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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

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U.S.A. Miners' Strike. Hope of Settlement. Vancouver, April 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 5

A Washington message announces that the mine operators have rejected the Government proposals for a joint conference on April 10. The outlook…

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Collieries Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 4

Owing to a dispute among the wheelers, the two Abermain collieries were laid idle on Monday…

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Riverina Coal. an Extensive Seam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 3

Work at the new Riverina coalfield, Coorabin, is so far advanced that coal will be raised for the market within six weeks…

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Coal Strike. Steel Operators' Action. Vancouver, April 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 5

A message from Pittsburg says that a now move in the coal strike war took place to-day when the American Steel Company giving its reason the…

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Colliery Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1922 · page 4

Nothing further has transpired with regard to the proposed conference between the Northern colliery owners and the miners" representatives. Mr…

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Gold Yield. Decrease for the State

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 3

Mr. R. H. Cambage, Under-Secretary for Mines in New South Wales has furnished a return, showing that the gold yield for March, 1922,…

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"Synthetic Gold."

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 1

From time to time there appears in the daily press a sensational claim that gold can be made by artificial means. No less than three of these claims were…

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Mining in the District Big Develophents Ahead. Cement Company Established

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 2

Those in a position to know are not slow to predict that the next twelve months will see considerable activity in mining circles in this…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 6

Owing to the Easter holidays the working fortnight at the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland fields closed on Thursday making full time…

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World's Oldest Mine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 6

On the outskirts of the town of Fadun, in the north of Sweden, is the oldest mine in the world. It began to produce copper in 1225. In the…

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Industrial Award. for Colliery Officials. Judge Beeby's Judgment

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 14

In the Industrial Arbitration Court, Judge Beeby delivered judgment on the application by the Colliery Officials' Association of South Maitland…

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Riverina Coal. an Extensive Seam

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 6

Work at the new Riverina coalfield, Coorabin, is so far advanced that coal will be raised for the market within six weeks…

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Coal Strike. Steel Operators' Action. Vancouver. April 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 2

A message from Pittsburg says that a new move in the coal strike war took place to-day, when the American Steel Company, giving its reason the…

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U.S.A. Miners' Strike. Hope of Settlement. Vancouver, April 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 12

A Washington message announces that the mine operators have rejected the Government proposals for a joint conference on April 10. The outlook…

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Queensland Gold. Yield for March

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 6

The Queensland gold yield for March was 1069 fine ounces, valued, at £4541, compared with 6690 ounces, valued at £28,417, for the…

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Mining' Tribunal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 4

The executive of the norther district branch of the Miners' Federation has been notified by the chairman of the Coal Tribunal that there will not be…

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Abermain Colliery Profits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 4

Abermain colliery earned £100,006 net profit for the year ended February 28. In the previous year the net sum was £90,816, and the divided 10 per…

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Question of Miners' Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 4

For some time there has been correspondence between the Colliery Proprietors' Association in New South Wales and the Council of the Mining…

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Killed by Fall of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 9

A man named George Wood, 49, a resident of Kurri Kurri, was killed by a fall of coal in the Hebburn No, 2 tunnel yesterday morning. Deceased…

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State Gold Yields. New South Wales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 2

The New South Wales gold yield for March amounted to 3330oz crude, equal to 3048oz fine, valued at £12,916, as compared with 6145oz crude, equal to…

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