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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

766 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 39

Mining

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 7

IN connection with the Wingon colliery, we learn that the water from a dam bear. "Murnlia" has been carried to the boiler at the colliery by means…

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Power for the Rand Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 5

Electricians are discussing the establishment, at an estimated cost of £780,000, a power station at Verconiging to transmit energy to the Rand mines…

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Elysium Gold Mines (Limited). Chapter I.

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 3

Will Guthrie sat at his breakfast table in his dingy lodgings gazing thoughtfully at a letter which the postman had just delivered. A somewhat bitter smile…

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Colliery Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 4

The customary fortnight pay at the South Maitland Collieries was distributed yesterday. At East Greta the miners and other hands participated to the extent of £2111 19s 1d…

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Heddon-Greta Colliery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 5

[?] with the difficulty at He[?] Colliery, matters remain unchange[?] it still idle, and no further ne[?] have taken place between the…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 3

the Cockle Creole Sulphide Corporation during the week 1228 tons of ore were [?] producing bullion containing 2099 gold, 23,835 ounces silver, 368 tons…

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The Stanford-Merthyr Colliery (From our Representative.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 6

Splendid progress is being made with the reopening work at the Stanford-Merthyr colliery. The removal of earth from the falls is proceeding. The workmen have advanced…

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Progress at the New Mine

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 2

Work at the New Mine continues. Preparations have been made for the railway. Bullock teams have ploughed the line wa[?] and the sleepers are on…

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Burglars in a Bank. Haul Op Gold Coin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 8

Andacious and skilful burglars entered the St.James's-street branch of the London and County Bank one night last month, reports the "Daily Mail," and breaking through the…

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Miners' Wages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 5

The Northumberland Coal Conciliation Board, on account of the strike, has advanced miners' wages from 3[?]per cent to 21¼ per cent above the basis of 1879…

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Floating Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 5

The steamer Ningpo struck a mine 120 miles north of Kangise, and was badly damaged…

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The Mining Difficulty. Trouble at Heddon-greta. Pelaw-main Colliery Clippers. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 5

Respecting the trouble at Heddon-Greta Colliery a special meeting of miners was held this morning, when the question of the trouble at the mine was discussed. The…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 2

The weight of gold known to have been produced in Bendigo from 1851 to 1905 is 556½ tons. The return furnished by the…

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Colliery Troubles. No Indications of a Settlement

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 2

There are as yet no indications of a conolusion to the dispute in the Newcastle between the boy workers in the collieries and the. coal…

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Steamer Strikes a Mine [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 2

The steamer Ningpo struck a mine 120 miles north of Kangtse and was badly damaged…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 4

Particulars concerning the gold find at Copperhania, Trunkey, show that several parallel lines of reef discovered about half a mile north of Mr. J. J. McPhee's…

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The Stanford-merthyr Colliery. Stanford-merthyr

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 3

The main tunnel at Stanford-Methyr colliery is now being cleared, and gangs of men are working at both ends of the fall—that is, from the surface and from the first level…

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Strange Dream of Gold

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 3

Two grey-haired women—Mrs. Van Ohl mid Miss Smith—both well past, middle life, are about to set out for the goldfields of Nevada, where they…

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The Stanford-merthyr Colliery. Heated Material Discovered. Stanford-merthyr

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 5

At about 2 o'clock this morning the workmen engaged in the main tunnel of Stanford-Merthyr Colliery, while filling coal and debris, discovered some heated material at…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 4

For the fortnightly pay to be drawn at the South Maitland coalmines, Est Greta has worked 10½ days, while at Heddon-Greta the mine is practically idle, only a few men…

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