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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

1,451 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 66 of 73

Bellbird Colliery. Closing Off 6 West. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 14

This morning, the three teams of proto men put the finishing touches to the concrete stoppings in the barrier bord, and in the cutthrough…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 11

The amount of coal shipped at Newcastle last week for places beyond the State was 81,191 tons, of which 63.411 tons represented…

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Mount Kembla. Coal Tribunal Defied

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 16

A long struggle is expected between the owners of Mount Kembla mine and the Miners' Federation in connection with the stoppage at this…

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Flooded Mine. Miner Drowned at Wallsend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 3

Edward Cox (45), a married man, living at Kendall-street Lambton was overwhelmed in a small coal mine at Wallsend by a rush of water from…

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Copper Mine Fire. Outbreak in New Guinea

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 15

A radio message from the mine was received at the office of the New Guinea Copper Mines, Ltd., in Melbourne, stating that the furnace had…

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Find of Gold. Vicinity of Parkes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 2

A party, who have been prospecting for some time at Nibbler's Hill, between three and four miles south of Parkes have struck gold-bearing…

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News From Germany. Coal and Reparations. the Poor Kaiser

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 2

A message from Paris states that, according to the Cologne "Mining Journal." the Stinnes mining group is offering to the Portuguese…

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Coal Lumpers' Award Right to Appeal Granted. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 6

The award for the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union, made by Mr. Justice Edmunds, and gazetted on October, 10, has brought appeals from three…

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Bellbird Colliery. the Next Move. Subject of Conference. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 November 1924 · page 4

As an indication of the importance of the next step in the operations at Bellbird Colliery, a conference is to be held to-morrow. at which Chief…

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Modesian Gold. Great Robbery. Capetown, Nor. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 November 1924 · page 4

On October 27 a consignment of Rhodesian gold bullion, consisting of 21 boxes, left Salisbury for Capetown to catch the mail-boat to…

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Flooded Mine Man Drowned at Wallsend

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 November 1924 · page 4

Edward Cox, aged 45, a married man, living at Lanibton, was overwhelmed in a small mine Wallsend by a rush of water from adjacent abandoned…

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The Next Move. at Bellbird Colliery. Conference Decisions. Bellbird

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1924 · page 5

A conference was held at the Colliery Office, Bellbird to-day, in respect to the next move of putting the fresh air into that area of the mine…

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Search for Body. Wallsend Mining Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1924 · page 7

An endeavour to recover the body of Edward Cox, who lost his life in consequence of an inrush of water to Mr. L. Meyer's Lilly Rose Colliery at…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 November 1924 · page 4

At a district meeting of colliery mechanics held at West Wallsend, it was decided to oppose proposed reduction in the secretary's salary, the…

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Bellbird Colliery. the Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 November 1924 · page 4

Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Mines, has received a reply from the Under-Secretary for Justice regarding a communication from Mr. T…

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Miners' Federation. Northern District Nominations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 November 1924 · page 3

Mr. W. Brennan, secretary to the northern branch of the Miners' Federation, has been re-elected, unopposed, for that office for the ensuing year…

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Abermain Collieries One Full Fortnight. in Eleven Months. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 November 1924 · page 2

Owing to the number of petty stoppages during the year. Abermain No. 2 Colliery, the mainstay of the village of Kearsley, has worked only one full months. They will draw a full pay on Friday for the first time in 1924. Abermain No. 1 Colliery, which is idle again to-day, owing to wheelers…

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War Aftermath. Mine Fatalities. London, Nov. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 November 1924 · page 5

The crew of the French steam trawler Yvonue, when fishing off Dunkirk (a French port on the Strait of Dever) notified that one of the…

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Mining Disaster. Body Not Yet Discovered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 November 1924 · page 6

Three fruitless attempts to recover the body of "Edward Cox, who was drowned in Mr. L. A. Meyer's Lily Rose Colliery at Back Creek,…

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Idle Collieries. Central Abermain and Hebburn. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1924 · page 4

The miners reported for work again at Abermain Colliery this morning but the wheelers grievance respecting the horses had not been adjusted and…

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