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Mining & the mines, 1908

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Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 4

Much slack time has been experienced by the miners employed at the East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr collieries, consequently the pay to be drawn on Friday next will again be a small one…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 7

The fire in Block 14 mine. Broken Hill, has been extinguished, though it will be several days before productive work can be resumed. News has reached Camden that a gold reef had…

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Better Than Gold

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 4

Estella Marie Newley gave the churn dasher an extra jerk, spattering the cream in all directions on the clean kitchen floor as she reached for the…

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Scottish Australian Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 5

The annual report of the Scottish Australian Mining Company shows a credit to the profit and loss account, amounting to £17[?]. A sum of £5055 is carried forward…

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Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 4

The fortnightly pay drawn by the employees of the East Groat and Stanford-Merthyr collieries this afternoon amounted to £3121 4s 6d…

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In the Roaring Sixties. the Great Rush at Canoona. Being a Reminiscent Yarn of Fifty Years Ago About Queensland's First Gold-Field

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 7

"Rush O[?] Rush Of" was a common enough cry along in the fifties and sixties, and the writer has a personal recollection of many of them—…

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Late News by Cable. London, Nov. 5. the Gold Reserve

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 5

Sir Felix Schuster a banking authority, addressing the Institute of Bankers, suggester that the present was a favourable time for the accumulation of a gold…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 4
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

The gold yield of Queensland for the month of October was 40,243 ounces, compared with 38,311 ounces in October of last year. The return furnished by the Under-secretary of…

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Duckenrield Colliery Idle The "Boy Boss" Again

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 3

The Duck[?] collicry. in the Minim district. was idle an wednesday owing to a dispute between the wheel[?] and the management. the [?] who do the wh[?]ling have for [?]…

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In the Roaring Sixties. the Great Rush at Canoona. Being a Reminiscent Yarn of Fifty Years Ago About Queensland's First Gold-Field

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 5

"Rush O!.Rush o!" was a common enough cry along in the fifties, and sixties, and the writer has a personal recollection of many of them—…

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The Barrier Miners. Mass Meeting. Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 3

Another mass meeting was held in the Central Reserve last night in connection with the industrial position. Several thousands of people were present, but the…

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Coal Seam Struck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 4

For some weeks boring operations in progress on behalf of William Laidley, Ltd., with the object of locating the coal seam known to exist in the vicinity of…

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Mines Department and Mr. Dooley Mr. Dooley's Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 November 1908 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday. The Premier said he would now give Mr. Dooley the opportunity to make a statement in connection with his charge…

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Local Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 7

Operations were begun at the local coal deposits on the town common on Monday morning last, and its is likely the first coal from the Muswellbrook mine will be…

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Our Coal Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 3

Samples of the coal obtained from the local mine on the Town Common have been on view nut Mr. Luscombe's offices, Bridge street, during the week, are looked…

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Local and General. Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 4

East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr collieries have worked more constantly for the fortnightly pay to be drawn on Friday next, than for some time past, consequently the pay will he…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 13

The gold yield of Queensland for the month of October was 40,243 ounces, compared with 38,311 onncosin Octobor of last year. The return furnished by the Under-secrctary of…

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The Mines Department. Mr Dooley's Charge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 5

As soon as formal business had been disposed of in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday opportunity was afforded Mr Dooley of making a full statement…

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Broken Hill Troubles. Conference of Miners and Managers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 3

The first sitting of the conference between the delegates of the combined union and the Mine Managers' Association was held at Tait's Masonic-hall on…

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