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Mining & the mines, 1903

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A Fatal Colliery Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 3

A tire in Uspensk colliery, Russia, caused the death of 58 people. Eleven others are still entombed In five days 321 persons were rescued…

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Pa's Pipe and Mine

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 3

Sometimes, just 'fore I go up to bed. My pa says to me with a smile, "Well, what do you say To a half-hour's play?…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 4

Within the last few months Australia has exported £300,000 in gold to japan The exports from Britain to japan for first nine months of the current year amounted to nearly £1.000,000.and nearly…

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Accident to a Coal Trimmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 3

William Hoskins, coal trimmer, fell down the bold of the steamer Ago this morning, sustaining severe injuries. He was admitted to the Hospital in a critical condition…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 13
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The output at the Mount Kembla is now about half what it was before the late disaster. The mining returns for Tasmania for the past quarter show the following totals:—Gold £78,793,…

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Alleged Embezzlement by a Mining Secretary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 3

The Government of Portugal has agreed to extradite Mr. William Parker Owen, formerly secretary of the Premier Sunrise (New Zealand) Gold—mining Company and the India Glearock Mining Company…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 4

The return of the New South Wales Department of Mines shows that the gold yield of the State for the month of December was 37,316 ounces crude, equal to 32,783 ounces fine, valued at £139,251, as…

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Mining Matters. Mount Kembla Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 4

Judge Murray and Messrs. D. A. W. Robertson and D. Ritchie, comprising the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Mount Kembla Colliery Disaster, began the taking of evidence at…

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The Maitland Coal Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1903 · page 2

Passenger and goods trains run daily at 8.30 and 2.30 p.m. rom the East Greta Railway Junction to East Greta, Hoddon—Greta, Stanford—Merthyr, and Peiaw—Main, returning at 9.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. (Sundays excepted). A Sunday…

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Collieries Strike in Yorkshire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1903 · page 3

The strike of colliers in Yorkshire continues. Yesterday, in the presence of largo bodies of armed police, 400 families were evicted from their homos at Denaby Main…

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Mining Matters. the Arbitration Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1903 · page 4

The delegate board of the Illawarra Colliery Employes Association has decided to agitate for an amendment of the Arbitration Act to provide for an alteration of the constitution of the Court, in order…

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western Australian Mining. Discovery at Southern Cress- Reported Sectional Find PEETH

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 January 1903 · page 2

SOME weeks ago two men—Lang and Hat—pegged and leased some ground hear the centre of the Southern Cross township where some gold gold been…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 3

The total receipts in connection with the Miners' Accident Relief Fund for Brown's No 2 and 4 collieries, Miami, during the year amounted to £508 16s 3d. The disbursementsreached £149 15s 2d,…

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Forgery of Mining Script

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 3

The directors of the Great Fingal Consolidated, Western Australia, announce that the misappropriations of Mr. Anthony S. Rowe, of the firm of Bewick, Moreing, and Co., civil and mining engineers, of…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 13

The gold output of the Yukon goldfield for the [?]ve months (May, June, July, August, and September) was 196,160oz. The number of fatal mine accidents at Broken…

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The Very Latest. London, Friday afternoon. German and English Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 3

The Daily Mail says a Westphalian syndicate is furnishm fifty thousand tons of coal to the German depot Port Said, underselling British firms…

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Western Australian Mining. Discovery at Southern Cross. Reported Sensational Find

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 4

SOME weeks ago two men—Lang and Hat—pegged and leased some ground near the centre of the Southern Cress township where aomo gold had been…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1903 · page 4

The coal exported from Newcastle to places beyond the State during the week ended at noon on Saturday totalled 50,982 tons— 28,781 tons to inter—State and 28,201 tuns to oversea ports, The total was…

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A Mining Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1903 · page 3

Seven Hundred and fifty families have been evicted at Denaby. The dispute is concerned with the pay-ment of fifty celliers for bag dirt. Three tribunals, including a joint committee of the owners and…

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