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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

1,441 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 73

Whitburn Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 August 1923 · page 4

Whitburn Colliery in now ready for work. Members of the lodge were requested by the executive officers to present themselves at the…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 August 1923 · page 3

Business was brink in the coal trade during the fortnight ended on Saturday last, and 27 minors of the Newcastle and South Maitland fields…

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Mining Disputes. Settlement at Back Creek and Duckenfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 August 1923 · page 5

As a result of a conference held at Min[?]i Farm on Saturday the difficulty at Back Creek and Duckenfield was settled. The dispute arose…

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Aberdare South Mine

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 4

It would appear as if the trouble at Aberdare South is expected to be of duration—from the management point of view at any rate. Last…

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Steady Unobtrusive Development. Linking the Collieries with Steel Rails In the Heart of the Bush

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 8

Within a few miles from Cessnock and within a couple of years £100,000 have been expended in laying the steel ralls from Cessnock the…

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No Conference. Southern Coal Position. Slump in the West

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 3

Southern coalowners still hold that there is a darg at the Helensburg pit, and they stand by their statement that until this has been…

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Cessnock Miner Killed. By Fall of Coal. at Aberdare Extended This Morning

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 4

Benjamin Johnson, a well-known miner of Cessnock, was killed this morning by a fall of coal while working at the face in the Aberdare…

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Use of Small Coal. Important Discovery. London, August 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 August 1923 · page 5

Professor [?]ingsworth, of the South Wales School of Mines, after sixteen years' research claims that he has produced by the low…

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MIning Leases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 August 1923 · page 4

The Abermain Colliers, Ltd, have been granted two mining leases in the parish of Stanford County Northumberland. The combined…

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Western Miners. Sharing Work Proposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 August 1923 · page 8

A conference was held at Lithgow between representatives of the Lithgow owners and delegates for the Western Miners' Federation,…

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Mine Fatality. Crushed by Ton of Coal. West Maitland

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 3

A shocking fatality occurred at Aberdare Extended colliery, Cessnock, this morning. Benjamin Johnston, 30, was engaged in No. I…

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Supplies for Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 4

Mr. M. Charlton, M.H.R., has received word from the Minister of Defence in reply to his representations at the instance of Mr. W. F…

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Colliery Fatality. the Inquest. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 5

The inquest regarding the death of Beniamin Johnston, who was fatally injured in the Aberdare Extended Colliery on Tuesday, was held at the…

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First Coal Miner. Maitland

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 6

The first man to work as a miner on the South Maitland coalfield, Mr. Samuel Higginson, has died in hospital after an illness of several…

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Steel Works. Developing Coal Lands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 4

Reference was made by Mr. E. Lewis, general manager [?] Broken Hill Proprietary Company, in his annual report, to the coal purchases…

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Mining Fatality. Coroner's Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 7

Mr. G. Brown, district coroner, conducted an inquest this morning at the Cessnock Courthouse into the circumstances touching the death of…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Friday, August 24, 1923. Local and General Coal Development

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 2

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has been asked to assist the opening of the coal measures at Muswellbrook. He has asked the Commissioners to…

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Whitburn Colliery. the Cavil Drawn

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 5

After a stoppage of eight and a half months owing to six men being discharged without reference to the custom of last to come first to go the…

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LOCAL & General News Richmend Main Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 4

The Richmond-Main Corliery is moving up in the ranks as a big producer, and within a few months should be in the 2700 class with…

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