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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Bellbird Colliery Trouble About Dust

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 4

Miners who went to work at Bellbird on Wednesday morning returned home again without entering the [?] and the same thing [?]rred…

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Ayrfield Miners Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 4

A combined meeting of members of Ayrfield os. 1 and 2 Miners Lodge will be held at Tester's Hill, near Ayrfield Colliery, to-morrow…

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Mining Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 8

As a result of a fall of coal at the Killingworth colliery yesterday morning, John Evans, 40 years of age, a married man, lately residing at 117…

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Safety in Mines. Lectures Being Arranged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 6

The Parliamentary representatives for Newcastle , have been informed by the Under-Secretary for Mines that lectures in connection with the safety…

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Coal Production Record Output Last Year

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 3

The coal production in New South Wales for 1924 constitutes a record as compared with any previous year. The production amounted to…

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Woman Doctor. Objected to by Miners Delegates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 6

A notice of motion from one of the groups, protesting against Dr. May Harris as the examining medical adviser of the Northern Collieries…

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LANGUAGE at ELLALONG Two Miners in Court

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 10

At the Cessnock Police Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. T. W. “Coheu, P.M., Septimus Bridge (represented by Mr. Enright) projeeded against…

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Bellbird Colliery. Dust Naisance Causes Stoppage. Check Inspector’s Report

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 6

“She’s said” yes, everyone [?] [?] was safe [?] is the [?] who such a [?] was very [?] but [?]…

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Scolliery Staffs. Miners to Oppose, Application for Award

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 6

The question of the Colliery Staffs Association's application to the Deputy Arbirration Court for an award for members of that organisation which…

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Collision on Railway Coal Train and Trucks

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 3

Early on Wednesday morning a coal train of 40 full waggons was brought to a standstill outside the Abermain marshalling yards when…

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Big Gold Find. Sensation at Burrill Creek

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 4

An assay of 286 ounces to the ton! A reef that has been traced for three miles, carrying free gold that will average 20 ounces to the…

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Reported Discovery of Gold [?] Eight Miles From Wingham

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 1

The reported discovery of gold at the foot of Kiwarrick Mountain, eight miles from Wingham, is causing great excitement, and the field is pegged out for…

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Reported Discovery of Gold. Eight Miles From Wingham

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 8

The reported discovery of gold at the foot of Kiwarrick, eight miles from Wingham, is causing great excitement, and the field is…

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Railway Smash. Runaway Coal Trucks.TRAVEL Forty Miles an Hour

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

The marshalling yards at the Abermain Colliery was the scene of a railway smash early on Wednesday morning, when about 40 coal waggons moved…

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Town Lighting. Current and Power From the Muswellbrook Coal Company, Limited. a Big Project

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

At a meeting of the directors of the Electric Light and Power Co. (Scone), Ltd., held in Sydney yesterday—all members of the…

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Mining Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 6

John Evans, aged 40, a minor, employed at the Killingworth colliery, and who lived in Wickham, was killed while at work at the face on Thursday…

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Gold at Wingham. Hopes Revived

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 6

The reported rich find of gold at Kiwarrick is a dramatic episode in a long search for a suspected source of mineral wolnth in the district (writes…

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Record Year for Coal Increased Output

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 3

Last year 11,618,216 tons of coal were brought up to the pit mouths in New South Wales. Its value there was £9,589,547…

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A Revival. Mining in Moss Vale District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 6

Transactions at the Warden's office, Moss Vale, during 1924, indicate a revival of the mining industry in that district. The fees…

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Aberdare Central. Resumption of Work , CESSNOCK , Monday, Aberdare Central colliery resumed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 4

work this morning. The dispute over the reinstatement of a man employed in the lamp cabin has not been settled but a resumation of work was…

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