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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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Virginia Mining Disaster. Heart-Breaking Scenes. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 1

The explosion at the Baltimore Consolidated Coal Co.'s mine at Monongahela, West Virginia, carried a block of emerete weighing 1000lb across the…

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Situation Critical. Hebburn Trouble Again. Notices at Pacific. Miners' Committee Meeting. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 5

The Special Mining Court (his Honor Heydon, President, and Messrs. H. S. Forsyth and Peter Bowling, members) resumed its sittings this morning at 10 o'clock, in…

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Very Latest Cables Special Mining Court London, Thursday afternoon. a Huge Combination

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 5

Negotiations are in course of progress for the amalgamation of Sir Thomas Lipton's Maypole Dairy Company with the International Tea and Home and Colonial…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 4

For the fortnightly pay to be drawn at the South Maitland coalfields on Friday next, the employees at East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr have worked full time, viz., 11 days each. One day during the…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

During the past two months the State has been, very much disturbed in different ways by the condition of affairs in large mining concerns, directly and indirectly involving…

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Coal Measures in Hunter District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 4

Complete works of the Geology of the Hunter River Coal Measures of New South Wales. with maps, plates. and sections, together with the general geology and…

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The Coal Court. (By Telegraph). Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 4

The Newcastle Coal Court resumed its sittings to-day, and after evidence had commenced adjourned till Tuesday…

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Colliery Catastrophe. a Virginian Explosion. Four Hundred Men Entombed. London, Dec. 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 2

An explosion in the Baltimore Consolidated Coal Company's mine, Monongah, near Fairmont, Virginia, shot a number of men through the ventilating shafts, shook houses for a radius…

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Meeting of Hebburn Miners Lodge Work to Be Resumed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 5

A special meeting of the Heb[?]urn Minors' Lodge took place at the. King's Hall this morning. Mr. W.H. Williams was voted to the chair, and there was a large…

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A Colliery Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 3

An explosion occurred on Saturday in Di[?] colliery, Gilfachgoch, Glamorganshire, the men were being paid their wages. [?] of 12 men in the pit seven were killed…

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Hebbur Miners Resume Work

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 1

Operations at the Hebburn Colliery were resumed yesterday. A largely attended meeting of the miners on Saturday decided to accept the management…

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Special Mining Court. the Cavilling Question. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 3

In the occasional court-room this morning the special Mining' Court (his Honor Judge Heydon, president, and Messrs. H. S. Forayth and Peter Bowling, members) resumed its sittings…

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Special Mining Court. Evidence As to Cavilling. (Before his Honor Judge Heydon, President, and Messrs. Forsyth and Bowling, members). NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 December 1907 · page 5

After the "Mercury's" report closed yesterday afternoon, James M'Williams, 'Acting-President of the Miners' Federation, was called as a witness. He stated that he…

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Another Mine Disaster

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 December 1907 · page 4

Through an explosion at the Yolande mine, near Birmingham, in Alabama, ninety miners were entombed. Forty men groped their way to the surface…

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Late Gable News. London, Monday. a Colliery Explosion

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 December 1907 · page 4

An explosion occurred on Saturday in Dinas colliery, Gilfachgoch, Glamorganshire, where the men were being paid their wages. Out of 12 men in…

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Special Mining Court. Important Statement by the Judge. the Cavilling Question. (Before Ms Honor Judge Heydon. President, and Messrs. H. S. Forsyth and peter Bowling, members.) NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 December 1907 · page 3

Mr. Robert Arbuckle, manager of Pelawmain Colliery, continued his evidence yesterday afternoon, after the "Mercury" report closed, and was cross-examined by Mr…

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Local and General. Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 4

The fortnightly pay at the South Maitland Collieries was distributed to-day. At East Greta and Stanford- Merthyr the amount disbursed reached the record, total of…

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Special Mining Court. the Sitting Adjourned. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 5

The Special Mining Court resumed its sittings this morning, when Mr. Kelynack, representing the Colliery Proprietors Association and Mr. Lewis representing the…

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Mining Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1907 · page 5

An explosion sot fire to a portion of the Pittsburg Company’s Narr Mine at Jacob’s Creek. Two hundred and fifty Americant and Hungarians are entombed. Smoke and…

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