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Mining & the mines, 1900

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Grains of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 2

Mingle folly with your wisdom, or nobody will associate with you. The charities that soothe and heal and bless lie scattered at the feet of men like flowers…

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King Solomon's Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 3

And King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-Gober, which is beside Eloth, on the shores of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 5

A rush has set in to Jawbone, near Bodangore, where alluvial gold has been discovered. The yield of gold in Queensland for January was 59,861oz., aa against 5177oz., during the same…

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Grains of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 4

Despondency unnerves a man, hope invigorates him. Truth never loses any of its power by being spoken in love…

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The Price of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 2

SOME time since, the representatives of the minors, in conference with representatives of the colliery owners, sought to have the price of coal raised. The effort was…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 14

A rush has set in to the Coen River, in North Queensland, where good gold has been discovered. The yields of the Great Boulder Perseverance mine, of Western Australia, for January was…

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Grains of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 February 1900 · page 5

A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one. It is to live twice, when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life…

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Coal for the Imperial Navy. a Fine Chance for Australia. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 February 1900 · page 3

On being seen this morning with regard to the cablegram announcing that the Imperial Naval authorities are considering the offers of Australian coal, the Premier expressed his gratification…

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The Price of Coal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 February 1900 · page 2

Great disappointment is expressed that the coal famine reported by cable as existing in the mother country has not caused a more active demand for…

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Poetry. Mine Enemy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 4

Once in my pride I judged a man, With eyes austere I looked him through; I said, "Here failed he"—pan by span I measured all his faults anew…

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King Solomon's Mines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 14

And King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shores of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 7

The gold yield of the Associated Gold Mines of Western Australia for the month of January was 5218oz. Henry Wheare, shift boss at the Junction mine,…

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The Colliery Rtouble. An Agreement Accepted and signed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 3

THE miners, of Newcastle have at last obtained from the proprietors a general agreement to govern the coal trade. The terms and conditions of…

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Miners to Resume Work. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 5

Lord Mothuen reports that there is enough coal to start the De Beens dismond mines at Kimberley in 10 days and thus relieve the distress now…

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A New Goldfield

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 8

A TELEGRAM received by the Queensland Under-Secretary for Mines from the acting-warden at Coen, states that 320oz have been won by 12 parties,…

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The Price of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1900 · page 2

In his address to the members of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting yesterday, the President, Mr. G. F. Earp, Said:— "The question whether we are, and have been,…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 7

The estimated gold yield in New Guinea for the past year is 10,000 ounces. A miner named John Collins found on Saturday an 8oz nugget at Woolshed Flat, Victoria…

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The Price of Coal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 4

In his address to the members oE the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting yesterday, the President, Mr. G. F. Earp, said:—"The question whether we are, and have been,…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 13

A fatal accident took place at the M'Evoy mine, Eldorado, Victoria, on Saturday. Two shift captaine, James Trainer and Thomas K. Dunston, were on duty at the top level when the water started to…

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Colliery Explosion in Virginia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 3

A terrible explosion has occurred in the Red Ash Colliery, Lafayette County, West Virginia. One hundred and two miners were emtombed. Of these only 50 were rescued. The bodies of the…

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