospects Find at the Bulga Wingham

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 6

It is reported that good alluvial gold has been found at the Bulga, about 23 miles from Wingham. The latest report is that John Wallis,…

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Alluvial Gold Found Prospectors on the Manning WINGHAM

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 4

It is reported that good alluvials gold has been found at the Bulga, some 24 miles from Wingham. A colored man named Yarnold found some good coarse…

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Big Demands Railway Men and Miners Shorter Hours and More Pay LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 3

The London "Daily Telegraph" staes that the industrial controversey is [?] acutely. Railway men are to meet to discuss…

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State's Gold Yield Once £2,660,946, Now £369,743 Last Year's Result

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 6

A Mines Department return shows that the gold yield of the State for December was 9333 ounces of crude gold, equal to 9030 ounces of fine gold,…

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Gold-mining. Agitation for Bounty

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Commenting today on the agitation for a bounty on gold so as to give encouragements to gold-mining, the Minister for Mines (Mr. Barnes) said that any…

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Richmond Main Colliery Dispute. Unionists and "Loyalists." Fight in the Mine

The Australian Worker · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 12

At a compulsory conference called by the New South Wales Industrial Registrar last week John Brown, proprietor of the Richmond Main coal mine, met…

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Mining Shares

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 2
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Another active market controlled the operations in mining scrip both on and after 'Change to-day, and values fluctuated frequently. Silver-lead ventures were mostly…

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Northern Collieries. Men's Wages Demand. Employers and a Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 5

Recently the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation made a demand upon the northern coal owners for an increase of 25 per cent, on present rates of pay. The…

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Goal Mining Conference

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 5

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Industrial Problems. Railway Men and Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 7

The Landon "Daily Telegraph" says the industrial controversy is reopening acutely. The railway men are discussing means to achieve a national programme, and are…

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Straight Australian. the Gold Myth

The Australian Worker · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 11

LATEST cables concerning the claims, in London and South Africa, of the owners of gold mines, indicated that these are set upon extorting from the…

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Gold Yield. Last Year's Figures

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 4

The Under-Secretary for Mines, Mr. Cambage, has furnished a return which shows that the gold yield recorded in this State for the month of December is 9333 ounces crude, equal to…

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Miners' Wages. Employers on Demand for Increase

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 7

Recently the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation demanded from the proprietors an increase of 25 per cent, on all existing wages rates…

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