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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 3

The value of the metal won from the Lloyd Corner Company's mind at Burraga is estimated at £850,000. About 600 men [?] employment on the mine. The annual expenditure within…

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Colliery Employees Federation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 4

At the meeting of the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation yesterday, resolution was carried by a majority disapproving of the action of the South Maitland district in…

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Colliery Subsidence. Much Damage to Property. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 5

A all in portion of the old workings of the A. A. Co.'s Sen Pit Colliery late yesterday afternoon caused serious damage to property in the hill portion of the city last evening. A large area, about half a square…

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Mass Meeting of Miners. the "Dog Watch." Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 5

A mass meeting of the miners of the south Maitland district took place at the Kurri Kurri recreation reserve this morning. About 1500 persons were present, including Mr. M. Charlton, M.L.A., and…

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Aberdare Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 2

Negotiations between the Australian Agricultural Company and the Aberdare Colliery of New South Wales, Ltd., in connection with the sale of the latter company's half-interest in the railway…

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Batavian Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 3

The Batavian "Nieuws blad" states that Dutch vessels refused to load Pulo Lant coal. considering it to be unsatisfactory, while German ships bought it freely. Therefore a…

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Sale of Great Cobar Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 3

Ono of the largest sales of mining properly made in the State was practically concluded yesterday, when the representative of an English syndicate paid the sum of…

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Discovery of Gold a Rich Find

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 1

A Very rich find is reported from the Drake goldfield, near Tenterfield, by the tributors of the Pioneer, who are reported to have received 34[?]b…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Kurri Kurri. Miners' Gala Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 2

For some considerable time the miners of the South Maitland district have been considering the advisability of taking steps to bring about the abolition of night shift or…

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Great Cobar Copper Mining Syndicate

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 2

We understand that negotiations for an option for the purchase of the Syndicate's properties, which embrace the Great Cobar Copper Mine, the…

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Projected Sale of Mining Properties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 2

Negotiations for the sale of the Great Cobar Copper Mining Syndicate's properties, which have been in progress some time, are near completion, an English syndicate…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

A RICH find of tin is reported at the old Donegal dam, near Shannifer, Inverell, by Moy and party. The sinking is 20ft., with a depth of 2ft. of wash…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 4

For the fortnightly pay to be drawn at the South Maitland Coalmines on Friday next, East Greta has worked 10 days, while Heddon Greta has put in 9 days…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 10

New Zealand is wild with excitement over the fact that oil of fine quality and giving promise of quantity has been struck on the west coast of the North Island, at Taranaki…

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Sale of Great Cobar Mine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 5

One of the largest sales of mining property made in the State was practically concluded yesterday, when the representative of an English syndicate paid, the sum of…

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Using Government Coal. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 5

Major Hawke, found by the late Board enquiry at Melbourne to have improperly used Government coal, is to be removed from Quecenscliffe and…

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Mass Meeting of Miners. the "Dog Watch." Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 11

A mass meeting of the miners of the South Maitland district took place at the Kurri Kurri recreation reserve this morning. About 1500 persons were present, including Mr. M. Charlton, M.L.A., and…

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Gold From a Mud Lake. the Man on the Spot

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 6

Some comic letters, written on the banks of a lake of mud in the Republic of Colombia, South America, by the managing director of a treasure-seeking…

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Local and General. South Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 6

The syndicate which recently took over the South Greta Colliery, formerly conducted by Mr. James Ralston, has appointed Mr. G. W. Batey, previously connected with the…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 2

CHEESBROUGH and party are pegging away at the Timor silver lode. The old tunnel has been cleaned out to where it cuts the lode at a distance…

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