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Mining & the mines, 1906

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The Mining Disaster in France. LONDON

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

Engineers assert that men are still alive in the galleries of the Courrieres mine. Falls of earth, however, impede searching. Socialists at Courrieres, aftor the funerals…

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The Mining Disaster. Fire Still Raging. LONDON, March 13

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 8

Fire is still raging in the pit at Courrieres, and operations are suspended. In efforts to save their comrades 17 men perished. The Chamber of Deputies has voted…

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A Mining Student

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 4

Mr. Richard Thomas, jun., son of Mr. R. Thomas, the well-known manager of the A. A. Company's mine, Newcastle, is leaving for English on Friday in furtherance of his…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 2

A PARTY of gentlemen representing some of the most important mines in Australasia are at present in this State with big schemes in preparation…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 3

In the Arbitration Court, Sydney, yesterday, the matter of the Colliery Employees' Federation and the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association, was called on Mr…

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A Great Mining Venture

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 4

A short time ago very great interest was aroused in mining circles through the purchase from the great companies operating on Broken Hill of immense quantities of…

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Mine Managers' Certificates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 2

An attempt to secure uniform conditions throughout Australia for the issue of certificates to mine managers and mine engine-drivers is being made in Melbourne by a…

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French Miners' Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 3

Sixty thousand French miners have struck, and there have been disturbances at Lens…

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A Pitiless Persecution Chapter Xv. the Girl with the Red-gold Hair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 4

One night a gentleman entered the Argentina Theatre, at Rome, and took a seat in a private box. He was tall, handsome, well-dressed, and, as he seated himself, he…

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Songs That Are Gold Mines

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 5

Talk about gold mines, said a leading music publisher; why, I can assure you here are scores of gold mines floated on a capital running into six figures…

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Colliery Managers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

At a meeting of the colliery managers held this morning at Stanford-Merthyr, a Colliery Managers' Association was formed to deal with all industrial matters in the South Maitland mining district…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

THE late Mr. Geo. Lansell, the "Quartz Kiug," of Bondigo, had a remarkable career. A native of Kent England, the sod of a grocer and tallow…

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Strike of Belgian Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 3

[?] thousand miners at Mons. Belgiusa, [?] struck for an increase of wages…

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Stanford-merthyr Colliery. Its Condition and Prospects. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 3

At 11 o'clock this morning, at Stanford-Merthyr Colliery office, a conference took place between the colliery officials and representatives of the Mines Department to…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 4

For the fortnightly pay to be drawn on Friday next, East Greta colliery has worked full time, which is 11 days. Heddon-Greta lost a little time, having worked 9½ days…

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Selling Price of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 5

A private conference was held this afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce between the colliery proprietors and representatives of the Miners' Federation. Mr. Bowling, miners' district chairman,…

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The Mining Disaster

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 2

The German Coal Syndicate of Westphalia has contributed £5000 to the sufferers by the disaster at Courrieres. It is now believed that none of the miners…

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A Great Mining Venture

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 4

A short time ago very great interest was aroused in raining circles through the purchase from the prent companies operating on Broken Kill of immense quantities of…

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A Welsh Mining Veteran

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 4

The following extract from the "So[?] Wales Daily News" will be of interest [?] many Welsh miners in the district, who [?] familiar with the late Mr. Zephaniah Thous[?]…

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Entombed in a Mine. Ladder Gives Way

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 4

A sensational mining accident happened at Bendigo on Thursday to two men, but so far as is known it is not likely to have fatal results…

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