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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 August 1906 · page 3

A meeting in to be held on Tuesday at the office of the Australian Agricultural Company, in Newcastle, between representatives of the proprietors of the collieries on the South Maitland…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 2

Last week 20 1/2 tons of stone from the Bartlett Commonwealth mine, Graven Creek, near Copeland, yielded 45oz. 5dwt., making a total of 73oz…

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French Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 August 1906 · page 5

An accident occurred in a coalpit at Mar[?]ienne, near Charleroi, killing 9 miners…

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The Miners and Arbitration. -:— Decide to Withdraw. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 3

The results of the district ballot recently taken by the Miners' Federation, to determine whether or not the Federation should withdraw from registration as an industrial…

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The "Dog Watch." Federation Decides to Help the Mairland Miners. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 3

Following upon the conference held on Tuesday between the colliery proprietors on the one hand and the Minors' 'Executive and the representatives of the South Maitland…

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Honouring the Brave. Fireman Pearce Presented With the "Clarke" Gold Medal

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society of New South Wales was held in the Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday night…

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Romance of Gold. Mine Shareholders Receive Eight Millions in Eighteen Years

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 3

City company meetings, as a rule, are prosaic functions. But the gathering in the city on 18th March of the shareholders of the Mysore Gold Mining Company—one…

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To the Editor. Our Mining Laws

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 2

Sir,—Your promptitude in giving publicity in your issue of 17th inst. to my letter bearing on the abortive mining laws, and your able leader thereon, is proof of the urgent…

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The Aberdare Collieries

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 3

Coal has been struck in both tunnels of the Aberdare Extended Mine. The tunnels are in to a length of about fire chains at present. Mr…

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Work at East Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 4

During the last month the East Greta Colliery has worked full time. For the fortnightly pay to be drawn on Friday next, the mine has again, worked full time, which…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 16

The find of gold-bearing quartz at West Arm, in the Port Darwin district, was described as the richest ever seen ;in Australia. A trial crushing of four tons of stone has…

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A Great Gold Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 6

A sensational gold robbery, which for some time furnished Australia with one of its mysteries in crime, is recalled by news of the death at Felixstowe. England, of R. B. Elliston, In…

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Miners withdraw from the Industrial Arbitration Act

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 3

The Miners’ Federation has decided by a majority of 1641 votes to withdraw as a registered body from the provisions of the Industrial…

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The Miners and Arbitration. Decide to Withdraw. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 4

The results of the district ballot recently taken by the Miners' Federation, to determine whether or not the Federation should withdraw from registration as an industrial…

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Lost in a Mine. Rescued Collier's' Graphic Story of Despair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 3

The recovery alive of the two men, David John Stephens and Richard Richards, from the Caradoc Vale Collier, Slant, near Bridgend, which was inundated by water, was halled with the…

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Coal As Food. a Wonderful Discovery of Science

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 August 1906 · page 5

Our remote descendants may eat coal. The coal miner may then be one of the most important of food-producers. This is an idea suggested by the report that Dr. Emil…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1906 · page 3

THE Wa[?] (N.Z.) mine has now produced bullion worth upwards of £5,000,000. This enormous amount has been practically won in the last 16…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1906 · page 3

A splendid discovery of gold was made three miles from Wagin, on the south-eastern line, West Australia, on Saturday. A specimen of stone, equal to 100oz. to the ton,…

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The Maitland Coal[?] Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1906 · page 2

In the senior football competition had the following players will represent kurri against Northern on the Albion Ground:—Britz, Frest Hatton, Benner, Norris,…

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Discoveries in the West. Gold and Tin

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 August 1906 · page 3

A splendid discovery of gold was made three miles from Wagin (W.A.), on the south-eastern line, on Saturday. A specimen of stone, equal to…

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