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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 65 of 68

Coal Weighbridges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 4

A commencement has been made with the erection of the coal weighbridges for the Basin cranes, Carrington. The first bridge is to be put in near No. 1 crane, and the…

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Great Chaffinch Mine. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 5

Further contradictory telegrams were received from Southern Cross to-day regarding the gold values in the costoon at the Great Chaffinch mine. The market…

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Mining Disaster. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 5

Seven persons were killed yesterday owing to the cage at the Pamberton pit, Shropshire, breaking away…

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Sunday Labour on Mines. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 5

The Ministerial Association yesterday carried the following resolution unanimously:—"This association trusts that in the conference being held in regard to…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 6

Abermain Colliery was idle again yesterday. The chief reason assigned for the stoppage or work is that the manager sent in to shoot up the top…

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The Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 December 1910 · page 5

All day yesterday people were coming and going from the little township, from West Wallsend and other places; and knola of them gathered at the plt, and…

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Colliery Employees' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 December 1910 · page 7

Sir,—Permit me, through the press, to drew the attention of the members of the Colliery Employees' Federation to an important event, when we shall soon be…

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Colliery Explosion, Killingworth Damaged. No Injury to Life. a Mysterious Affair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 December 1910 · page 5

"The pit has blown up" This was the exclamation that came from the lips of residents of Killingworth, as they were rudely awakened at five o'clock yesterday…

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Great Chaffinch Mine. Inspection to Be Made. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 December 1910 · page 5

Bullfinch stocks were generally firmer to-day. Mr. H. Greenway, the mine manager of the Great Chaflinch, who, it is reported,…

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Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 6

A special meeting of the Seaham miners was held on Wednesday. Mr. W. Brownlee presided, and Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer, was present…

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Sampling Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 4

The developments in, connection with Chaffluch goldmine in West Australia have caused the. Government of that State to decide upon an…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 5

The return furaished by the undersecretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of November to 22,370oz crude, equal to…

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Great Chaffinch Mine. Markets Quiet. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 5

The quiet market on the Stock Exchange to-day bore evidence that the report of Mr. Grut on the Great Chaflinch mine is being anxlously awaited by dealers…

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Collieries Wages Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 4

Messrs, Braye and Cohan draw attentions to the fact that some misapprehension exists concerning the effect of the award recently delivered by the Collieries Wages…

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Colliery Employees' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 13

Sir,—I am thankful to Mr. D. M'Kenzle for giving myself and others a piece of information, that the delegates of the Hunter Federal Council know six weeks…

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Wonthaggi Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 13

When the State coalmine was first opened. Mr. M'Bride, the Minister for Mines, said he intended to give the public coal at 14s per ton, and so relive them…

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West Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 9

A meeting of the West Wallsend miners was held on Thursday evening. Mr. W. Johnson presided. The meeting was called to discuss the question of the…

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Bullfinch Gold Mines. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1910 · page 5

Mr. Doolette has arrived in Perth from the Southern Cross. He stated that there was nothing sensational to report. The work of development was proceeding…

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Victorian Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1910 · page 5

The output of the Korumburra (Vic,) collieries for November was 9547 tons, as compared with 11,130 tons produced in October, 11,650 tons in September, and…

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Killingworth Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1910 · page 5

The work of removing the debris in the poppet-head at Killingworth Colliery is being continued. No attempt will be made to descend the mine until the…

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