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Mining & the mines, 1902

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Mining Matters. Coal Mines Wages Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 December 1902 · page 4

Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick asked the Premier in the Legislative Assembly yesterday if he could devise means of restoring to the business paper the Regulation of Wages in Coal Mines Bill? Had he noticed…

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More Transvaal Gold Deported

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 December 1902 · page 3

Another £130,000 concealed in South Africa until the close of the war, was landed at Hamburg, and handed to Dr. Leyds…

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Mining Mutters. Southern Collieries Difficulty. Sliding Scale Upheld

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1902 · page 2

Judge Cohen, President of the Arbitration Court, delivered the reserved judgment concerning the industrial dispute between the Southern miners and the Southern Dolliery proprietors. The court had…

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The Very Latest. London, Wednesday afternoon. Transvaal Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1902 · page 3

Great Britain in trying to attach a handred and thirty thousand pounds in bar gold handed to Dr, Leyds on the ground that she is entitled to the Transvaal's assets…

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Mining Mutters. Question of Payment of Miners. the Minister Sympathetic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 December 1902 · page 3

Yesterday Messrs. Alfred Eddon and J. Eatell, Ms. L.A., had a longthy interview with in Hon. John Kidd, Minister of Mines, in Sydney yesterday with regard to the system of payment of coalminers in the…

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The Mailand Coal Mines. the New Township

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1902 · page 2

Considerable progress continues to be made in connection with the development of the now collieries to the south of Maitland. For some time there has been a steady increase in…

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Southern Collieries Difficulty. Sliding Scale Upheld

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1902 · page 5

Judge Cohen, President of the Arbitration Court, delivered the reserved judgment concerning the industrial dispute between the Southern miners and the Southern Colliery proprietors. The court had…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1902 · page 12
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Following are the results of lust week's operations at the Sulphide Corporation works at Cockle Creek: —Ore treated 907 tons, producing bullion containing 1289 0z gold, 24,720oz silver, and 339 tons lead…

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The Maitland Coal Mines. Progressive Development

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 December 1902 · page 4

It was a subject of general remark and genuine regret when his Excellency Sir Hurry Rawson visited Maitland the other day and was shown the unrivalled agricultural area of one porion of the…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1902 · page 2

Proceedings before the Arbitration Court in connection with an industrial dispute between the Lithgow district smelters and workers and the Great cobar copper Mining syndicate were commenced at…

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Mining Mutters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 December 1902 · page 2

A Washington telegram states that the Navy Department, which has been experimenting for some time with oil fuel for warships. has issued a report which shows that oil is more expensive than coal in…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 December 1902 · page 2

In the case of the Western Miners' Association varsus the Vale of clwydd coalmining company, for alleged wrongful dismissal of two men, heard in the Arbitration court at Lithgow, Mr.sulliva, for the…

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The Maitland Coal Mines. the New Township

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 13

Considerable progress continues to be made in connection with the development of the new collieries to the south of Maitland. For some time there has been a steady increase in…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 10
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The Queensland gold yield for November was 81,642oz, being an increase of l2,092oz compared with November las year. At Standford-Merthyr Colliery seven days were…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1902 · page 2

Poppet heads have been crected at the shaft sunk in Greta by Messrs. North and Rylctt. and it is anticipared that by the new year oil shale will be won, Five tons of this mineral has been ordered by…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 8
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Business at the South Maitland coalmies has improved considerably and during the fortnight ended yesterday pretty constant time has been worked for the ensuing pay as follows:—East…

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Wonders of South Africa's Great Goldfields

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 5

From time immemorial, the dream of mankind and the hearts of the adventurous, have been excited and stirred by thoughts of the earth's…

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