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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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Injured by Fall of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 5

Mr, Robert R. Laing, of Jeffrey-street. South Cessnock, was injured at the Aberdare Extended colliery yesterday, shortly after commencing…

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Gold Find. Reef Near Moruya

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 2

A sensational gold find hag been made ut the Dwyer's Creek, mine, near Moruya. An assay has given the…

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Deputy Killed. Fall of Coal at Pelaw Main

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 2

Benjamin Jenkins, 64, a deputy employed at the Pelaw Main collicry, was killed by a fall of coal on Thursday. He was making an inspection of a bord…

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Paid with Nugget of Gold. Meeting with Bushrangers. Pioneer's Experience

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 9

Mrs. Ann Kearney, who died at Newtown at the ago of 85 years, had many interesting stories to relate concerning the early days of the gold diggings…

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Mining Tragedy Recalled Pit Tomb Opened After , 27 YEARS

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 3

Development work now being carried out at Central Greta Colliery recalls a mining tragedy of more thar a quarter of a century ago…

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Mining Dispute. Mechanics v. Miners. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 2

Pelaw Main Miners' Lodge, which is automatically Involved in the trouble of the train crow refusing to take the miners out to Richmond…

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Mine Explosion. the New Zealand Disaster. Coal Dust Danger

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 6

The report of the Royal Commission which inquired into the Dobson colliery disaster (N.Z.) on December 3 last states that the commission…

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Avrfield Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 4

Mr. A, Teece, district treasure of the Miners' Federation, stated that the secretary of the Ayrfield No. 1 Miners' Lodge had notified the…

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"Open War" Mechanics and Miners

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 7

The friction between the Colliery Mechanics' Association and the Miners' Federation came to a head at Richmond Main on Wednesday…

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Gold Find. in Dorrigo District

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 14

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

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Safety Catch. for Colliery Shaft Cages. Lithgow Invention. Lithgow

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 14

It is claimed by Mr. L. Williams, of Lithgow, that he has invented a safety catch for colliery shaft cages. The Miners' Delegate Board has…

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Coal Carter's Death Compensation Granted by Commission

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 6

Reserved judgment was given by thE Workers' Compensation Commission, in the matter of an application by Mabel Hynes, on behalf of herself…

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Rich Gold. Edie Creek Fields, Glowing Prospects. MELBOURNE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 1

Mr. W. P. Lapthorne, who has arrived in Melbourne from the New Guinea goldfields, said he was convinced that the Edie Creek fields…

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Mr. David Murdock. Death of Mining Identity. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 14

Mr. David Murdock, an old mining identity, died at his residence, Wollombi-road, early this morning. The late Mr. Murdoch was 66 years…

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Colliery Fatality. Inquest at Kurri Kurri. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1927 · page 4

Mr. George Brown, District Coroner, at Kurri Court House today, returned a finding of accidental death in connection with the death…

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Skull Crushed. Fatality at John Darling Colliery. Shaft Sinker Killed. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1927 · page 5

Richard Crozier, 45, a married man, and a shaft sinker, employed at the John Darling Colliery, Belmont, was killed shortly after 8…

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Still Unsettled. Miners v. MECHANICS, RICHMOND-MAlN TROUBLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1927 · page 2

The dispute between the Miners Federation and the Colliery Mechanles Association at Richmond-Main Colliery on the question of…

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Colliery Rates Caledonian. Co. Claims Refund. Council Can't "Spar Up"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 8

At its meeting on Friday night the Kearsley Shire Council had before it a letter enclosing a cheque for £1786/18/1 from Caledonian…

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Union Dispute. Mechanics and Miners. the Richmond Main Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 2

Mr. T. G. Moran presided at a combined meeting of the Richmond Main and Pelaw Main mechanics. held in the King's Hall, Kurri, on…

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"Bill" Squires. Prospecting for Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 July 1927 · page 3

WIlliam (Bill") Squires, of boxing, fame, applied to the Warden's Court at Narrabri on Monday for authority to enter some 80 acres of…

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