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Mining & the mines, 1910

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South Wales Collieries. Enginemen and Stokers Demands. London, Monday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 5

The enginemen and the stokers, who are demanding advanced rates of wages and better conditions of labour, have given notice to the South Wales anthracite collieries of the termination of…

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Death by Misadventure. Fatal Joke on Mining Field

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 4

News was received at Beechworth of the death by misadventure of a former Beechworth resident named Charles Allen, aged 29 years, whose wife and three children and widowed mother reside…

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Cradle of the World's Wealth an Australian Mining Town To-day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 3

whatever ideas you may have formed of a first mining camp, drawn from Bret Harte or the tales of the early Australian gold diggings, all be upset on your first introduction to…

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The Tanami Goldfield. Record Bicycle Trip

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 2

Mr. W. Nimmo, miner, arrived at Port Darwin from Tanami on Sunday morning, end volunteered the following information respecting the field,where he has been engaged prospecting for…

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Miners' Wages Board. Complaint by Mr. Watt. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 5

When the Miners Wages Board, which has been Kitting in camera for about a fortnight, resumed the hearing of evidence publicly to-day, Mr. Watt, counsel for the Miners' Federation,…

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Developing a Shale Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 2

Messrs. Champion and Dunbur, the contractors for the construction of the branch tramway down Church-street, with which it might incidentally be mentioned satisfactory progress is…

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Coal Vend to be Prosecuted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 3

The Cabinet also dealt with the ques tion of the prosecution of the coal vend, for, after the meeting, Mr. Hughes, the Attorney-General, announced that he had…

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Death by Misadventure. Fatal Joke on Mining Field

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 1

News has been received at Beechworth, Victoria, of the death by misadventure of a former Beechworth resident named Charles Allen, aged 29 years, whose wife…

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Colliery Explosion in United States

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 5

An explosion at the [?] coat mine near Birmingham, Alabama. U. S. A., is reported, resulting in the loss of 185 lives…

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Miners' Pay Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 4

To-day the fortnightly pay was made at all the mines in the Maitland district. The East Greata and Stanford-Merthyr pay sheets amounted to £5771 15s 3d…

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American Colliery Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 5

A shoot of flame shot from the mouth of Palos mine with a tremendous report. A clerk 100 yards away was instantly killed. Three bodies have been recovered, but the…

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Another Colliery Disaster

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 2

An explosion took place in the Palele coal mine, Birmingham, Ala bama. One hundred and fifty miners are entombed, and it is feared they are…

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Mining Notes

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 3

The local colleries worked fall time for the past fortnight. Of the 40 coalmines in the Maitland and Newcastle field, 28 made 11 days each…

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Late News by Wire. Mine Manager's Death. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 5

Mr. Arch[?] Fairley, general manager of the Seah[?] and Abermain collieries, died suddenly this morning at his home, West Wallsend, at an advanced age. The deceased was…

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Big Mining Disaster. (By Cable.) Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 5

An explosion took place in the Palele coal mine Birmingham, Alabama. One hundred and fifty miners are entombed, and it is feared that all are dead…

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Death by Misadventure. Fatal Joke on Mining Field

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 7

News was received at Beechworth of the death by misadventure of a former Beechworth resident named Charles Allen, aged 29 years, whose wife and three children and widowed mother reside…

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Cradle of the World's Wealth. an Australian Mining Town To-day

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 7

Whatever ideas you may have formed of a great mining camp, drown from Bret Harte or the tales of the early Australian gold diggins, will be upset on your first introduction to…

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The Tanami Goldfield. Record Bicycle Trip

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 10

Mr. W. Nimme, miner, arrived at Port Darwin from Tanami on Sunday monring, and volunteered the following information respecting the field, where he has been engaged prospecting for…

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Strike Relief Pay Donations to Hetton Miners. Newcastle, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 May 1910 · page 2

Sufficient returns of lodge votes came to tac[?] at the Federation's office this morning to be that the miners generally have approved of the executive's action in donating relief to the…

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Terrible Mine Explosion

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 May 1910 · page 6

New York, Saturday.—A disastrous mine explosion has occurred at Birming ham Alabama James Gonsby a mall carrier who was in charge of his vehicle…

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