Maitland Coalmines. Pelaw-main Unrest at the Collieries
The employees of the Pelaw-Main and Stanford-Merthyr collieries attended a meeting at the Empire Hall last evening to hear an explanation by Mr. P. Bowling,…
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Mining & the mines, 1908
832 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 42
De Beers Mine Closing
In view of further retrenchment, the De Beers mine at Kimberley, South Africa is closing on July 31. The effect of this will be to throw idle 200 whites and 1200…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Disputes. Strikes at Duckenfield and Pelaw-Main
The wheelers at the Duckenfield colliery had a dispute with the manager on Tuesday morning, and subsequently refused to work. Their intention of…
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Gold worth £60,000 from the mines of King Leopold at Kelo, in the Ituri province of the Congo Free State, has passed through Uganda. It is reported that an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Deposits
The syndicate formed here for working the coal deposits on the Common are about to begin operations, and will have a shaft sank forthwith…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Very Latest Cables. London, Thursday afternoon. Fire at Scottish Colliery
A fire that broke on in the framework of two shafts at the High House Colliery, Auchenleck, Scotland, imprisoned 60 miners. After tremendous labour the fire was extinguished, and all…
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The delegates from the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation and the Western, Southern, and Victorian coalminers' Unions who have in hand the work of uniting all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mining Court. the Teralba Cases. Newcastle
The Special Mining Court, his Honor Judge Heydon president, and Messrs. Forsyth and Bowling members, returned to Newcastle this morning and resumed the hearing of the Miners'…
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There was no work at the South Greta Colliery this morning. It was explained on behalf of the men that in the first place there was no powder till 7.15 o'clock, that there were no picks sharpened…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World's Coal Supply
The world's coal supply for 1906 totalled 1,013,000,000 tons, an increase of 72,000,000 tons on the preceding year. Of this amount Great Britain accounted for 255,097,000 tons, the largest from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mining Court. the Teralba Cases. Newcastle
After the evidence of three witnesses employed at Teralba had been heard, and which dealt principally with the rate of wages earned there and the expectation of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Court. Further Evidence. Newcastle
After our report closed in last issue the following evidence was taken before the Royal Commission, consisting of Judge Heydon, president, Mr. H. S. Forsyth, representative of the colliery owners, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal-mining Troubles. "Bumping Against an Autocrat."
The president of the Miners' Federation, Mr Peter Bowling, attended the monthly meetings of both the Stanford Merthyr and Pelaw-Main miners on…
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At the Special Mining Court yesterday Ernest Peters, check-weighman at Hebburn Colliery, and secretary of the Hebburn Lodge, stated that he considered the payment of the men on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mountains of Gold
According to old legends, exist in the fabled land of El Dorado ; but nil the gold in this marvellous land would not compensate you for the loss of health and life, so likely to happen as the…
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The export of coal from Newcastle to places beyond the State during the week totalled 82,112 tons. Of this amount there were sent to Commonwealth and New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canadian Colliery Explosion
An explosion in the Crow's Nest Colliery, British Columbia, entombed 23 miners. There is little hope of rescuing the, men…
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According to old legends, exist in the fabled land of El Dorado; but all the gold in this marvellous land would not compensate you for the loss of health and life, so likely to happen as the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Progress of the Colliery Townships
In order to fully appreciate the wonderful progress made on the South Maitland coalfield, one needs to pay the respective townships a personal visit. Those who have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →C.p. Lease Applications. Upper Hunter Goldfield
Yesterday, the Board dealt with the applications for three conditional purchase lease areas on the Upper Hunter Goldfield, namely :…
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