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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

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East Greta Colliery

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

Water is causing much trouble in the fourth level in the East Greta Colliery, and employees are unable to work in that part of the colliery. The management is…

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Minmi. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 3

A meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield miners took place in Peel's Hall on Thursday evening, Mr. W. Standing being in the chair. It was decided…

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West Wallsend. Miners' Picnic

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

The initial outing in connection with the Seaham and West Wallsend miners was held at Toronto on Saturday under ideal weather conditions and, as was…

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Rating of Mines. Representative Conference. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 5

A conference of members of Parliament, municipal representatives, and gentlemen associated with the mining industry, wais opened in the Executive Council chamber,…

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East Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 6

The water trouble has been overcome at East Greta Colliery, and work has been resumed in one of the jigs on the fourth level. To-day, it is probable, that all…

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Rating of Mines. the Conference Adjourns. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 5

The conference convened by the Government for the purpose of considering the question of the rating of mines, met again in the Executive Council Chamber…

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Queensland Gold Mining. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 5

Mr. Cowap, the member for Fitzroy, in the course of an interview, to-day, said that steps wore being taken to open up the Crocodile goldfield, near Mount Usher…

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Miners Entombed. Three Lives Saved. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 5

Owing to an inrush of water, five miners working in a mine in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, on Saturday, were entombed…

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Miners Rescued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The whole of the miners entombed in the mine in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, have been rescued. The first three rescued…

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America's Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The anthracite and bituminous coal companies in the United States are storing are storing immense stocks in Preparation for the…

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Prevention of Mine Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 11

The following is a portion of the biennial report of the State Mine Inspector of Iowa, Mr. John Verner, transmitted to the Governor of that State:…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 5

The fortnight ended on Saturday was an excellent one so far as the number of days worked at the various collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts was…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 6

Sir,—Having seen in the daily papers that the machine men cannot make a living wage, I beg to hand you earnings of these men from the pay ending…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the Wallsend miners was held at the School of Arts on Friday evening. Mr. C. Richardson presiding. Letters of thanks were received from…

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Stockton Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 6

The half-yearly meeting of the Stockton Coal Company was held on Friday at the company's offices, Imperial-chambers O'Connell-st., Sydney. Mr. E. P. Simpson…

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Mining Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A mine disaster is reported from the Rand. It appears that heavy rains flooded the Rudd shaft of the South Rose…

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Arbitration Court. Coal Lumpers' Work. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 5

The matter of the industrial dispute between the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union, claimants, and the Sydney Steam Collier Owners and Cool Stevedores' Association,…

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Mining Appeal. Scottish-australian Coy. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 5

In the Full Court to-day, before their Honors Chief Justice Sir Frederick Darley, Mr. Justice Owen, and Mr. Justice Cohen, an application was made on…

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Victorian Coal Mines. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 4

The Victorian Coal Commission sat again to-day, and examined Mr. P. G. W. Cayley, Government Metallurgical Chemist, who said he examined samples of air…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 3

Sir,—In reading Mr. John Brown's letter, I wish to state the case as I know it, and if I am wrong I am open to conviction, not being afraid of the truth…

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