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Mining & the mines, 1902

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Maitland Circuit Court. Saturday September 27. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson and a jury of four.) MALLOY V. the Scottish-australian Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 September 1902 · page 2

After the report which appeared in Saturday's issue of the above case, in which Mary Elizabeth Malley, administration of the estate of the late John…

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South Africa. the Generals' Manifesto. the Plans of Settlement Discussed. Gold Hushes in the Transvaal. London, Sept. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1902 · page 3

General Botha, Commandant de Wet, and Commandant Delarey will visit Berlin about the middle of October. They intend to seek an audience of the German Emperor…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Monday September 27. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson and a jury of four.) MALLOY V. the Scottish-australian Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1902 · page 2

After our report closed in the above case, in which Mary Elizabeth Malloy, administratrix of the estate of the late John Malloy, sued the Scottish-Australian Mining Company, Limited, for £2000 damages, for…

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Coal in the United States

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 October 1902 · page 3

The price of coal in New York is 18dol. (about £3 12s) a ton…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Tuesday, September 30. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson and a jury of four.) MALLOY V. the Scottish-australian Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 October 1902 · page 2

After the report, which appeared in last night's issue, closed in the above case, in which Mary Elizabeth Malloy, administratrix of the estate of the late John Malloy, sued the Scottish-Australian Mining…

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Riot Among Coal Strikers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 October 1902 · page 3

Three thousand strikers at Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, exploded dynamite in collieries and buildings and bent the communists. Militia have been sent to the disaffected district…

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A Colliery Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 3

The winding rope at Tirpinty's Colliery, Pontypool, snapped, and the cage with eight men fell ninety feet and was dashed to atoms…

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A Colliery Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 3

A thousand miners in a colliery at Rhondda have struck in protest against the employment of non-unionists…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 4

Mr. Henry Hall, Inspector of Mines for the Liverpool and North Wales District, reports that only 400,000 tons of coal were "got" by cutting machines last year, as compared with 500,000 tons in the…

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The American Coal Famine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 3

The Americans are buying largely of coal at Swansea and Newcastle…

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Stewarts Brook. Mining Matters

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 2

We are all interested indirectly if not directly, in the progress of the mining indurtry of our district; but for a considerable time past, matters…

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Mining in the United States

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 3

President Roosevelt has invited the President of the Anthracite Coal Companies of Pennsylvania, and the President of the Miners Union to confer with him to-morrow. The object of the meeting is…

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An Old Mining Celebrity. Dies at the Age of 102

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 4

ADELONG, Monday.—Mr. William Williams, at Adelong Crossing, died yesterday morning, at his residence, at the ripe age of 102. The deceased…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Thursday, October 2, 1902. (before his Honor Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson and a jury of four.) [?] v. the Scottish Australian Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 3

After the report which appeared in last night's [?] in the above case, in which Mary Elizabeth Malloy, administratrix of the estate of the ate John Malloy, sued Scottish Australian Mining…

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The Colliery Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 3

Fourteen deaths are the result of an explosion in the Black Diamond Colliery, Washington,…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 12
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Consequent upon explosions that have occurred in different collieries trad the introduction of safety lamps to prevent further catastrophe, the necessity of using some "perinitted" or safety explosive for…

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Terrible Colliery Accident. [By Cable] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 4

A shocking colliery accident has occurred at Pontypoel, Monmouthshire A winding rope, at Turpentwy's colliery snapped, and a cage…

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Most Ancient of Gold Seekers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 3

A mining centre probably worked as early as 2,500 B.C., has been discovered by Mr. C.J. Alford, between the Red Sea and the Nile…

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Fabulous Coal Prices. Results of a Strike. The President Intervenes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 7

IN consequence of the strike of the minors in Pennsylvania, coal in New York is now soiling at ½d per pound (£1 19s 4d per ten), end many works…

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