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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

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The Navy. Use of Styn River Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 7

Mr. Bowden, Minister for Defence, informed Mr. Forde(Q).; in the House of Representatives, that 2576 tons of [?]yx Raver coal, from Contral…

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Reduced Coal Output. an Effect of the Holidays

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 3

Reports from Newcastle state that it is expected that there will be a decrease of one-third during. April in the normal production of the Maitland…

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Petty Stoppages. Miners' Decision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 6

The sub-committee of four from each section (appointed by the lodge) of Pelaw Main colliery, met recently to draw up rules and regulations to…

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Too Costly Gold

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 6

The presence of gold does not insure a profitable mine, we are warned by an editoral writer in "The Engineering and Mining Journal Press"…

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Lost Gold Reef Found

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 2

It is claimed that the lost reef of the old Bedangora goldfield 30 miles from Dubbo. has been found. When the mine closed, £1,500.000…

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British Mining Fatalities

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 6

The total number of deaths in the coal mines of the United Kingdom last year was 1289, an increase of 184, as compared with 1922. There…

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Will Ford's Dream Come True? Burning Coal Twice

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 6

American files state that Mr. Henry Ford has launched a scheme for getting two lots of heat out of the same pile of coal, by "burning it…

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Local and General School for Coal Mining

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 4

A school for coal mining and surveying has been established in connection with technical education facilities at Lithgow…

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Recent Mining Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 4

An inquiry was held at the Kurri Kurri Court House yesterday, before Mr. Geo. Brown, District Coroner, and a jury of six, into the death of…

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Killed by Fall of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 4

Joseph Lewis, a miner who was injured by a fall of coal and stone from the roof while working in the New Lambton colliery on Monday…

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Galedonian Collieries. Bulk Store Employees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 3

A conference of the executive officers of the Colliery Mechanics' Association and the Colliery Employees' Association was held in…

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Coal Exports

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 April 1924 · page 9

According to the Customs returns for the quarter ended March 31 last, the amount of coal exported from the port of Newcastle was 1,221,816…

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Colliery Mechanics and Colliery Workmen's Association

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 9

Messrs. J. Pendlebury (president), J. Brown (treasurer), and H. C. Morton (secretary), representing the Colliery Mechanics' Union, conferred at the…

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Caledonian Collieries. Bulk Store Employees

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 1

A conference of the executive officers of the Colliery Mechanics' Association and the Colliery Employees' Association was held in…

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Mine Electricians

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 4

By direction of the Minister for MInes, Mr. C. L. F[?], an examination for certificates of competency as mine electrician under…

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Abermain Colliery Picnic at Speers' Point

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 9

The annual picnic by the Abermain Colliery Employees at Speers' Point was one of the most successful yet held. Two trains were provided by the…

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New Coal Seam. Equal to Maitland Product

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 9

Coal indications of great promise have been found near Warragul, Vic. Tests by the Mines Department, a suburban gas company, and a…

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Gold in New Guinea. Can It Be Successfully Mined

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 6

According to one of four representative of Melbourne Options, Limited, who have been eight months in New Guinea siuicing for gold, and…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 7

Full lime of eleven days was put in at fourteen collieries of the New castle and South Maitland districts for the fortnight ended Saturday…

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Idle Collieries. Aberdare, Pelton, Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 4

The position at Polton colliery was not improved by the decision of the men at yesterday's meeting. The advice of the executive to resume work…

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