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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 11

By a full of earth in Guephia, a mine in Sicily, forty persons were killed. The shale miners at Hartley Vale have struck in consequence of the refusal of the management…

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Huge Mining Scheme

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 2

Mr L. S. DONALDSON, mining warden at Dubbo, has been notified by the warden's clerk at Stuart Town that £9000 was lodged at his office on…

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The Maitland Circuit Court. (Continued from our Supplement.) Saturday, Oct. 2. (Before Sir. Justice Simpson and a Jury of Four) HOLLAND v. the Stockton Coal Co

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 2

This was an notion brought by Mrs. Elizabeth Holland us Adminstratrix of one Thomas Laidlow McAipin, who was killed in the Stockton Coal Co.'s mine on the 3rd December last, against the Stockton…

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The Lucknow Miners' Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 October 1897 · page 3

The Attorney—General has refused to file a bill against Curtayne and Wassen, the Lucknow miners who were committed for trial recently on a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Alexander…

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A New Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 October 1897 · page 3

The Kalgurli United Gold—mining Company has been formed with a capital of £120,000, of which shares to the amount of £20,000 are being issued for public subseription…

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The Maitland Circuit Court. Saturday, Oct. 2. (Before Mr. Justice Simpson and a Jury of Four.) HOLLAND T. the Stockton Coal Co

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 October 1897 · page 2

This was an action brought by Mn. Elizabeth Holland as Administrator of one Thomas Laidlow [?] who was killed in the Stockton Coal Co.'s mine on the 3rd December last against the Stockton…

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The Belgian Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 5

The Belgian Miners' Congress has passed a resolution demanding an increase of 15 par cent, in Wages before November 12, otherwise a general strike will be ordered…

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The Maitland Circuit Court. Civil Side. Monday, Oct. 4. (Before Mr. Justice Simpson and a Jury of Four.) HOLLANE V. the Stockton Coal Co

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 6

This case in which the plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of Thomas Laidlow McAlpin sued the Stockton Coal Co. for compensation for the death of McAlpin in what is known as the Stockton…

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Mining Notes

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 October 1897 · page 2

A parcel of 19 tons from Adams' mine, Stewarts Brook, was put through the Standard battery last week, and yielded 14dwts to the ton. The result is scarcely…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 2

At Wellington (N.Z.) the widows of 22 men, who were killed in the Brunner coal mine explosion, are suing the proprietors of the colliery for £30,000 damages…

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The Klondyke Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 3

A gold-mining expert who was sent to the Klondyke goldfields by the Rothschilds reports that the statements as to the stupendous wealth of the fields on the Yukon are in no way…

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Grains of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1897 · page 4

Groat griefs are dumb, and little cares any aloud. Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.—Bacon…

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Gold Amongst Coal

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 October 1897 · page 3

JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) papers record a remarkable discovery of gold. A newly formed company in search of coal started work on a form 12 miles…

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A Fatal Accident at South Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 October 1897 · page 2

The coroner, Mr. G. F. Scott, held an inquest to-day at the courthouse into the circumstances of the death of the young man Ernest Moore, who was killed in the South Green colliery on Monday afternoon…

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An Alleged Swindle. All That Glitters Is Not Gold. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 October 1897 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day an auctioneer named William Alexander was charged with obtaining £4 from William [?] by means of a false pretence with intent to defraud…

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Sydney Hardour Collieries Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 October 1897 · page 3

At n meeting of the Sydney Harbour Collieries Company. Limited, yesterday, Mr. T. Ingham, one of the directors, who presided, said at was hoped that by chirstmas two years coal would have been…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1897 · page 3

A. gold-mining expert who was sent to the Kloudyke goldfields by the Bothchilds reports that the statements as to the stupendous wealth of the fields on the Yukon are in no way…

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Fatal Accident at the Font Hill Colliery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1897 · page 7

About half-part 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon a fatal accident occurred in the Font Hill mine, known as South Grata, and owned by Mr. James Raleton, tho victim being a young married man…

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The Accident to Mine. Bernhardt

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1897 · page 11

The Paris Figaro of September 13 contained an account nf the accident which befel Mine. Sarah Bernhardt. It appears that the famous actress had a narrow escape from death at Belleisle-en-Sur…

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Klondyre Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 October 1897 · page 5

Intelligence has been received to the effect Mint none of those who started for the kiondyke goldfields via the yukon after the middle of july have reached their destination. The mojerity are…

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