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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

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A Permanent Relief Fund for Miners

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 4

LATELY there assembled at Newcastle, under the presidency of the Mayor of the city, a number of gentlemen representing the coalminers and the municipalities,. to confer…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 12

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company. Limited, was held on Monday. There was a large attendance of shareholders, and Mr…

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The Western Australian Mining Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 5

The market for Western Australian mining shares is in a state of chaos. It is estimated that the differences in the value of shares since the collapse set in amount to £175,000. Several failures have…

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The Golden Klondike. An Enormous Rush of Gold Seekers Going In. Sound Advice from an Inhabitant

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 6

IN the rush towards the golden fields of the Klondike, there are thousands who are illfitted to stand the strain of hardship and exposure, which are inseparable from that…

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The Western Australian Mining Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 May 1898 · page 3

The market on the stock Exchange for Western Australian mining shares is distributed. The comganies in which Mr. Horatio Bottomley id interested are rather firmer. He expresses confidence in…

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The Very Latest. Spain Well Supplied with Coal. an Impending Engagement. a Report Denied. Patriotic Volunteers. Champion Pugilists Join the Ranks. an American Yacht Chased. America Increasing Its Navy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 May 1898 · page 3

The Spanish squadron, which left Cape Verde on Friday, comprises the armoured cruisers Infanta, Maria Teresa, Oquendo, Vizesya, Cristobal, Colon, and the torpedo boats Pluton, Terror, and Furor…

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A Coal Mining Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 5

An application was made in the Full Court to-day on behalf of plaintiff in the suit Elizabeth Holland v. the Stockton Coal Company (Limited) to make absolute a rule nisi to set aside a non-suit…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 3

THE mine manager of the Stewarts Brook G.M. Co. reports for the week : The main drive south has been extended 15ft., which carries it to 70ft…

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America's Lack of Coal. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 5

Colonel Bell, speaking of the engagement off Manila, stated that one of the things most to be feared was the lack of coal supplies for American warships, but he had every confidence that the…

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To-day's News by Wire. [Press Telegraph Association.] Sydney. a Mining Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 5

Argument in the appeal case Holland against the Stockton Coal Company, Limited, (referred to in our issue of yesterday) was continued before the Full Court to-day…

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He Went to the Rush. a Good Goldfields Yarn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 5

Many a good yarn is told by miners of the old digging days in Victoria when money wan thrown about like water, and when scarcely a fortnight passed without some phenomenal find or rush being…

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The War. Further Particulars. the Spanish Fleet Greatly Damaged. Enthusiasm in America. Popular Discontent in Spain. Manila in Flames. Capture of a Spanish Steamer and War Officers. Coal for Manila. 50,000 Jews Volunteer to Assist the United States the United States. Future of the Philippines. London, May 3, 6.40 a.m

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 2

Further particulars of the naval engagement off Manilla state that Admiral Dewey, the American Commander-in Chief, found that the Boea Chiea Channel, at the entrance to the harbour, had not…

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Discovery of Coal in Ireland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 3

An excellent coalfield has been discovery in the county of Antrim, in the north of Ireland. It is estimated that 2,500,000 tons coal are available…

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Coming Coal Crisis. Weighing and Ventilation Questions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 4

WHAT with the weighing and ventilation questions, the New Coal Mines Regulation Act is coming in for severe critieism at the hands of coal owners,…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 2

Good developments in copper mining are reported from the Cooma district. Reports have been received of a find of alluvial gold 15 miles from Queanbeyan…

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Threatened Coal Crisis. The Attitude of the Owners

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 2

A. MORSEL of comfort is contained in the information that there is very little likelihood of the strained relations now existing between. the coal…

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The Golden Klondike. an Enormous Rush of Gold Seeders Going In. Sound Advice From an Inhabitant

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 2

In the rush towards the golden fields of the Klondike, there are thousands who an ill-fitted to stand the strain of hardship and exposure, which are inseparable from that…

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To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. a Colliery Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 May 1898 · page 5

The hearing of an application on behalf of J. Drysdale B rown a contributing shareholder, for the removal of William G. MacPherson and John Woods, as liquidators is the Dudley Coal Company,…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 2

The mine manager of the Stewarts Brook G M. Co. reports for the week : The main level south has been extended 19ft., making it 332ft. from main…

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News by Cable The Western Australian Mining Market. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 3

Mr Horatio Bottomley, who recently issued a circular . announcing that, owing to the inability of some firms to comply with the scheme of…

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