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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

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New Caledonia Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 2

Great efforts have been made during the past few years to develop coal mining in parts of Now Caledonia. It was pointed out at the time the enterprise was commenced that it was very desirable from…

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Great Cobar Copper Mine. What the Sale Involves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 4

Mr. G. H. Blakemore general manager of the Great Cobar Copper-refining Syndicate, when interviewed in regard to the sale of the syndicate's properties to an English…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 5

The second deep shaft of the Sydney Harbour Collieries' Mine at Balmain has been "bottomed," the coal seam being struck at a depth of 2990ft. The first…

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Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 2

The fortnightly pay was drawn at the South Maitland coalmines to-day. At East Greta the pay amounted to £2042 11s 5d, while at Heddon Greta the employes had £649 3s 2d distributed…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 4

Messrs. Joseph Palmer and Sons, in their monthly mining report, make the following reference to coal shares :—" The announcement that a binding agreement had been…

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The Wingen Coal Discovery

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 2

THE fact that coal was to be found not far from Scone, if not in the immediate vicinity of the town itself, has been known for a considerable period; but…

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Big Coal Seam

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 2

The coal struck by the last bore put down in the Bouflier’s Estate, by the Caledonian Coal Co., was at a depth of 62 feet, and the seam measured 33…

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New Caledonia Coal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 6

Great efforts have been made during the past few years to develop coal [?]ining in parts of New Caledonia. It was pointed out at the time the enterprise was commenced that it was very desirable from…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 7
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

The seam of coal recently discovered at Westport, New Zealand, varies, in thickness from 16 to 20 feet. At the Cockle Creek suplhide works during…

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Mining Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

The foreman of the workshop at South mine, Broken Hill, was killed on Thursday. The victim (Samuel Jackson) was engaged in the boiler…

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Great Cobar Copper Mine. What the Sale Involves

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 13

Mr. G. H. Blakemore, general manager of the Great Cobar Copper-refining Syndicate, when interviewed in regard to the sale of the syndicate's properties to an English…

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Safety of Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 May 1906 · page 5

[?] representative Royal Commission, [?] Lord Monkswell as chairman, has been [?] to inquire and report on a number [?] questions relating to the health and…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1906 · page 2

THE total working costs pet ton of the Ivanhoe, mine, West Australia, for the years stated are given in last year's report of the corporation as…

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The Band Mines. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 May 1906 · page 3

Hundreds of natives have been engaged at Delagoa Bay, South Africa, for the Rand mines. High wages are being paid…

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The Local Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 7

The output from the local Kayuga colliery has latterly increased, and Mr. Thos. Blunt's traction engine is being used for conveying the coal to Muswellbrook…

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Fatal Colliery Accident. Inquest Opened

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 3

The unfortunate youth Daniel Farrell, who sustained a compound comminuted fracture of the right leff, through being run over-by a waggon on the surface at the East Greta Colliery…

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Cobar Copper Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 3

The shares offered to the public in the [?] Cobber Mining Company. £30,000, and the 6 per cent, debentures, 30,000 have been over-subscribed…

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Tho Wingen Coal Discovery

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 2

The fact that coal was to be found not far from Scone, if not in the immediate vicinity of the town itself, has been known for a…

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The East Greta Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 4

The man Harry Binman, who was very severely injured at the East Greta Colliery on Tuesday evening, and who is receiving treatment in the Maitland Hospital, was…

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