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Mining & the mines, 1908

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Coal Depot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

Messrs. D. Morgan and Co. intimate in our business columns that they have arranged to open a coal depot at the corner of Church and Steam streets, and are prepared to deliver coal equal to the…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 12
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The general manager of the Broken Hill Junction North mine status that a good deal of troble experienced in obtaining good miners. A rich reef has been struck by an old…

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Newcastle Miners' Federation. (By Telegraph). Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

The Miners Federation in the New' castle district has been engaged in taking a. district ballot, for some weeks, with the view of enforeing discipline,…

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Strike at Lambton Colliery. 200 Hands Idle. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 3

Lambton B colliery, which employs over 200 hands, went on strike to-day. The dispute is between the management and the miners, who demand an 8 hours' working day from bank to…

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Burwood Colliery Trouble. Wheelers Fined. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 5

Burwood Colliery was idle to-day, in consequence of the wheelers having to appear at the Charlestown. Police Court this morning to answer summonses taken out against…

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Mine Closed Down. 200 Men out of work

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 1

The Mitchell's Creek Freehold Gold Estate at Bodangora has closed down, and 200 men. have been thrown out of employment. The reason for ceasing…

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The Comstock Mining Company, Ltd. Interesting Lecture

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

Mr. T. T. Flynn, B.Sc., who had visited the Comstock Mining Company's property in the Gloucester district, recently addressed his fellow-shareholders on copper lodes generally, and this…

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Local Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

The coal obtained on the Town Common has been tested for its gas producing qualities with highly satisfactory results, and the company formed for the purpose of…

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The Burwood Colliery Strike. the Boys in Gaol. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 5

Burwood colliery is idle again to-day, owing to the prosecution of the wheelers at Charlestown Police Court yesterday, for going on strike. Several of the lads who were fined yesterday, have…

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In Search of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 2

The far-reaching and disastrous effects of labour troubles were forcibly illustrated by the arrival at Sydney yesterday of the New Zealand shipping Company's steamer…

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The Special Mining Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 3

At the conclusion of the Arbitration Court, Judge Heydon was interviewed by press representatives with regard to the Mining Court. Asked as to what were the probabilities of the…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 2

DURING the first four months of the present year, dividends to the amount of £640,000 have been paid by the West Australian gold mines. To date, the…

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Mining at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 5

Coal has been struck in one of the tunnels at Bellbird, near Cessnock. The soam struck is practically the outerop— about 8ft 6in in thickness. As tunnelling progresses…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 4

Owing to the trouble experienced in berthing vessels at Newcastle, and the constant delay in coal loading operations, time has been lost by several of the South Maitland collieries during the past…

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Local Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 2

So satisfied are the residents who comprise the syndicate formed to mine for coal on the Common that the deposit is an extensive one, they have this week applied for…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 10
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Good gold has been struck by Hall and [?] Dry Creek, on the Upper Hunter. As a result of the strike at the Corrimal [?] police court proceedings were instituted against…

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South Australia's Coal Supply

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 4

Mr. A. Kirkpatrick, Acting premier of South Australia, who is at present on a visit to Newcastle with Mrs. Kirkpatrick, is reported to have said in regard to South Australia being dependent upon New…

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Coal at Muswellbrook

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 4

So satisfied are the Muswellbrook residents who comprise the syndicate formed to mine for coal on the local Commaon that the deposit is an extensive one that…

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