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Mining & the mines, 1904

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Miners' Grievances. Position of Affairs at Newcastle. Debate in the Assembly, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 December 1904 · page 5

An important discussion took place in the Assembly this morning with regard to tho grievances of Newcastle coal miners. Northern members and others had been obstructing business for some…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1904 · page 3

The Victorian Premier, Mr. Bent, understands that the Victorian Coal Companies are willing to accept the Government offer for the supply of coal at the rates proposed, and instructions have…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 3

Coal is generally spoken of as a mineral product, although, perhaps in a strictly scientific sense, says "The Science and Art of Mining" it is not really a mineral. It is found in beds or…

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Friday, December 23, 1904. the Coal Hewing Rate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 2

GENERAL satisfaction will be felt at the announcement that the Arbitration Court will sit in special session on Wednesday next to hear an application from the Colliery…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 3

The Attorney-General (Mr. C. J. Wade) stated in Sydney yesterday that, so far as he could see at present, the hearing of the dispute between the colliery proprietors and…

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A Lost Gold Junk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 4

Fabulous stories about the world's buried millions have cropped up from time to time, but a writer in this week's "T.A.T." describes in an article "Where to Find Buried…

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In a Coal Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 December 1904 · page 2

"Sometimes very bad accidents happen Cissy, although perhaps not be frequently as in years gone by More care in taken nows- days, and the use of the safety-lamp has…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 December 1904 · page 3

Mr. C. O. G. Larcombe, of Allandale,sydney, has been awarded the prize of £10 of[?] by the Australasian institute of Mining Engineers to mining students in any…

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How Diamond Mines Were Discovered)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1904 · page 7

The South African diamond mines were discovered 30 years ago, quite accidentally, peddler who was travelling from farm to [?] on his business noticed a brilliant…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1904 · page 4

A deputation, representative of the South Coast coalmining interests, which waited upon the Premier recently, respecting the issue of leases to mine under the catchment area…

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The Coal Hewing Rate. Injunction Refused by the Arbitration Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1904 · page 3

A special sitting of the Arbitration Court was held in Sydney yesterday, when the application of the Colliery Employees' Federation for an injunction to restrain the…

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A Lost Gold Mine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 14

Fabulous stories about the world's buried millions have cropped up from time to time, but a writer in this week's "T.A.T." describes in an article "Where to Find Buried…

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The Mount Morgan Gold Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 8

Until about a quarter of a cenury ago the Mount was only one beight in a line of low bush-clad hills, in no way specially…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 5

From a rough calculation the yield of gold this year from the wyalong goldfield is likely to exceed that of last year, which was 2,000oz. The Principal contributers to the yield were True Blue and…

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Superstition in Mining

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 3

We have heard of individuals who were guided to a discovery of rich veins or advised in their investment of capital in profitable mines by dreams, spiritualists, or some…

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(All Rights Reserved.) [?]wixt Love and Gold. PART 6. a Highly Sensational Romance of Love and Adventure. Chapter Viii Continued

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 8

He was cold. The morning was chilly and the light was now clearer. Lord Kilkerne shivered and the act seemed to bring him back to a fresh…

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