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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

1,451 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 67 of 73

Drowned in a Mine Pit Manager's. End

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 November 1924 · page 4

"I have examined the workings of this mine, and found the roof and slides safe; presence of gas, nil; ventilation, good; shaft and pump in good…

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Unemployed. Questions in Assembly. Premiers Reference to Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1924 · page 7

Mr. Council asked the Premier in the Legislative Assembly if his attention had been drawn to the last summary of statistics by the Federal…

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Mining Disaster. Pumping to Be Resorted To

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1924 · page 3

In view of the inability of the diver to recover the body, of Mr. Edward Cox, who was drowned by the inrush of water into the Lily Rose mine near…

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New Inspector of Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 4

Mr. G. Emery, who has been appointed an inspector of collieries in the Department of Mines of New South Wales, has been for many years…

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Further Operations. at Bellbird Colliery. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 4

Special gangs are busy in making the necessary preparations for the next move in the Bellbird operations. which is to take place early next…

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Coalfield Mines. Two Resumptions. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 5

Richmond Main and Hebburn No.1 Collieries both resumed to-day. Abermam Nos. 1 and 3, which were ide because a wheeler wanted two horses…

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Bus for Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 5

It is announced that the bus to Ayrfield and Glen Ayr will again commence running on Monday morning, at 5.55 o'clock…

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Increased Pay. Tasmanian Mine Workers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 8

The new—Arbitration Court award for mine workers in Tasmania, gives an increase of 4/2 per week on the Queenstown and Lyell fields, 2/3 a…

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Canada's New Gold "Find."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 13

Declared by mining experts to be the potential equal in every respect of the famous Hollinger property in NOrthern Ontario, an important gold…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 7

The amount of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 93,442 tons, of which 91,603 tons represented…

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Coal Trade. Slack at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 12

Mr. A. Crow, district superintendent of railways at Newcastle, stated that the coal trade was stack. The coal was not coming forward, nor…

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Flooded Mine. Miner Drowned at Wallsend

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 9

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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War Aftermath. Mine Fatalities. London, Nov. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 2

The crew of the French steam trawler. Yvonne, when fishing off Dunkirk (a French port on the Strait of Dover), noticed that one of the…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 16
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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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Unemployed. Questions in Assembly. Premier's Reference to Miners

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 5

Mr. Connell, asked the Premier in the Legislative Assembly if his attention had been drawn to the last summary of statistics by the Federal…

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Rhodesian Gold. Great Robbery. Capetown, Nov. 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 12

On October 27 a consignment of Rhodesian gold bullion, consisting of 24 boxes, left Salisbury for Capetown to catch the mail-boat to…

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Mining Disaster. Body Not Yet Discovered

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 7

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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Search for Body. Wallsend Mining Disaster

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 3

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 Lily Rose Colliery at…

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Coal at Gloucester. Seam Thirty-two Feet. Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 8

A large meeting of the shareholders in the new coal mine was held in the shire office, when the following were made first directors…

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