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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

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Value of the Coal Output. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 5

The output of coal within the State during last year was 6,633,138 tons, valued at £3,003,461, and the output for the preceding year was 6,019,809 tons valued at…

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Queensland Railway and Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 10

In a week or two, I understand, there will be issued the prospectus of the North-west Queensland Railway and Mining Company. Preliminary notices…

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Hebburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 6

The wheelers notified the manager on Saturday that they were prepared to resume work on the terms previously offered by him. They agreed to resume work…

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Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 5

Shortland minors received the amount due to them on Friday, and were then ordered to take their tools out of the mine, which was done. It is understood that…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 7

Sir,—From what appears a complicated state of affairs at Pelaw-Main Colliery, it looks as if the proprietors have cornered themselves according to the report. Mr…

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Proprietary Mine on Fire. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 February 1906 · page 5

Consternation was caused on Saturday night when it became known that there was another fire in one of the mines, and that the Broken Hill Proprietary mine…

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Coal Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 7

Sir,—There are statements made regarding American institutions, in a letter published in Monday's issue of the "Newcastle Morning Herald," which are…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 6

There are only two machines working in each shift at Pelaw-Main Colliery, and consequently a large number of miners are idle. It is stated that the men will make…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 6

Sir,—Though M[?] Brown gives a table of wages, etc., in Saturday's issue, from pays ending October 7th to December 30th 1965 would it not have been fairer to have…

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Prices of Coal. Proposal to Raise Them

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 5

For some time past the prices of all Grades of coal in the Newcastle and Maitland districts have been such that there has been but a small margin over the…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Hebburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 6

The difficulty at Hebburn Colliery has been settled, and work is now in full owing in both tunnels. The attitude adopted by Mr. Bowling in urging the wheelers to…

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American Coal Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 6

Sir,—in reading the American Consul's letter, I see he refers to my statement about the American setting the pace. I think I said American, not Americans…

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Catherine Hill Bay. Colliery Improvements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 6

Mr. J. Sperring, the manager of the Wallarah Colliery, is having an additional steam boiler erected at the new tunnel, the work being supervised by Mr…

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American Miners Arrested

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Moyer, the president of the Western Federation of United States miners; Hayward, the secretary; and Pettilione, an…

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Pelaw-main Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 6

There is no practical improvement in the trouble at Pelaw-Main Colliery. It has been decided to appeal to Dr. Cullen, the arbitration umpire, for an…

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American Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 6

The American "Engineering and Mining Journal," of January 6th, in reviewing the coat production of the world for the year 1995, stated that the quantity…

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The Price of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 4

Hopes may be entertained that the movement now on foot in the Northern District to fix the selling price of coal oh a more satisfactory…

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The Mining Engineer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 3

Specialisation, which, my many, has been regarded as something largely of American origin, at least is so far as the engineering traded are concerned, is not…

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Victorian Coal Commission. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 5

The Coal Commission sat again in Melbourne to-day. Edward Reenie Meekison, Senior Inspector of Mines, stated that at a…

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Mining Action. M'laughlin V. Caledonian Coal Co. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1906 · page 5

The Full Court, comprising Sir Frederick Darley, the Chief Justice, and Mr. Justice Simpson, and Mr. Justice Pring, to-day, heard a motion to make absolute a rule…

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