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Mining & the mines, 1905

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Newcastle Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 3

Inquiry this morning elicited the fact that a report published in the morning papers that 100 additional summonses' had been issued against Newcastle strikers was…

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The Coal Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

WE were ab[?] yesterday to state that the Seaham and [?] Wallsend wheelers had resolved to result[?] be work at the 10 per cent, reduction. A[?] it was also reported…

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British Coal Fields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 3

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the working and durability of the coal fields of the United Kingdom reports that the available coal is 10,000,000,000 tons…

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German Coal Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 5

The coalmine owners of Westphalia, whom nearly 200,000 men are on strike, are acting in a conciliatory manner towards the men, and have resolved to inquire into and…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 5
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A remarkable discovery is reported to have been made 13 miles from Charters Towers (Q.), by a teamster named S. McColl, while looking for horses. In Clark…

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Selling Price of Coal. a South Coast Estimate

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 13

The general secretary of the Illawarra Miners' Association, Mr. D. Ritchie, is in, receipt of the report of the accountant appointed by the Court in connection with the…

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To Dredge the "Sea of Death." Gold Seekers Exploring Neptune's Cemetery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 6

When a warship, which had been sent out by the United States Government to search the Atlantic for derelicts, returned, her captain…

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(All Rights Reserved.) Twixt Love and Gold. PART 10. a Highly Sensational Romance of Love and Adventure. Chapter Xiii Continued

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 6

"What am I to do?" asked Wylva in a perplexed tone, as she handed the telegram to Lady Cameron. The message ran:— "Come to…

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Colliery Troubles. the Payment for Hard Coal. the Duty of Wheelers. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 3

Tho Acting Registrar of the Arbitration Court, Mr. A. H.Uther delivered two judgements to-day in references to the coalmining disputes. The first was in the shape of a…

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Stanford-merthyr Colliery. Wheeling Trouble. Stanford-merthyh

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 3

Trouble occurred this afternoon at Stanford-Merthyr Colliery. The men took exception to the action of the management in putting two wheelers in a board with the…

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Lake George Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 3

The Appeal Court has dismissed the application for a new trial in the suit Lake George Mines v, Gibbs, Bright, and others, without calling upon defendants counsel…

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Export of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 5

The mail steamer Britannia left to-day for London with 70,000 sovs…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 13

For many years a few beachcombers have been able to work the golden sands at Colac Bay (N.Z.), at a profit, and one claim in particular has been particularly…

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Stanford-Merthyr Colliery. Wheeling Trouble. Stanford-merthyr

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 8

Trouble occurred this afternoon at Stanford-Merthyr Colliery. The men took exception to the action of the management in putting two wheelers in a bord with the…

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(All Rights Reserved.) 'Twixt Love and Gold. PART 11. a Highly Sensational Romance of Love and Adventure. Chapter Xv. Continued

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 6

"Hero they are," Mr. Bexfield said a moment later, as he stopped opposite the picture gallery and opened the door. " Now I will leave you…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 6

In a lecture delivered at Collingwood (V.) on Victorian brown coal deposits, the lecturer, Mr. Stirling, said that at Morwell in Gippsland, there was a bed of brown coal…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1905 · page 3

Negotiations, it is understood, are in progress between the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Northern Employees' Federation, with the object of is…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 3

One of the richest alluvial tin deposits yet found in the inverell district is that discovered last week at Stannifer by Messrs, J. Mannix and Roberson. The party had…

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A Mining Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 2

Yesterday morning, about 8 a.m., a miner named Andrew Tulip, employed at No. 1 tunnel, Rix's Creek coal working on the face of the…

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