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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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Mining Disaster Colliery Manager Committed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 May 1907 · page 2

The inquest on the victims of the Scarborough tuunel disaster , was concluded at Wollengong on Tuesday. The Deputy Coroner found that the…

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Miners Strike on the Rand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1907 · page 3

The miners at several of the Rand mines have struck in consequence of an attempt that was made to compel the men to work, three machines instead of two. The strike…

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Coal-lumpers' Strike Some Incidents

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 May 1907 · page 2

About 40 non-unionists attended at the bureau in, Macquarie-street, Sydney, on Monday, and received orders to wait until a ship was ready. while…

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Abermain Colliery Trouble. Confluence at Newcastle. Resumption of Work Desirable. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1907 · page 3

An important stop towards the settlement of the strike which has been in progress at the Abermain Colliery in the South Maitland district with regard to rates of pay…

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Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 4

The Usual fortnightly pay was distributed at the South Maitland Collieries to-day. At East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr the amount distributed totalled £3902 19s 5d…

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Interior Coal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 5

Elie Iridescent colors in what is called "peacock coal" are duo to the presence: of a Mm of iron oxide. It usually means the loss of a part of the volatile…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 4

Opals have been discovered about six miles from Glenthompson, Victoria. Several claims have been pogged out, and mining has been commenced. The field is reported to be a…

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About Copeland. Mining and Other Things

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 2

The Prince Charlie, Copeland, has been crushing, and it is plowing, to report, with payable results, although no particulars are available…

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Inferior Coal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 5

The Iridescent colors in what is called "pencock coal" are due to the presence of a film of iron oxide. It usually means the loss of a part of the volatile…

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Rand Miners' Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 5

The miners employed at the Gelden, Huis, Ferriera, Crown, Deep, and other big mines on the Rand have refused to join in the strike. The Government is trying to effect a…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 7
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The return furnished by the Under-secretary of Mines shows that the N.S W. gold yield for April was l6,480z. crude (equal to 13,40 oz. fine), valued at £56 935, as compared with 30,502oz. crude…

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Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 May 1907 · page 3

The Charlotte Plains Consolidated Gold times, with a capital of £390,000, has been re[?]. The Australian Shale Syndicate is forming a…

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Miners Entombed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 3

Through an accident at Veladena, Mexico 107 miners have been entombed. Seventeen miners escaped, but there is no hope of rescuing the reminder…

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Our Coal Resources. Extent of the Fields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 3

In connection with the coalfields of the State the work done by the geological department of the University (according to an article in the "Telegraph") is practically a continustion of…

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The Abermain Difficulty. Meeting of Miners' Lodge. Abermain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 3

A meeting of the Abermian Miners' Lodge took place this morning at Anstey's Hotel Mr. Streathfield presided, and Mr, James Curley, General Secretary of the Miners'…

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Coal Lumpers' Strike

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 3

The position in regard to the like of coal lumpers remains unchanged. There is considerable activity among the stevedores coaling ship at the…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 4

A conference took place at Newcastle on Thursday between the representatives of the Colliery Proprietors' Vend Association and of the Colliery Employees' Federation…

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The Inexorable Law Stealing Coal on the Railway

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 2

A good many people do not know that it is mi offence in the eyes of the law pick up a place of coal that may have fallen from a passing…

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Gold Dust

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 3

A wrong is always worth forgetting. A white lie may be as hard to wipe out as a black one. People who scatter sunshine cannot live…

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