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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Mine That Never Was. "Band of the Baker" Swindlers. "

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 6

On 26th December, the Paris correspondent of the "London Express" wrote:— Another exploit of the "Band of the…

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The Coal Combine. Scheme Nearing Consummation. Newcastle

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

The progress being made in connection with the colliery proprietors movement to combine with the object of raising the selling price of coal, ia meeting with an encouraging measure of success. Only six…

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New Guinea Head-hunters. Mysterious Disappearance of an Expedition in Search of Gold, PAPER XXXIl

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 3

When I was some two moons with Hoongla’s people, I evinced a desire to visit the interior, and spoke to the chief on the matter…

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American Miners' Ultimatum

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 5

The United Mine Workers of America have [?] an ultimatum to the owners of bitumin[?] coalmines for an advance of 5½ per [?] in their wages…

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Northern Coal Owners Forming a Combine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 4

THE movement set on foot by the Australian Agricultural Company, and cmduoted in this State by Mr Hall, the company's general secretary in…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 3

Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. recently shipped a quaneity of Ipswich (Q.) coal to Manila by the steamer Germanicus by way of experiment. As a result, several orders for the supply of similar…

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Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 2

The fortnightly pay distributed amongst the South Maitland collieries to-day was a satisfactory one. East Greta participated to the extent of £2235 14s 2d, and, at…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 2

AT a meeting on Tuesday of the local syndicate which took up land adjoining W. E. Abbott and party's block at "The Gorge," in the parish of Isis…

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District Mining

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 6

The late rains have given an impetus to the mining industry on both the Wangat and Monkerai fields. On the former Spencer and party are…

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A Mining Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 3

The Full Court to-day delivered, judgment in the case of John William McLauphlin, miner, against the Caledonian Coal Company, Limited, in which defendants applied to make…

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Mining Matters. Victorian Coal Commission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 6

The Victorian Coal Commission sat in Melbourne on Thursday. Mr. Edward John Dunn, director of the Geological Survey of Victoria, stated that the coal-bearing formation of Victoria occupied, roughly…

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A Welsh Mining Veteran

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 16

The following extract from the "South Wales Daily News" will be of interest to many Welsh miners in tho district, who were familiar with the late Mr. Zephaniah Thomas…

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Selling Price of Coal. the Proprietors Meet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 6

Colliery proprietors of the Newcastle and Maitland districts met at the offices of Messrs. Minter, Simpson, and Co., Sydney, yesterday, for the purpose of further…

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New Guinea Head-hunters. Mysterious Disappearance of an Expedition in Search of Gold. Paper Xxxiii

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 3

The country in the vicinity of the deserted village was beautiful. Game was plentiful everywhere. When going through the ferns on…

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The Entombed Miners. Subsist by Cannibalism. Rescued From Courrieres Mine. London, March 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 5

Thirteen more miners from the Courriores mine, where a great explosion occurred on March 10, leading to the death of over 1000 men, have been rescued. They ate the…

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'A' Mining Magnate Helping His Friends

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 4

Hon. J. Ferguson, M.L.C., of Rockhampton, Queensland, was largely interested in Mount Morgan. The story of his connection with the great gold mine is thus told in the…

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American Coal Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 3

Over half a million miners of anthracite coal have struck in the United Status. The Mine Workers' Union permits engineers, firemen, and pumpmen to remain at work to…

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Mining Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

Whilst working in the South Greta Colliery this morning a miner named William Brady, a resident of Northumberland-street, was injured by a fall of coal, his escape from a serious accident…

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French Miners Rescued. Terrible Privations

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 1

Thirteen miners, in a terribly emaciated condition, have been rescued from the Courrieres mine, France, the disaster in connection with which…

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Courrieres Mine Survivors. a Terrible Experience London, Saturday Morning

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

Thirteen miners, in a terribly emaciated condition, have been rescued from the Courrieres mine, France, after 3 weeks incarceration…

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