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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

1,043 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 53

Sonoma Gold Robbery. Contraband Liquor Found. New York

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 December 1921 · page 4

The San Francisco correspondent of the Australian Press Association reports that the surveyor, of Port Flattery, with a group of Customs…

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Gold Discovered. Three of Ship's Crew Arrested. New York, Tuesday."

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 December 1921 · page 4

The San Francisco correspondent of the United Press Association reports that Mr. S. Samuels announces that 27,000 dollars' worth of gold…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1921 · page 4

The delegate board meeting of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association, Hunter River district, which was called for Monday next…

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Slack Fortnight. Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1921 · page 14

Work at the Newcastle and Maitland district collieries was slack during the fortnight ended on Saturday. The first day of the period was a…

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Rationing Strikes. Wallarah Colliery Dispute

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1921 · page 11

The strike of miners at the Wallarah Colliery was discussed at a meeting of the executive of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees'…

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Hebburn Collieries. Visit of State Governor. New Development

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1921 · page 5

Sir Walter Davidson and Dame Margaret Davidson, who are on a visit to Newcastle, accompanied by Mr. J. Estell, M.L.A. (Minister for Works),…

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Wallarah Colliery. Work to Be Resumed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1921 · page 5

An important meeting of the Wallarah Miners' Lodge was held at Catherine Hill Bay yesterday, when lengthy consideration was given to the dispute…

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Gold Robbery. Mystery Continues. Vancouver, November 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1921 · page 13

A San Francisco message states that no definite progress has been made regarding the Sonoma robbery, which Chief-Detective Matheson regards as…

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Stolen Gold. Bulk Already Recovered. Vancouver

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1921 · page 2

Six thousand of the 25,000 sovereigns that were stolen from the shiment of gold by the steamer Sonoma, during the voyage from Sydney…

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Broken Hill Miners Metal Market Improved. The Key to Normal Production

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 December 1921 · page 3

A Melbourne message this week states that the improved tone of the metal market has impelled some of the Broken Hill companies to make preparation for a…

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Sonoma Mystery. Boxes of Gold Disappear. £25,000 Missing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1921 · page 15

The Commnowealth Bank of Australia has received a cable intimating that five boxes of gold, valued at £25,000, were missing from the…

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Sonoma Gold Robbery Three Men in Irons. a Quintette of Suspects

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 December 1921 · page 3

San Francisco, Wednesday.—It has now been revealed that one member of the Sonoma's crew had a key of the sailchest, in which was kept the rubber hose,…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1921 · page 4

The delegate board meeting of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association, Hunter River district, which was called for to-day,…

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Pirate Gold Discovery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1921 · page 4

What is said to be the biggest find of pirate treasure ever recorded was this week described by the Berlin correspondent of the "Chicago Tribune."…

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LOCAL & General News Colliery Award

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1921 · page 4

The chairman of the Coal Tribunal has issued his award in connection with the pillar question at Abermain No. 1. He directs that the rate to be…

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Stolen Gold. Sonoma's Quartermaster Suspected. Booty Recovered. Vancouver, Dec. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1921 · page 4

A message from San Francisco says that upon the complaint of Mr. Samuels, manager of the Oceanic Line, Judge Lazarus has issued a warrant…

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Four Men Killed. Kalgoorlie Mine Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1921 · page 6

An appalling disaster happened at the Golden Horseshoe Mine at the change of shifts on Tuesday afternoon, when a cage containing seven men got…

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Sonoma's Gold Quartermaster Suspected

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 December 1921 · page 2

Vancouver, Monday.—A message from San Francisco says that upon the complaint of Mr Samuels, manager of the Oceanic Line, Judge Lazarus has issued…

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Colliery Echanics. an Abortive Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 December 1921 · page 6

The conference between the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Colliery Mechanics' Union, with regard to the latter's claims for…

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German Coal Question in the Assembly

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 December 1921 · page 2

Mr. O'Hearn: I desire to ask the Premier whether he can inform the House if there is any truth in the rumor that German coal has been…

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