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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

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A "Gassy Mine"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 7

The fact that three men were injured, one being rendered unconscious, by the explosion of gas in No. 3 mine, Hartley, on the Styx River…

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Accident in Mine

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 7

A miner named Dorse, employed in the Caledonia Colliery, had a very narrow escape from serious injury on Thursday. He was leaving the…

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Those Coal Contracts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 1

There are nearly 200 men in this town who derive their living from employment at: the looal collieries. The capacity of,the mines has never…

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Mining Hotels

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 8

Quite a number of people refer to Minmi as the town of hotels. One often hears the remark, "Why on earth do they require so many hotels…

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Mining Legislation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 7

In the Legislative Council Mr. Fe[?]rar (Minister for Labour and Industry) moved the second reading of the Mining (Amendment) Bill, which…

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Mining Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 5

Mr. Albert Barton, employed in the Central Colliery, was run over by a skip, sustaining serious injury to one of his hands, and he was admitted…

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Bellbird Colliery Two More Bodies R[?]ns of Hartley and Corns

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 5

It was confidently stated at the week-end that in all probability a least two of the three remaining bodies of the victims of the Bellbird…

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Oil Supply. Coal By-products. Great Resources. Professor David's Evidence

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 1

Important evidence regarding the resources of the Commonwealth in oil was given, by Professor Sir Edgeworth David before the Federal…

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A Big Pay. at Cessnock Collieries. £40,000 Distributed. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 December 1924 · page 2

All the collieries in the Cessnock district have been working very consistently for the working with the result that the pay distributed on…

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Miners' Council. Dissatisfaction in the North

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 December 1924 · page 2

There is a good deal of dissatisfaction among northern mmers of the refusal of the Central Council to place men formerly employed at Duckenfield No…

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Muswellbrook Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. O'Hearn asked the Minister for Works and Railways if he would inquire why the Railway Department…

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Lead for Gold

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 4

Capetown, Monday.—As the result of investigations in London and South Africa into the gold theft of November 22, there is reason to believe that…

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Belebird Colliery. Exploitation Work Continued Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 5

The investigation of the west side of Bellbird Colliery was continued this morning. Entering No. 6 West which was…

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Miners' Federation. Group Meeting at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 3

The miners' group representatives resumed their deliberations at the Newcastle Trades Hall. Notice of motion from the Dudley…

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Coal Supplies Geologist's Figures. at Mining Congress. Broken Hill Production Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 4

It is estimated there yet remains in Victoria 20,000,000,000 tons of coal, and a like amount in New South Wales, with a further possible…

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Those Coal Contracts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. O'Hearn asked:—Is the Minister for Railways aware that the Railway Commissioners in…

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Unemployed Colliery Stoppages Statement By the Premier

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. J. M. Baddeley asked the Premier whether, in view of the telegram he had sent the…

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Bellbird Colliery. Bailey's Whereabouts. Still a Mystery. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 4

During last night and this morning, the exploring parties carried on their investigations along the west side as far as the tunnel month. They made…

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Gold Discovery. Rich Specimens in the North

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 2

A prospector named Wickham has arrived at Wyndham with a sugarbag full of gold specimens broken from a quartz "blow" in the vicinity of a large…

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Bellbird Colliery. Exploration Work Continued Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1924 · page 5

The investigation of the west side of Bellbird Colliery was continued this morning. Entering No. 6 West, which was…

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