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Mining & the mines, 1921

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Mount Morgan Mine. Mass Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 3

At mount Morgan yesterday a mass meeting of mine workers was held and a motion was carried censuring the clegates fir not having submitted the…

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South Australia's Wealth. a Mountain of Gold

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 5

Giving evidence before the Commonwealth Public Works Committee at Alice Springs (S.A.), Jas. Woodford, a prospector, said that the whole of the White…

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Engine Drivers. Examinations Under Mining Act

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 14

The Board of Examiners of Enginedrivers appointed under the Mines Inspection Act. 1901, have submitted to the Minister for Mines the…

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The Collieries. Eighteen Get Full Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 6

Full time for the collieries of the Newcastle and South Maitland districts for the fortnight ended on Saturday last was ten days, which was worked…

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Seeking Coal and Find Salt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 5

Explorations are being carried out in the Isle of Man(England) to discover whether the seams of coal which are belived to exist there are within…

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Mining Tribunal. Dissatisfaction at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 7

The position that has arisen out of the failure of the Coal Tribunal to hear the claims of the miners [?]perating in Victoria Seam in the Newcastle…

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Victorian Coal Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 July 1921 · page 5

According to a Melbourne telegram, the present is regarded as an opportune, time by union officials for a strike of coalminers…

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State Coal Mine. Work at Lithgow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 July 1921 · page 7

Although work is producing actively at the State coal mine at North Gully, Lithgow, operations have been hampered by heavy rains, which, it is…

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Miners' Executive Takes Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 July 1921 · page 7

The executive of the Northern District Miners Federation has issued a circular to secretaries of miners lodges members, directing their at…

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The Coal Tribunal Victoria Seam Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 July 1921 · page 7

The dispute that has arisen in connection with the miners operating the Victoria seam in the Newcastle coal field was brought no nearer to…

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Precious Metal. More Valuable Than Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 July 1921 · page 3

An interesting history attaches to a small packet about 2[?] inches square which recently arrived in London. It weight 2[?]b, and was eagerly bought…

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Bulli Colliery Trouble Over Loyalist

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 2

The miners at Bulli ceased work on Monday, upon discovering amongst the employees a man who identified himself with the 1917 strike, and had worked, as…

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Gold Yield. Slump[?]in Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 7

Since the suspension of operations at Mount Morgan the production of gold in Queensland has fallen to a figure representing probably the…

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Japan's Big Coal Contract Newcastle's Loss

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 3

Information was received in Sydney on Tuesday that a contract has just been arranged for the supply of 100,000 tons of Japanese coal for Bombay…

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Coal Tribunal. No Decision Arrived At

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 7

A meeting of the Coal Tribunal was held at the Commonwealth Bank, Sydney, on Wednesday afternoon, when the question of going on with the…

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Mining Industry. Alum and Petroleum

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 4

It is stated in the annual report of the Department of Mines that the production of alumite shows a considerable falling off during last year,as…

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Wallaroo Mines. Small Section Holding Up the Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 4

Referring to the industrial position at Wallaroo, Mr. Barwell, Premier of South Australia, said that as a result of inquiries he understood in response…

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A Big Nugget. Gold at Sunny Corner. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 5

A message from Sunny Corner states that a nugget of gold weighing nearly 17 ounces, was found at Dark Corner yesterday by a prospectors…

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Coal Development

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 July 1921 · page 6

The skellatar calmining syndicate who have leased 2700 acres of the skellatar estate for the operations have had a diamond drill at work…

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"Gold From Goldfish."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 July 1921 · page 4

The credulity of some people who put their faith and their ready cash into crude swindles is thus commented on by an editorial writer in " Chemical…

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