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Mining & the mines, 1905

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Gold in Ireland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 5

It was announced at a meeting of the Royal Irish Society of Antiquarians yesterday that a gold mine yielding 20, to the ton had been discovered near Ballyroney…

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In the Armchair. How Submarine Mines Are Laid. the Way in Which Harbours Are Protected

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 4

Thera are many people who imagine that submarine mines are holes dug in the bed of, the sea by divers, and filled in with explosives which can be "fired somehow or…

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Bullock Island Colliery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 15

Sitting in Equity jurisdiction on Friday Justice Walker delivered his reserved judgement in the matter of a petition to wind up the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company, Limited In…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 11

What is regarded as an important discovery was made at the Earl of Carnarvon's Bretby colliery at Stanon, Burton-on-Trent, recently. The Kilburn seam of coal, which…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Pelaw-main. Pelaw-main Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 8

A meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge took place in the Empire Hall yesterday morning. Mr. J. Gregory presided. The delegate, Mr. J. Dyson, read and explained…

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7,000,000,000,000 Tons of Coal

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 1

People in the year 39O4 will have to invent something to lake the place of coal, for by that time, according to the scientists, the world's…

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Colliery Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 July 1905 · page 3

An explosion of firedamp occurred in a mine at Anderlues, Belgium. Fourteen men were killed and 12 others were injured…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 July 1905 · page 6

The State gold yield for the month of June was 7162 ounces crude, equal to 6607 ounces fine, valued at £28,066, an compared with 28,508 ounces crude, valued at £95,205, for the same…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1905 · page 6

The Victorian gold yield for June amounted to (64,560 uncos, worth £252,[?]70. This is a decrease of 18,690 ounces on the total for the corresponding month of last year. The returns [?]…

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Colliery Labour Troubles Reports from Kurri Kurri

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 July 1905 · page 2

The American coal machine expert, who was accidentally shot in the leg by one of the police, is progressing favourably, but the doctors have not…

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Gold in Sheep's Teeth

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 July 1905 · page 1

Mr Brown, of Branston Station, has brought into Dubbo the jaw of a sheap, the teeth of which are plated on the outside with gold. Some time ago a…

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Colliery Disasters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1905 · page 3

A disaster is reported from Wattstown, Glamorganshire. Yesterday an explosion occurred in No. 2 pit of the United National Collieries, near the town, and of the miners…

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The Mining Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 July 1905 · page 3

The Lord Mayor of London has opened a Mansion House fund to provide relief for the widows and orphans. The deaths were chiefly due to firedamp…

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Colliery Disasters. London July 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 2

A disaster is reported from Wattstown, Glamorganshire. Yesterday an explosion occurred in No. 2 pit of the United National Collieries, near the town, and of the miners…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 13

While specking near Wattle Flat after the rain. last wee, a child named Johnson found a piece of gold weighing 2oz. 14dwt. on a heap of tailings…

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Big Mining Disaster. Great Loss of Life

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 8

An explosion, leading to terrible loss of life, has occurred in the Number 2 pit of the United National CollierieS Wattstown,…

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Mining Matters. State Mineral Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 7

The Under-Secretary of Mines has furnished a return showing the quantity aud value of the silver, copper, tin, and coal exported from this State during the first half of this…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 7

Although Belgium is one of the oldest coal mining countries, and its collieries have been actively worked for many years, a new coal region has just been discovered. Borings in…

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Aberdare (Caledonian) Coal Co. Progress of the Mine—splendid Prospects

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 22 July 1905 · page 2

The prospects of the Aberdare Coal Mining Co. is second to none in the South Maitland coalfield. The coal just piercw[?] is of the highest quality…

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Mining Matters. State Mineral Export

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1905 · page 12

The Under-Secretary of Mines has furnished a return showing the quantity and value of the silver, copper, tin, and coal exported from this State during the first half of this…

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