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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

766 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 39

Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 4

The fortnightly pay was distributed at the South Maitland Collieries to-day, East Grets participating to the extent of £2331 3s 1d…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 2

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 100oz…

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Steamer Strikes a Mine. Thrilling Experiences on the Ningpo. the Dangers of the China Sea

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 1

By the latest mails from Shanghai further particulars have been re-ceived in connection with the blowing-up of the steamer Ningpo, 1228…

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Coal Mining Disputes. Conference at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 5

'A' conference was held to-day between the colliery proprietors and the minors' executive officers, with reference to the miners' demand for 8d per ton rise in the hewing…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 2

Returns have come to hand for four parcels of ore taken from Mann's show at Wagin, and assayed by the School of mines Perth. The results were :—Surface…

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Stanford Merthyr Colliery Disaster. Verdict of the Jury

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 4

After a retirement of over four hours, the jury returned the following verdis’:— We find that John William Jones, on October 29, 19.5, met his…

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Soin Liddle Dings of Mine Own. [By Hans ESEL]

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 3

Nine, you vas not hear from mine lately. I vas travel to Sydney to takes oop land in der Domain, but der bolice shifted mineself to Darlinghurst…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 16

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

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The Power of Love. a Realistic Romance. Chapter Xxv. the Doctor's Secret-and Mine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 16

In honour of Dr. Fuller's presence, Adelaide, who had been confined to her room for a week, and who has no suspicion of the real purpose of his visit to Deepdene,…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 August 1906 · page 3

The mineowners in the Moreton Bay district of Queensland state that before there can be any rise in the hewing rate there must be an increase in the selling price of coal…

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Miners' Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 5

Miners' Union discussed the combin[?] of all labour groups, but the majority [?]ded that their representatives in the [?] of Commons would not Join Mr. Keir…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 6

It is stated that a private cable message was received on Tuesday in Sydney from Valparaiso by the agents of a South Coast colliery, advising them to ship no more coal…

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Mining Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 2

A young minor named Henry Scroope was badly injured while working in a winze at the Great Boulder mine, Kalgoorlie, on Tuesday. A…

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Miners' Narrow Escape. Boiling the Wrong Billy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 3

Two old miners working in the vicinity of Nine Mile, Rushworth, Vic., had a marvellous escape from being blown to pieces. At breakfast they brewed an extra billy of tea…

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The Gold Currency Light-Weight Half-Sovereigns

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 4

In the report of 1905 of the London Mint a statement upon, the gold and silver in circulation in Australia from the Deputy Master of the…

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The Great Cobar Mines a Record Sale. Cheque for £775,000

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 3

The final payment of the purchase money by English capitalists of £800,000, for the various mines, coal, and coke works, smelters, and refinery…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 2

The sale of the Cobar Syndicate's properties was completed yesterday, when £775,000, the balance of the purchase money of £800,000, was…

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Stop the Coal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 2

The Valparaiso earthquake hits New South Wales in a very tender spot the pocket, to wit. Chili is one of our best [?]stomets for coal, and Valparaiso…

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South Maitland Collieries. Progress and Development. Neath Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 4

A recent visit to the Wickham and Bullock Island Company's new "Neath" Colliery shows that rapid progress is being made with the work of development. The…

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Aberdare Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 4

The Caledonian Company's Aberdare Colliery is amongst the largest and best equipped on the South Maitland coalfield. The colliery is close to the Aberdare railway and…

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