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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

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The Curse of Gold. Chapter Xlvii. Three Hearts Go Out to Little Eddie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 10

"Quite sure, Wake him and see if he calls her anything but mamma." Elsie smiled. "Wake him, oh, yes, I know how!" She bent her pale lips…

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Brown's Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1902 · page 6

The district check-inspector. Mr. W. Bowen, and the local check-inspector, Mr. C. Pugh, report having made a check-inspection of Nos. 2 and 4 tunnels…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1902 · page 5

Ten collieries worked full time for the fortnight which ended on Saturday, and eight others did fairly well, some of the remainder, however, having more than a…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1902 · page 5

The Wallsend miners met at the School of Arts on Friday evening, Mr. C. Richardson presiding. An appeal for monetary assistance was…

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The Curse of Gold. CHAPTER XLIX.—(Continued.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1902 · page 2

The young mother was gratified. The woman before her became less grotesque. Maternal love was beginning to soften even her evil exterior…

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Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1902 · page 5

The workmen at the Greta Colliery have been notified that their services will not be required after the 31st of this month, as the Greta Coal Mining Company's…

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Miners' A.r. Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1902 · page 6

Sir,—There is in the Act a provision empowering the Minister to increase the allowances to any extent he may deem expedient whenever he thinks fit provided the state of…

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Coal in the Transvaal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Great Eastern Collieries Company has struck, at Grootvlei, in the Transvaal, at a depth of 233ft, a seam of good coal,…

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The Curse of Gold. CHAPTER L.—(Continued)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1902 · page 2

A person who sat in this room, saw Mrs. Oakley as she entered, and arose as if to go forth and met her. But a glance at her place face checked him,…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1902 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Glebe miners was held on Monday evening in Simpson's hotel. There was a good attendance, Mr. R. Powell occupying the…

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The Curse of Gold, Chapter Lii. Out in the Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1902 · page 2

As Catharine approached the shore, Elsie came toward her, drifting, as it were, like a cloud before the storm. "I have followed him, I caught him;…

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Duckenfield Colliery. Check-inspectors' Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 December 1902 · page 6

A cheek inspection of Brown's Duckenfield, Colliery, made by the district check-inspector and the local check-inspector (Mr. D. Wilkinson), on 22nd and 23rd inst.,…

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The Curse of Gold. CHAPTER LIII.—(Continued)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 December 1902 · page 2

George lifted his hand suddenly to his forehead. "Yes," he answered, in a husky voice, "I remember her. She is dead."…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 December 1902 · page 7

A special meeting of the Stockton miners was held on Tuesday evening in the old school for the purpose of considering the action of the delegate board and the…

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Haunted Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 December 1902 · page 6

It is a well-known fact, says the London "Evening Standard," that miners, like sailors and others who follow hazardous employments are somewhat superstitious…

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Coal-getting by Machinery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 December 1902 · page 3

The general report and statistics relating to labour in mines does not indicats, that coal-getting machines are making much headway. Indeed, in some of the…

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The Curse of Gold. CHAPTER LV.—(Continued)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 December 1902 · page 2

"These things may seem trivial, George, but the details of a painful event fix themselves terribly on the memory. There was not a word…

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The American Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 December 1902 · page 12

The strike in the anthracite coal regions of the United States is certainly enlarging the interest of the public in the mineral deposits of that country; but it would…

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[?] Curse of Gold. Chapter Lvii. the Secret Marriage.—louis Goes on with His Story

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 December 1902 · page 10

I think, George, that concentration of feeling belongs to our race. I felt when Oakley carried off the only being I could ever love, that life would…

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American Coal Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 December 1902 · page 5

The statement of the case of the anthracite coal miners of the United States, as presented to the Strike Commission there, has some points of interests to…

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