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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 12

Some rich stone is being obtained in the old Dayspring mine, in the Parkes district, but it has yet to be developed to prove the value of the find…

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East Greta Mine Sealed Down Coping With the Fire Outbreak

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 4

IN consequence of the increase of gas, work ban had to bo discontinued in the old workings of the No. 1 tunnel at the East Greta Colliery. Sealing…

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The Coal Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 November 1903 · page 2

ANTICIPATING a reduction of the selling price of coal ia the Maitland and Newcastle district, men in Parliament have chosen to foresee serious trouble between employed and…

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East Greta Colliery Trouble. the Difficulty Increasing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 November 1903 · page 2

Reports from East Greta regarding the trouble in the No. 1. tunnel of this colliery are far from reassuring, and indicate that the position is hourly growing more serious…

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East Greta Colliery Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 December 1903 · page 5

Latest intelligence concerning the trouble in the No. 1 Tunnel of the East Greta Colliery indicates that, although the matter is one that is naturally causing anxiety…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 December 1903 · page 7

Good progress is being made on the Dawson River Coal Company's property (Q.). The No. 1 bore has been taken down 5201 feet, finishing in black shale. In that distance it has gone through four seams,…

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Mattland Coal Mines Heddon-greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 December 1903 · page 2

Immense numbers of butterflies have been passing over the district during the past few days. A peculiarity is that all are travailing from south to north-east. It is thought that these insects have…

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East Greta Colliery Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 December 1903 · page 5

Latest particulars regarding the trouble in the No. 1 tunnel of the East Greta Colliery are of a most reassuring nature, and go to show that there is now every prospect…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 December 1903 · page 8

Mr. Richard Thomas, mining engineer, of Carlisle-street, Stockton, and late manager Pelaw-Main colliery, in the South Maitland coalfield, has received news from England…

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East Greta Colliery Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 December 1903 · page 3

Matters in connection with the trouble in the No.1 tunnel of the East Greta colliery remain unaltered. except that sealing operations have been briskly continued…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 December 1903 · page 2

An application was made in Sydney yesterday to the Arbitration court to expedite the hearing of an industrial dispute between the Colliery Employees' Federation of…

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East Greta Colliery. Fighting the Fire. An Anxious Time

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 December 1903 · page 1

REPORTS from East Greta are not of an encouraging nature, and the outlook is a very gloomy one. The temperature at the seat of the trouble in…

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Maitland Coal Mines. East Greta

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

The management expect that the sealing operations will be completed at the No. I tunnel by the mid-night shift to-night. Up to the present 72 feet of an arched…

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East Greta Colliery Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 December 1903 · page 3

After a great light, the management of the East Greta colliery and the workmen engaged in putting in the brick seals in the old workings of No. 1 tunnel, in order to…

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East Greta Colliery Trouble

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 5

Matters in connection with the trouble in the No. 1 tunnel of the East Greta colliery remain unaitered, except that sealing operations have been briskly continued…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 13

The export of coal from Newcastle to placed beyond the State for the week ended on saturday totalled 52,457 tons. Coledale pit, the new colloery near South Clifton,…

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East Greta Coal Company. Meeting of Shareholders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 5

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the East Greta Coal Mining Company, Ltd., was held at the registered offices of the company, Messrs. Earp Bros, and…

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Mining on the Rand. the Mineral Wealth of Sourth Africa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 3

"The Industrial Awakening of South Africa" is the title of an article contributed by Mr. Neville Edwards to the current issue of the…

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Maitland Coal Mines Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 December 1903 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the Progress Committee was held in Lewis Hall on Monday evening. Mr. J. Dark occupied the chair. The secretary was instructed to write…

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Maitland Coal Mines. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 December 1903 · page 3

The selected Labour candidate for the Hunter electorate, Mr. Arthur Rao, addressed a large meeting of the residents of this district from the balcony of Mr. Robertson's Hotel, near the railway station,…

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