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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 7

The milling difficulty at Newcastle ia having its effect on the sister States. It is admitted that should no more collieries resume operations prices will have to be raised shortly, as Melbourne stocks…

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Mining Matters. Statement by the Premier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 4

The Premier, Mr. Carruthers, said on Wednesday evening that the Cabinet had given some consideration to the trouble at Newcastle. There was no doubt that the Arbitration Act was to…

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The Mining Trouble. Position of the Strikers. an Application to the Court. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 3

Before the Arbitration Court to-day Mr. Darcy Irvine, on behalf of the Crown Law Department, appeared in support of an application for leave to prosecute the Newcastle wheelers. He…

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The Coal Strike

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

THE Newcastle coal strike continues, and the Pelow Main (West Maitland) wheelers, where it was through the trouble had been settled, yielding to the entreaties…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 3

Harrison's trade circular states that Australian coal received in San Francisco last year was only half the quantity of 1903. British Columbian coal is ousting the Australian Product,…

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The Colliery Strike. Country Going to the Dogs

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.—The difficulty at Pelaw Maia Colliery still continues, and is beginning to assume a somewhat serious…

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The Mining Troubles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 3

The position of affairs now in connection with the mining trouble, in Newcastle district is as follows : that the operation of the order of the Arbitration Court, directing…

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Our Hidden Gold. the Question of Prospecting. Statement by the Minister

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

MR. MOORE, the Minister for Mines and Agriculture, was asked on Tuesday to state the policy and practice of the Department of Mines in respect to…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 13

Messrs. John Sullivan and Son last week found a nugget of gold, weighing 170z., and valued at £65, on their claim on Reedy Flat, near Tumut. The nugget was discovered at the third…

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Great Gold Discoveries in Nevada

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 12

A special correspondent, writing to the "Birmingham Weekly Post." gives the following account of the wonderful gold discoveries in Nevada, U.S.A. :—…

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The State Coal Industry. Its Magnitude and Financial Aspect

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 4

Just now, when the coal industry of the State is seriously menaced with dislocation, as a consequence of the strike in the northern mines, a review of its magnitude and…

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Newcastle Mining Trouble. Law Applications. Important Developments

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 4

The situation at Newcastle was responsible for two law applications on Thursday. One was made to the Arbitration Court on behalf of the…

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(All Rights Reserved.) Twixt Love and Gold. PART 8. a Highly Sensational Romance of Love and Adventure. Chapter Xi Continued

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 4

Paper, she could obtain. She had a small pocket-book from which she could tear leaves. And there was a book-case full of leaves in her…

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The Mining Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 2

DEALING with the situation at Newcastle and in this district resulting from the action of the wheelers is forbidden, in view of the fact that some aspects of the dispute are in the…

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Singleton. Fatal Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 3

A fatal colliery accident occurred yesterday Afternoon at Longworth's Dulwich Colliery, near Nundah, to a miner named Josh, Freer. While engaged getting coal the top stone fell…

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Gold in Abyssinia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 3

Russian engineers report the discovery of rich gold mines in Abyssinia, and they recommend the Emperor Menelik to develop them himself…

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Mining in Rhodesia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 3

Mr. Pringle, the consulting engineer of the Rhodesia Company, Ltd., reports favourably on the alluvial discoveries in the Victoria district. He says that the prospects are very encouraging for diggers…

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Fatal Accident at Dulwion Mine. a Miner Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 3

A man named Freer met with a fatal accident at Dulwich Coal Mine, near Numdah yesterday. It appears that while engaged in…

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The Newcastle Mining Trouble. Wheelers Proclaim General Strike. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 2

Respecting the colliery strike there is nothing fresh to report this morning, any Importance developments that may be pending not being likely to take place before…

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Terrible Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 5

A terrible accident has occurred at the Bold Colliery, St. Helens, Lancashire, Owing to the neglect of a winder a cage fell down the shaft, a depth of 1700ft. Five…

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