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Mining & the mines, 1903

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 June 1903 · page 2

Thomas Alva Edison has invented an air-blast that will separate gold from sand without the aid of water. It will be invaluable in places where water is scarce…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

WRITING in reference to the find of gold at Ogilvies Hill, near Denman, a Singleton correspondent of the E. News says :—" A report reached here that a…

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Mining Matters. the Proposed Conference—postponed for a Fortnight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

Owing to several reasons, the proposed conference between the colliery proprietors of the northern district and representatives of the miners, which was convened to be held at the Chamber of Commerce,…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 12
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[?]oected that in the course of a few weeks the of the Wollongong collieries will have been suvith safety lamps. d exported from New Zealand during May…

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Gold at the Mint

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

The geld received by tho Sydney brunch of the Royal Mint last month was 36.816 fine ounces, as compared with 46.360 ounces in May last year. This made 266.516 fine ounces…

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Colliery Disputes. Two Important Decisions. Quarterly and Other Cavils Ordered. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 3

The Arbitration Court to-day delivered its award with regard to the dispute between the Northern District Miners' Association (claimant) and A. Snedden, Northern Colliery, Teralba, and William…

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Payment at East Greta Colliery. a Satisfactory Arrangement. Matter Before the Arbitration Court. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 3

In the matter of the Colliery Employes Federation of the Northern District v. the East Greta Coal Coy., Limited, it was announced in the Arbitration Court this morning that a conference had been held,…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 June 1903 · page 4

Mr. Winward, one of the prospecting party which has had a number of men with 60 camels out prospecting on the esstern goldfields of Western Australia for the past three months, reports a rich find…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1903 · page 6

The conference sought by the Colliery Employes' Federation with the colliery [?] prietors of the Northern district will probably take place at Newcastle on…

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Miners in Conference. The Balfour Policy Condemned. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 June 1903 · page 3

REPRESENTATIVES of the Miners Federation of the United Kingdom have been meeting during the past week in conference at Bath…

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Mining. Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1903 · page 6

The President (Justice Coben) and members of the Arbitration Court have proceeded to Broken Hill to hear a dispute in which the Barrier branch of the Amalgamated Minors…

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Ogilvie's Hill Goldfield

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1903 · page 4

We (Quirindi Gazette) have received a letter from Mr. Harry Perry, who is now at Ogilvie's Hill, near Denman, to the following effect: —'I have one…

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Mining Matters. Miners Accident Relief Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1903 · page 2

The annual statement of the accounts of tho New South Wales Miners' Accident Relief Board was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday evening. The contributions from…

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Shocking Railway Fatality at East Greta, Boy Mangled by a Coal Train"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1903 · page 3

An accident of a frightful nature, attended with fatal results, occurred a short distance beyond the, junction on the East Greta Coal Company's railway line shortly after ten o'clock last night…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 1

The West Australian Mines Department has received a telegram stating that there is nothing yet to warrant a rush to the now finds at Randall's. At the Wollongong; Police Court, James Mahook…

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The South Maitland Coal-field. Specially written for the Chronicle. (Ii)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 4

The system of working in all the South Maitland Collieries, is day labour. Miners are paid at 11s per day of eight hours. In most working places in the mines, a miner…

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Mining Matters. Rich Gold Discovery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 8

Advices from Brisbane state that a sensational find of gold has been made about, three miles from Pratten, in the Warwick district, Queensland, and in close proximity…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 13

The coal trade of the port of Newcastle continues brisk. There are 66 over—sea vessels in port, and 115 are listed to arrive. Thomas Alva Edison has invented an air—blast…

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The Arltunga Gold Field

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 7

Mr. B. S. Bradley, of West Maitland, has received a letter from Mr. W. W. Farmer, who is visiting Arltunga as representative of the Central Australian Syndicate of Sydney…

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