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Mining & the mines, 1910

1,214 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 61

Coal for Pigs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 11

It is well known that pigs will eat coal and many people suppose that it is actually food, on which they thrive. but the veterinary expert of "Farm and Home" says…

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Preparing for Heavy Coal Traffic

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 2

Great preparation [?] been made at Caledonia for increased [?] The platform is now an [?] Coal trains will pass on the north…

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Dignity of Meadows Cloth of Gold

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 4

The thirty-acre piece is one sheet of brilliant gold—rolling over the bank where the lone ash tree stands, solidifying into orange on the top of the…

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Whitehaven Mine Disaster. Recovery of Bodles. London, Friday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 5

The wellington mine, Whitehaven, Cumber[?] at which the great disaster took place to May, has been reopened, and the recovery of the 136 bodies will begin after…

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Scottish Colliery Strike. Eight-hours' Day. London, Sunday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 September 1910 · page 3

The enginemen at the Scottish co[?] have given notice to terminate their agreements in a fortnight, the purpose being to secure an eight-hours' day…

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Fatal Colliery Accident. Stanford-merthyr

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 September 1910 · page 5

Richard Evans, a wheeler, about 23 years of age, met an awful death in the Stanford-Mer-thyr Colliery at about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. appears that Evans, with his mate,…

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Accidents at Ebbw-main Colliery. Ebbw-main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 September 1910 · page 5

This morning a miner named Allan Stevenson met with a nasty accident. He was working in his bord, when a quantity of shale slipped away from the roof and fell…

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The Cambrian Miners. Mr. Mahon's Advicce. London, Monday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 September 1910 · page 5

[?] Mahon, in view of to-morrow's ballot, ad[?]supporting the Cambrian miners financial[?] of creating a general stoppage, as if [?] letter were carried nothing could prevent…

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Latest Cables. Welsh Colliery Strike. Unfair Tactics. [?]Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 5

The [?] papers to the south Wales miners have been distributed to 160,000 men, but the issue has habeen restricted to those financially supporting the Cambrians or favouring a…

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Cumberland Colliery Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 September 1910 · page 3

A party has entered the Whitehaven colliery and has discovered the first lot of bodies, but an obstruction impeded further exporation…

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Striking Placer Gold. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 September 1910 · page 3

The latest placer gold "strike" at Alaska is on the kinai River…

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Tatal Collery Accident. Splendid Heroism of Miners

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 September 1910 · page 1

Richard Evans, a wheeler, about 23 years of ago, met' an awful death in the Stanford-Merthyr Colliery at about 1 o'clock on Monday afternoon. It…

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The Industrial War. Mining and Cotton Output. London. Sept. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 September 1910 · page 3

miner results of the ballot among the flesh coalmiers conform the results cabled last night, though fifty per cent of the miners abstained from voting. Meanwhile…

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Fatal Colliery Accident. Splendid Heroism of Miners

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 September 1910 · page 8

Richard Evans, a wheeler, about 23 years of age, met an awful death in the Stanford-Merthyr Colliery at about [?] o'clock on Monday…

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Revival of Gold-mining

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 September 1910 · page 2

Mr. J. Bartlett put through during the past week, at Mr. H. Kilbride's battery, about 4 tons of surface stone from the Iron Duke line of reef, situated about…

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Hebburn Colliery Fatality. Inquest at Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 September 1910 · page 2

An inquest was held at the Criterion [?] yesterday. before the District Coroner Mr . George Brown . J.P., and a jury of six , touching the death of william pollock…

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General Cables. Miners Riot in Colorado. Vancouver. Sept.29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 September 1910 · page 5

A riot took place yesterday at Monarch mining camp in Colorado. Dynamite was used. and there were outbreaks of fire. One man was killed, and many men were injured…

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The Colliery Townships

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 11

Owing to the creation of the Kurri Kurri Hospital the work of the collectors on behalf of the Maitland Hospital in the mining townships was considerably curtailed. Hitherto, it was the…

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Fatal Colliery Accident. STANFORD-MERTHYR

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 15

Richard Evans, a wheeler, about 23, years of age, met an awful death in the Stanford-Merthyr Colliery at about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It appears that Evans, with his mate,…

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Welsh Colliery Strike. London, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 2

The ballot papers to the South Wales miners have been distributed to 160,000 men, but the issue has been restricted to those financially supporting the Cambrians or favouring a…

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