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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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Gold Yield. Queensland Shows Increase

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 6

Queensland gold yield for May was 3196 ounces, valued at £13,576, against [?] ounces, worth £5917, for the corresponding month last year. The…

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Railway Coal. Stoppage of Orders. Some Mines May Close

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners recently decided that the Department had sufficent stocks of coal on hand to carry it over to the beginning of the next…

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Mine Bath Housed Delegate Board Motion. '

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 4

Reports were submitted by various delegates to the Miners' Delegate BOard to the effect that no provision was being made by their respective…

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Miners, Federation Question of Re-organisation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 4

The feeling manifested throughout the three days deliberations of the Miners Delegate Board at Newcastle gave rise to the following…

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Lighgow's Plight. Mines May Close Down

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 3

An official of the Lithgew coal Association stated that orders form the Railway commissioner for coal had been reduced from 10,000 tons…

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Feeling of Comradeship Miners and Deputies' ' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 4

After the business had been dealt with at the Miners Delegate Board meeting at Newcastle, the president treasurer, and secretary respectively…

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Lithgow Mines May Close Down

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 2

An official of the Lithgow Coal Association, stated that orders from the Railway Commissioners for coal had been reduced from 15,000 tons a week,…

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Famous Mount Morgan Mine. World's Richest Gold Mine. Its Rise and Fall

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 8

Mr. F. M. Cutlack has contributed a couple of articles to the "Herald," touching the history of this great mine, now, after a brilliant record of…

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Miners’ Lodge Officials. Aberdare Central Surprise

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 5

In the half-yearly ballot tor ledge officials at Aberdare Central, Mr. Jack Callaghan, jun., created a surprise by narrowly defeating Mr. P…

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Our Coal Industry Some Interesting Figures

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 10

The importance of our coal industry was clearly shown by the list of vessels which were entered outwards by the Newcastle Customs on…

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Some Splash Coal Waggons in River

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 9

What was probably the biggest splash ever made in the Hunter River was made recently at Hexhain, when ten fully loaded coal waggons…

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Colliery Retrenchment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 6

In connection with the dismissal of Thirty-five surface employees at Aberdare Extended Colilery, in a scheme of retrenchment, Mr. N.J…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 13

On account of the King's Birthday holiday ten days constituted the full working period at the collieries on the Newcastle and South Maitland fields…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Ayrfield Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 6

A meeting of the members of the Ayrfield No. 1 Miners' Lodge will be held In Miss Edwards' rooms, to-mor-row (Sunday), at 2 p.m., when…

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Miners Federation. Question of Re-organisation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 16

The feeling manifested throughout the three days' deliberations of the Miners' Delegate Hoard at Newcastle gave rise to the following…

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Mine Bath Houses. Delegate Board Motion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 16

Reports were submitted by various delegates to tile Miners' Delegate Board, to the effect that no provision was being made by their respective…

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Homeless Lad Missing 250 Colliery Employees Help in Search

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 6

All the miners and other employees at the Invincible Colliery, Lithgow, ceased work on Thursday to search for a 19 year old youth named Graham,…

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Gold Yield. Queensland Shows Increase

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 13

Queensland gold yield for May was 3196 ounces valued at £13,576 against 1393 ounces worth £5917 for the correspondent month last year. The…

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Gold Find. in Dorrigo Distinct

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 3

A reef, carrying good gold and extending for several miles, has been found in the Dorrigo district. A large number for claims have been taken…

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Ascot Gold Cup. Historic Race

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 15

Sir Abe Bailey is the proud possessor of the Ascot Gold Cup a trophy valued at £500. for which the rate was run on the old Heath…

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