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Mining & the mines, 1912

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Mining Matters. the Joint Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 3

The joint conciliation committee met again yesterday at Newcastle, Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the committee, presiding. Mr. A. Teece, one of the representatives…

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Mining Matters. Betton Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 September 1912 · page 2

The joint conciliation committee met again yesterday at Newcastle. Mr. C. Hibole, chairman of the committee, presided. The chairman delivered his award in respect of…

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Topics of the Day. the Gold-stealing Question

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 September 1912 · page 3

A very interesting phase of the gold-stealing question was raised recently at Bendigo by Mr. John Veale, mine manager of the Johnston's Reef Company (says the…

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Explosion in Mine. Five Miners Killed. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 4

An explosion of fire damp oçured in a mine at Denisberg, in prussia. Fire miners were killed…

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Mining Operations Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. Charles Kaulmann, the wall-known Western Australian mining market operator. Death was due to cancer…

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Mining Matters. Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 September 1912 · page 6

The high average of days worked by the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland districts for the fortnight ended on August 31 was more than maintained for the…

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Waihi Miners. Protest Against Imprisonment

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 September 1912 · page 1

Mr Parry, presiding at a meeting of the Waihi (New Zealand) minors, said that by Saturday the country would be Shaken from end to end because the…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 September 1912 · page 2

The delegate board of the Colliery [?] ployees' Federation met yesterday at [?] Trades Hall, Newcastle. Mr. D. Wat[?] president of the federation, was in the…

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Mining Fatality. Berlin, Sept. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 September 1912 · page 2

Owing to a subsidence in the Augusta Victoria mine at Recklinghausen. Westphalia, 20 miners have been killed…

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British Tramp Steamer. Struck a Mine. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 September 1912 · page 2

The British tramp steamer Bornesmore struck a mine at Salonica, and a big hole was torn in the bottom, with the result that she had to be beached…

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Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 5

Patrick Cunnigham, (29) a machineman, employed at Abermain colliery, was admitted to the Kurri Hospital on Tuesday evening suffering from a fracture…

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Miners and Doctors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 5

The return to duty at the Kurri District Hospital of the doctors who formerly comprised the honorary medical staff has been followed by a decisive move on the part of a large…

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Mining Strike

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 3

Bingham (Utah), Thursday.—Five thousand miners, mostly foreigners, have gone on strike for higher wages. They secured arms and fired on all who…

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Gold Medal for Rhfusing Dei?

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 6

At the A.M.A. meeting at Broken Hill on Tuesday night, the following motion was carried:— "That this association heartily…

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American Miners' Strike. Salt Lake City. Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 5

The Labour Federation is endeavouring to cause the strike of miners to spread to New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada mine properties, in which case 6000 additional men…

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The Waihi Mining Cases. Union Jack Tom to Shreds

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 2

There was great excitement at Waihi, N.Z., on Tuesday night after the miners Parry and M'Lennan bad declared their. preference for gaol A big crowd…

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Mining Industry in Japan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 6

A representative deputation of the American Institute of Mining Engineers has been visiting Japan recently, and they have published their impressions, which are very…

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On Fire. Pelaw-main Colliery. Mink Thrown Idle. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 5

A fire was discovered in portion of the Pelaw-Main Colliery early this morning. The men on the morning shift were not allowed to go down the mine, and in consequence of…

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Mining Disaster Three Men Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 5

An accident of an appalling nature, where by three lives have been lost, occurred at the Mount Lyell mine, Tasmania, on Saturday night at about 8.30…

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Pelaw-main Colliery Fire No Serious Consequences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 5

The, manager of Pelaw-Main Colliery, when seen this morning, gave a very satisfactory report of the condition of the portion of the mine where fire occurred…

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