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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

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Safety Lamps. Mining Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 December 1920 · page 4

A conference of representatives of the proprietors and the miners was hold at the Newcastle rooms of the Northern Collieries Association…

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Mine Engine Drivers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 4

The Board of Examiners of Engine drivers appointed under the Miners inspection Act has submitted to the Minister for Mines its report on the…

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Special Coal Tribunal. Successful, Appeal. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 5

The full bench of the high Court gave its reserved Judgment in the application of the Broken Hill proprietary Company, Limited, for a…

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Dreadful Accident at Coal Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 2

A dreadful accident happened at the Muswellbrook Coal Company's mine on Friday morning. From what we have been able to learn of the…

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Muswellbrook Letter Serious Colliery Accident Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 2

Since the opening of the local colliery, about 15 years ago, no very serious accidents had' occurred in connection with its working until yesterday…

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Miners' Conditions. New Claims Lodged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 11

Further claims for increased pay and variations in working conditions have been made by the Miners' Federation…

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The Gold Yield. Marked Decrease

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 13

The Under-Secretary for Mines (Mr. W. H. Cambage) has furnished a return showing that the gold yield for November amounted to 4447oz crude…

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Safety Lamps. Mining Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 7

A conference of representatives of the proprietors and the miners was held at the Newcastle rooms of the Northern Collieries Association…

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The Colliery Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 December 1920 · page 2

It is Willi deep regret we have to announce a fatal result from the unfortunate accident that occurred on Friday last, when as stated in our…

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Floating Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1920 · page 5

The Navigation Department reports that the third officer of the steamer Wyandra sighted a floating mine when his vessel was off Montague Island on…

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Serious Colliery Accident. MUSWELLBROOK

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1920 · page 4

Since the opening of the local colliery, about 15 years ago, no very serious accidents had occurred in connection with its working until…

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Colliery Explosion. Miner's Death. Muswelbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1920 · page 5

Benjamin Coulson, one of the men injured by the explosion at the local colliery on Friday, died this morning in 'Brentwood' Hospital. An inquest…

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Gold Yield. Decrease for Commonwealth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1920 · page 3

The gold yield of the Commonwealth for the II Months to November 30, at 359,9,19 fine ? was 139,333%, less than the output recorded for the…

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Taxation _Inquiry. Views of Mining Official. Exemption Clauses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1920 · page 7

The executive of the Miners Feder-ation in Newcastle has received a communication from Mr.A. G. Brown, secretary to the Royal Commission on…

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The Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1920 · page 5

As briefly stated in telegraph forwarded yesterday,Benjamin james coulson on eof the two young men who injured by the explosion in the…

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Struck By Falling Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1920 · page 4

Leslie Moore, who is employed at the pit bottom at the Aberdare central colliery was admitted to the cessnock Hospital suffering from…

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Colliery Employees' Presentation

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 December 1920 · page 1

A very pleasing function took place in the local hall on Friday evening last, when the employees of Rothbury colliery and cheir many friends assembled…

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Gundagai Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1920 · page 5

A very rich find has been made in No. 3 bottom level of the Long Tunnel mine in what is known as "Reardon's Drive," near Gundagai The reef is 4…

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Coal Miners' Strike. 50,000 Workers Affected. LONDON,December 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 December 1920 · page 5

A general strike has been declared on tyhe Rhondda caulfield(wales)owing to Hmen not being reinstated after dismissed fifty thousand…

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The Muswellbrook Colliery Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 December 1920 · page 2

It is with deep regret we have to announce a fatal result from the unfortunate accident that occurred on Friday last, when, as stated in our…

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