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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

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Miners' Sad End. Die of Starvation. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 May 1906 · page 5

Twenty-two corpses have been found in the Borussia mine, Westphalia. In the vicinity of where the bodies…

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Co-operative Colliery. Meeting of the Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 5

A special meeting of the Co-operative miners was held yesterday morning, Mr. Joseph Hill being in the chair. The meeting was called in consequence…

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Stockton. Accident at the Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 5

Yesterday morning a lad named Fair-full, about sixteen years of age, residing with his parents in William-street, Stockton, met with an accident in the Stockton…

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Wallsend Colliery. Check-inspectors' Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 6

The following statement shows the result of a check-inspection of the Wallsend Colliery, made on the 10th, 11th, and 12th of April, by Messrs E. Williams and W…

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Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 4

Since the beginning of the year the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company's collieries at Wallsend have worked well, and the trade secured will ensure constant…

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Richest Mine in the World

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 3

Another chapter, writes the London "Express" in the romantic story of the Mysore Gold-mining Company has closed when, at the annual meeting in the…

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Co-operative Miners. Work to Be Resumed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 4

A special meeting of the Co-operative miners was held yesterday, Mr. Joseph Hill in the chair. The chairman explained that the meeting…

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America's Coal Strike. Anthracite Difficulty Ends. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 5

The strike of the American authraeite miners has ended. The employers have reinstated all the men except those who have been…

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The Dog Watch. Views of Colliery Owners. Deputation to the Minister. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 5

This afternoon Mr. G. Earp, M.L.C., introduced to Mr. Moore, the Minister for Mines, a deputation representing a number of the mine owners and colliery managers…

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Shortland Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 6

Sir,—I notice "Observer" and "Querist' do not seem to know the facts of the recent stoppage at the Shortland Colliery. I will give them a true statement of the…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 4

A special meeting of the Sea Pit Miners' Lodge was held in Blackburn's hotel, Merewether, on Tuesday evening. Mr. J. Halliday presiding. Mr. Peter Bowling…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred at the Proprietary mine at 8.30 o'clock this morning, resulting in the death of Leslie Thomas, a trucker, who fell down a shaft and…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 6

The Stockton Miners' Lodge held a special meeting last night, Mr. J. Robson president, in the chair. The deputation which had waited upon…

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Mining Matters. Loading Coal at the Dyke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 3

The busy season in the coal trade is once more upon us, and this year promises to be an exceptional one in that respect. Practically the whole of the collieries in…

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Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 3

Nine of the aid hands of the Co-operative Colliery, who are out of work, have not yet been re-employed at the mine, although the understanding between the…

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The Coal Vend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

A spirit of justice and fairness, to say nothing of a reasonable knowledge of the ethics of commerce, might at least be expected…

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Kurri. Miners' Mass Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 6

Kurri Kurri Recreation Reserve will be the scene of a great gathering of miners and other employees of the South Maitland coalfield on Wednesday next, the…

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Gold in the Electric Furnace

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 14

Professor Henri Moissan has been trying some interesting experiments in vaporing gold in the electric furnace. He finds that it boils at 2400 degrees centigrade, and…

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Labour in Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The bill introduced by Sir John Brunner, the Liberal members for the Northwich division of Cheshire, reducing the hours…

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Co-operative Miners. Work to Be Resumed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 5

A special meeting of the Co-operative Miners' Lodge was held on Saturday morning, Mr. Joseph Hill being in the chair…

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