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Mining & the mines, 1929

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Transvaal Gold. Yield for Ten Months

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 8

The output of gold from the mines of the Transvaal during the first 10 months of 1928 amounted to 8,620, 351 oz compared with 8,431,340…

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Mining Industry Revival in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 7

"There is evidence of a mining revival in the near future." said Mr. Larcombe, Minister for Railways in Queensland, who is on a visit to…

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Synthetic Alcohol From Brown Coal, London, Dec, 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 13

The Heat Distillation Company is erecting a demonstration plant for the operation of process for the production of synthetic alcohol from…

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Mine Deputies. Trouble at Stanford. Many Men Involved. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 5

"We have no desire to cause trouble so early in the your," said Mr. T. Robbins, secretary. Deputies Association, to-day, when explain ing the…

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£346,000. Funds Pour In. Prince's Appeal for Miners. London. Dec. 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 13

Contributions continue to pour into the Mansion House in response to the Prince of Wales broadcast on Chhistmas night for gift for the Lord…

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Two Killed and Twenty-one Injured. Overwinding Accident at Mine. Capetown, Dec. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 12

Two miners were killed and 21 injured in an overwinding accident at the Robinson Deep mine to-day…

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Mining

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

Messrs. W. and E. Harris, who are working a lease at Copeland, put through a crushing of 12 tons of stone, which yielded the splendid…

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Stanford-merthyr Miners' Complaint

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

Mr. T. Hoare, president of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation, stated on Saturday that the executive had received from Mr. J…

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Gold Extraction a New Process

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 6

A great deal of interest has been created by the announcement made in London by Dr. K. B. Edwards that experiments with a modified…

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Germany's Gold Huge Reserve Held. London, Jan. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 8

Among the indications of Germany's amazing recovery from the war, not the least striking is her gold reserve, which is revealed by the…

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Gold Mining

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

Messrs. W. and E. Harris, who are working Messrs. Weheck's lease at Copeland, put 12 tons of stone through the battery for a return of…

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Gold at Orange

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

Gold-mining is about to be revived in the Orange district, alluvial gold having been discovered in the valley at Ammerdown, two miles from…

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Coal Dust and Longevity

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

One wonders whether a coal mine is not a healthy place ni which to spend one's days, when learning of the retirement of Daniel Mander,…

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Mines Subsidence Constitution of Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 3

The Mines Subsidence Bill, passed last session of Parliament, has now received the assent of the Governor, and is to come into force on a date…

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Didn't Resume Aberdare Colliery Extended Off Too

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 4

The expected resumption of work at Aberdare Colliery this morning did not take place. Following their decision to return to work pending…

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Removing Burning Coal. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

The work of removing the burning coal from the steamer Trelissick is proceeding satisfactorily, and it is expected the fire will be…

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Cessnock Mines. Two Idle To-day. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 4

Two mines—Aberdare and Aberdare Extended—are idle to-day. At Aberdare employees again discussed the non-payment of…

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Bush Fires. State Mine and Power-house in Danger

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 7

Bush fires which have threatened several mountain towns spread to the vicinity of Lithgow on Monday, and late at night the town was ringed…

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Aberdare Mines Resumption To-day. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 5

Both Aberdare and Aberdare Extended Collieries, which were idle yesterday, resumed to-day. A conference with the superintendent will take…

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Caught by Fall of Coal. Pelaw Main Miners Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

When they were caught by a fall of coal at the Pelaw Main Colliery on Monday, two miners, Benjamin Yates, of Neath-street, Pelaw Main…

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