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Mining & the mines, 1902

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Cobar Mine

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 July 1902 · page 2

Unfortunately, mining operations at Cobar continue to be handicapped by want of water, and, unless rain almost immediately ensues, it is probable that some…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1902 · page 4

The coal exported from Newcastle to places beyond the State during the week ended on Saturday amounted to 36,634 tons, the total was made up as follows:- Victoria 9,570 tons, South Australia…

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The Coal Resources of Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1902 · page 2

At the Australasian Club, London, last month, Mr. James Stirling (mining representative of Victoria) delivered a lecture, under the auspices of the Australasian Chamber of Commerce in London, on…

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Patience Rewarded. a Rich Coal Field. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 July 1902 · page 3

AFTER boring for sir years, at a cost of £30,000, large and rich coal fields have been discovered upon tha estate of the Earl or Dudley, Staffordshire…

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Greta Colliery Disaster. Sensational Evidence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1902 · page 2

The investigation concerning the fire which occurred in the Greta colliery on the 5th .December, 1900, which was resumed at the Greta Courthouse. Tuesday morning, before Mr. C, G. Wade, Special…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1902 · page 4

The difficulty at the Oattrim-Howitt Coal Company's pit, Victoria, which has thrown 700 men and boys idle, has been caused, it is understood, owing to the miners' committee objecting to certain men…

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The Power of Coal

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1902 · page 5

A pound of what we will call average c. would be somewhat smaller in size than a man's fist. A pound of this coal, if expended in mechanical work, would give us…

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Greta Colliery Disaster. Sensational Evidence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1902 · page 6

The investigation concerning the fire which occurred in the Greta colliery on the 5th December, 1900, which was resumed at the Greta Courthouse on Tuesday morning, before Mr. C. G, Wade, Special…

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Disastrous Explosion in a Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1902 · page 3

An explosion occurred yesterday in the colliery of the Cambria Steel Company's Belling Mills, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Six hundred miners were entombed, and it is feared that 300 of them have…

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Greta Mine Disaster. the Manager's Statement "Mine Wilfully Fired."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 July 1902 · page 6

The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fire at the Greta Colliery was concluded at the Greta Courthouse on Wednesday,…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1902 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

At a delegate meeting of the [?]awarra Colliery Employes' Association at Bulli on Thursday, [?] was granted towards assisting the Tasmanian miners now on strike, and it was recommended that [?] be…

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The Coal Resources of Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1902 · page 13

At the Australasian Club, London, last month Mr. James Stirling (mining representative of Victoria) delivered a lecture, under the auspices of the Australasian Chamber of Commerce in London, on…

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Australian Opal and Opal Mining

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 July 1902 · page 3

Considerable quantities of opal are found in Queensland and New South Wales. In the latter State the commoner kinds are found in many…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1902 · page 4

During the week ended on Saturday 58,967 tons of coal were exported from Newcastle to places beyond the State. The total was made up as follows:—Victoria, 19,180 tons; Chili, 11,757;…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 2

Late reports from the New Royal Standard, Stewarts Brook, are the most hopeful since the gold was lost in the Standard reef some two or…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 3

Matters remain quiet at Outtrim. Victoria, but there does not appear to be any prospect of a settlement of the strike. The miner Martell, who was the cause of the recent disturbance, is reported to be…

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Man with Gold Brain Pan. a Triumph of Surgery

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 2

The supplying of a gold brainpan to a man is described by Dr Rushton Parker, of Liverpool, in the British Medical Journal."…

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Disastrous Colliery Explosion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 July 1902 · page 4

AN explosion occurred on Thursday in the colliery of the Cambria Steel Company's Rolling Mills, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Sx hundred miners…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 July 1902 · page 3

The second reading of the Coal Mines Regulation further Amendment Bill was negatived on the [?]oices in the Legislative Council last night. Seven application have been received for the…

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