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Mining & the mines, 1898

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The Coal-weighing Question

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 4

OPINIONS differ about the action of the Minister of Mines in stating that after February 1st next year the weighing conditions of the Coalmines Regulation Act will…

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The Coal Trade Difficulty

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 2

THE situation in Newcastle alternates between twe[?] gloom and hope. Should another struggle take place between the mine owners and the men the result must be disastrous…

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Gold Amid the Snow. Chapter Vi. Dangerous Shelter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 9

For a moment Simpson sat in the snow where he had been thrown and watched King fade out in the driving storm. Then he struggled to his feet again, muttering, "Every…

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THE Muswellbrook Chronicle O, sacred weapon, left for truth's defence, Sole dread of folly, vice and insolence, Reverent we touch thee! but with honest zeal To rouse the henchman of the public weal Saturday, October 15, 1898. The Coal Weighing Question

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 2

IT could be wished that more tact and conc[?] intoriness were being shown by the contending parties in the Newcas[?]e coal trade. The avowed…

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Gold! Gold! How to Get It. To all engaged in Mining

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1898 · page 2

The dish you now use is as old as Egypt. Why not use the dish which is to to date? The Klondyke Prospecting Dish is the most valuable tool ever placed in the hands of the…

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The Coal Trade Difficulty

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1898 · page 2

The situation in Newcastle alternated between gloom and hope. Should another struggle take place between the mine owners and the men the…

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Great Coal Discovery

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 October 1898 · page 3

THE West Australian Premier on Tuesday night received a telegram From Professor M'Coy, of Melbourne University, in reply to a…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 October 1898 · page 2

AN idea of the extent and magnitude of the auriferous deposits of the " Golden West" may be gleaned from a few returns reported during…

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Great Coal Discovery

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 3

The West Australian Premier on Tuesday night received a telegram from Professor M'Coy, of Melbourne University, in reply to communication from Sir John Forrest…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 6

Serious riots have taken place at the Virden Collieries in Illinois, U.S.A., as the outcome of a strike amongt the miners. On the arrival of a number of negroes by train to replace the men on…

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The Coal-weighing Difficulty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 3

There will be a meeting in Sydney on Thursday next of representatives and proprietors of Northern, Southern, and Western collieries, to consider the situation that has arisen in consequence of the issue…

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Gold Amid the Snow. Chapter Vii. a Rapid Descent

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 9

"Are you thinking we can't break through that drift, lad?" King nodded. "It seems to me," said the Scotchman,…

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Any Little Thing Like a Gold, or Unusual Exertion, Settled Right There

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 4

Where? In the weakest spot of course. Ever had a fame back? When you do you will find that the weakest spot in your body. Right under the small of the back lie the kidneys—the filters of the…

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Grains of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 3

Fear unbalanced by hope is desperation. A careless sentinel is a mark inviting a foe. Who serves himself alone is a tyrant's slave…

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The Coal Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 3

A meeting of the colliery proprietors of the colony was held at the offices of the Newcastle-Wallsend Company yesterday to consider what course of action should be taken in connection with the…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 2

THE Manager of the New Royal Standard mine, Stewarts Brook, reports that the now pump has been fixed up in the shaft, and is working…

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The Gold Still Goes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 2

HALF-A-MILLION yellow sovereigns was the amount taken to San Francisco by the Moana, making five millions exported from Sydney since the…

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The Lambton Colliery Strike

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

The wheeler's strike at the Lambton Colliery was brought to a conclusion on Monday morning by the lads and miners returning to work. The management conceded…

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The Coal Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 8

A meeting of the colliery proprietors of the colony was held at the offices of the Newcastle-Wallsend Company on Thursday to consider what course of action should ba taken in connection with the…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 7

There are now 250 miners on the Gira, New-Guinea, many of them doing well. No arrangements have yet been made at Wollongong to carry out the weighing provisions of the…

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