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Mining & the mines, 1904

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 2

A nice specimen of [?] has been found at Nenrigundah, in the Bega district, by Mr. Cole, while prospecting at that place. So far, no further trace of [?] can be found…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 9

The January mineral returns of Tasmania show a total value of £116,788, as compared with £74,878 in January last year. The Mount Morgan Company has declared a…

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Maitland Coalmines A.A. Co's Hebburn Colliery. No. X.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 7

acquiring the Hebburn estate some few [?] ago the Australian Agricultural [?] became possessed of one of the most able and extensive coal-bearing properties…

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Labour for Hand Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 3

The Legislative Council of the Transvaal has assented to the Labour Importation Ordinance…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 4

The export of coal from Newcastle to [?] beyond the State for the week ended on Saturday totalled 42,153 tons. Of this amount 29,442 were for Australasian ports…

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The Trouble at Teralba. Miners to Be Prosecuted. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 3

The end of the Teralba trouble has not yet been reached. As soon as the president and members of the Arbitration Court had taken their seats on the bench to-day, an ex parte…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 2

One of the leading Rand mines last year paid, on a large capital, a dividend of nearly 200 per cent. In the United States, last year…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 4

There is some talk of coal-cutting machines being introduced into the Coledalo Colliery, in the Southern district. An opal mine is reported to have been found at…

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The War. Fighting on the Yalu River. Russian Transport Sunk. Commander and Sailors Killed. Russian Ships Coal at Jebutil. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 3

THE Chinese Legation at Paris states that fighting is in progress on the Yalu River. The Russians have taken 80…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 5

A meeting of [?], mullockers, and others, convened by the A.W.A., was held at the B[?]ulder mine, Kalgoorlie, W.A., recently, when a resolution was carried favouring an appeal to the Arbitration…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 2

A telegram from Alice Springs concerning the Winneeke Depot goldfield, South Australia, states that a crushing from the Black Eagle Mine gave a return of 20oz, 11dwt, per…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

The shipping trade of Newcastle continues very dull, and the pay drawn by the mines yesterday was, with few exceptions, the smallest for some time…

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The Mining Industry. Progress During 1903

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 6

An interesting statement has been prepared by Mr. Pittman, Under-secretary for Mines with regard to the progress made during 1903 in the mineral industry. In the course of the…

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The Trouble at Teralba. Miners to Be Prosecuted. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 14

The end of the Teralba trouble fans not yet been reached. As soon as the president and members of tho Arbitration Court had taken their seats on the bench, to-day, an ex parte…

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Newcastle. Alleged Assault in a Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 February 1904 · page 3

At the Wallsend Police Court, this morning, before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., David Panton, a wheeler, was committed for trial at the sitting Quarter Sessions on a charge of having, on…

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Mining Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 February 1904 · page 3

Many people are unaware of the fact that a great deal of the coal hewn in the Newcastle district comes from under the sea. The coalminers of the Stockton, Hetton, Newcastle, and A.A. collieries are…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 3

Some rich stone is being mined at Wyalong. Elliot and party, of the White Lady, a property only recently taken up, adjoining the Ryebuck, treated 33 tons for 42oz. 7dwt. gold. At Yalgogrin,…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 3

The first meeting of the shareholders in the Cooperative Colliery was held yesterday at Outtrim, Victoria. There was a large attendance and it was decided to call the colliery the Outtrim Co-operative…

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Colliery Fatalities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 3

The breaking of a rope at a Rotherham (Yorkshire) coalpit precipitated eight miners to the bottom of the shaft. All except one were Killed…

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