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Mining & the mines, 1909

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Coal Developments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 6

The output for the colliery on the Town Common is daily increasing, and the proprietors, anticipating a very big development in the near future now propose to…

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Local and General News. Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 4

The fortnightly pay distributed at the East Greta Stanford-Menthyr Collieries to-day totalled £5541/13/7…

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"No Son of Mine."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 7

Of those who have enjoyed the inestimable privilege of growing up under the love of a kind rather, there is (says a writer in the "New York Mail") probably not…

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A Colliery Accident. a Broken Cable. London, Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 5

A cage, with 30 occupants, fell to the bottom of the pit at the naval colliery at Pennycraig, through the breaking of a cable, resulting in the death of six portions, 16…

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Explosives in Coal. London, Aug 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 3

A tin canister, containing six 4oz. packets of gunpowder used for blasting purposes in collieries, was discovered a few days ago in a cargo of Welsh coal…

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Record Sooth African Shipments. Gold and Maize. London, Sunday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 August 1909 · page 3

The largest single shipment of gold from South Africa, totalling 1,143,371 ozs., has arrived at Southampton, per the Kildoinan Castle. According to the "Daily Standard" South…

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Polish Mine Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 5

Water from a disused shaft broke into the [?] mine, near Sosnowice, Poland, and flooded it. Twenty-six miners were drowned…

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Mining Calamity

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 3

A disaster has occurred at the Naval Colliery in Penycraig, in Wales. Through the breaking of the cable by which it was being hauled to the surface, a cage,…

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Big Gold Shipment

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2

A shipment of gold valued at £1,143,000 has arrived at Southampton from South -Africa. It is the largest shipment of South African gold ever sent to…

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Polish Mine Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 5

miners entombed by the flooding [?] mine, sosnowiec, poland themaselves by reaching another old it is jeared that the remainder…

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London, Tuesday. Mining Disaster

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 4

Twenty-two of the miners who were entombead in the Dombrovo mine near Sosnowice, in Russia, in consequence of the pit being flooded by water from…

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Mining

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 2

AFTER four years of prospecting on Kangaroo Creek, near Tomalla, writes a correspondent, Messrs. Williams and Betherridge have…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 4

For the fortnightly pay to be drawn on Friday next East Greta colliery has worked 8½ days, and Stanford-Merthyr 8 days…

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About Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 7

The coals of the American continent, as far as is known, are of more recent date than those of Britain, and they are composed of coarser materials, the microscope…

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Coal Shares

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 4

Joseph Palmer and Sons’ Monthly Share List reports:—There has been some activity in coal. Bellambi improved 2s, having sold freely from 48s…

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Work at the District Collieries. the Fortnightly Pay. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 5

The district collieries have worked slightly bettor for the fortnightly pay, to be drawn by minors next Friday. The following number of days were worked for the…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 2

Dr. F. Liddell, M. H. R., has received the following communication from the postmaster General's Department:— with reference to my communication of the 14th…

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Gold Discovery

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 3

An important gold discovery, about 70 miles from South Yampi Sound, West kimberloy, has been reported. Prospec tor have found speckled fine alluvial…

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Very Latest Cables. Floating Mine Invention. Killed by Own Invention. London. Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 5

Lieutenant Hofer with live men in motor boats at Presburg, Hungary was testing a floating maine of his own invention. In endovouring to overtake the mine, he came…

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State Gold Yield

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 4

The return furnished by the Under Secretary for Mines, shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of August is 17,106 ounces crude,…

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