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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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Idle Collieries. Two Pits Resume. Breakdown at Abermain No. 2 CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 December 1923 · page 5

Aberdare Central Colliery, which was thrown idle yesterday through a dispute respecting double payment double payment for a wheeler's coal, resumed…

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Gold in India. Solving Exchange Problem. Bombay, Dec. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 December 1923 · page 2

Breaking the resolution of the Associated Chambers of Commerce urging the Government not to disturb exchange at the present moment…

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Hebburn Collieries Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 4

Some of the machinery failed at the Hebburn Colliery, and in consequence the colliery was idle yesterday. The employees assembled for…

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Colliery Stoppages

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 9

The crank shaft of the winding in Abermain No. 2 colliery broke on Tuesday, as a result of which the mine has been thrown idle…

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Paxton Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 9

Stops arc being taken to form miners' lodges in connection with the Kalingo und Greta Main collieries. The Millfield Greta Colliery, a little…

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Appalling Colliery Disaster. Forty Reported Killed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 3

London, Monday Evening.—A terrible mining disaster is reported from the Nunnery Coal Pit, near Sheffield, Yorkshire…

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Miners' Nystagmus Use of Tinted Glasses

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 2

The Ebbvale Colliery Company states (according to a London cable) that the experiment of adopting canary-yellow tinted glass in lamps to…

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A World's Record One Day's Coal Output

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 6

The output of coal from the Pelaw Main mine on Wednesday is stated to be 3050 tons, and from Richmond Main 2352 tons. Mr…

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Gold Discovery. South Lucknow Mine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 1

The South Lucknow management has reported that a large body of [?] has been struck showing arsenical p[?]rites and cold, in the crosse[?] at the 200ft…

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Record Day's Coal Output

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 1

A world's record was established on Wednesday at the Pelaw Main Colliery in regard to the output of coal—3050 ton of coal having been won; while at…

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Toronto to Coal Point

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 4

Mr. Ball, Minister for Works, was approached by Messrs. J. M. Baddeley, and W. O'Hearn, M.L.A., and urged to give consideration to the question…

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Idle Collieries. Two Pits Resume. Breakdown at Abermain No. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 5

Aberdare Central Colliery, which was thrown idle yesterday through a dispute respecting double payment for a wheeler's coal, resumed…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 11

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during, last week for places beyond the State was 103,962 tons, of which 83,491 tons…

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Coal Strike. New Zealand Prosecutions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 1

Sir Fren[?] Bell, Atterney-General for New Zealand has ordered the intermediate prosecution of the [?] concerned in the West Coast…

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Miners Nystagmus. Simple Preventive. London, Dec. 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 3

The Ebbwvale Colliery Company states that the experiment of adopting canary-yellow tinted glass in lamps to eredicate miners' nystagmus has…

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High Temperatures Effect on Miners. London, Nov. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 13

Lecturing at the institution for Mining Engineers on the effects of high temepratures upon miners, Professors Moss advocated the use of…

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Gold Ring As Sexo-meter. Conclusive Tests at London "Zoo."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 10

Results startling in their success have been achieved by a primitive form of sexometer used in the Zoo insect house, writes "A.E.H." in the…

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Work at the Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 7

Another good fortnight's work was put in at the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland district coalfields for the pa[?]yending on…

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Gold Bearing Reefs

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 7

Some good gold-bearing reefs have been found at Mummel, a tributary of the Upper Manning, near Mount George, where miners have…

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Gold Found by a Woman's Dream

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 5

A remarkable find of gold has just been made in the Salisbury district of Rhodesia through a woman dream…

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