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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1911

1,195 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 60

Whitburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 5

Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer will go up to Greta to-day, to confer with the management of Whitburn Colliery, on the subject of an agreement for the walking…

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Aberdare Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 5

The cavilling trouble, which caused a sensation of work at Aberdare Colliery on Tuesday, has been overcome, on terms satisfactory to the men, and work was…

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Great Chaffinch Mine. Alleged Conspiracy. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 5

At the Perth Police Court to-day, the case was continued in which E. C. Dyason, E. W. Bonwick, and H. Greenway are charged with having, between November…

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South Australian Coal. Quality Very Inferior. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 5

The result of tests, which have been made of borings, of coal from Leigh's Creek, taken from a greater depth than the existing workings, were announced…

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Mining Matters. Position at Pelaw-main

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 5

In accordance with the resolutions passed by the delegate board on Tuesday, Mr. D. Watson, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, and Mr. A…

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Colliery Engine-drivers. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 6

The agreement between the engine drivers and, the colliery proprietors of the northern district of New South Wales was signed to-day…

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Broken Hill Miners. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 4

A meeting of the Amalgamated Miners' Association last night rescinded the resolutions passed at a previous meeting, to the effect that there were more wage…

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Mining Accident. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 5

Nine men were killed in the mine of the Pittsburg and Buffalo Coal Company, at East Cannunsburg, through a fall of loose slate…

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Colliery Troubles. Rioting in Wales. Several Persons Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 5

Serious rioting has taken place at the Cambrian Combine's colliery, at Clwydashvale. A mass meeting of miners…

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Mining Situation. a Sydney Firm's Opinion. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 4

Messrs, Joseph Palmer and Sons, share-brokers, of Sydney, in their share list for the current month make the following comments on the coal mining…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Hack Creek and Duckenfield Lodge was held in Peel's hall on Thursday evening. There was a fair attendance and, Mr. W. Dove…

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South Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 9

A special meeting of the South Seaham miners was hold in Watson's committee rooms, West Wallsend, on Wednesday evening. Mr. G. Laing presided…

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More Precious Than Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 3

In as much as it is than standard of currency most persons seem to think that gold is the most precious of all the metals. This however, is a mistaken notion…

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Welsh Mining Trouble. Further Conflicts, Troops in Readiness. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 5

During the rioting at Clydach Vale, in South Wales, on Wednesday, twelve policemen were injured during the conflict, which lasted twelve hours…

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Welsh Mining Troubles. Colliery Flooded. Strikers Aid in Rescue. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 5

The troubles in South Wales continue unabated. The miners on strike at Clydach Vale fired a slaughterhouse, dragged…

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Magazine Explosion. a Colliery Accident. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 5

By the explosion of a magazine at the Granville Colliery, at Burton, windows and crockery were broken and people thrown to the ground within a…

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Canadian Mining. a Strike Imminent. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 5

Mineowners and employees met at Calgary. Alberta, to confer regarding wages and recognition of unions, but no result was arrived at…

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The Unemployed Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 4

The assertion which has been made that the unemployed miners of the Newcastle district are seeking charity from the Government is a wanton…

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Electricity in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 5

The report of the departmental committee appointed in 1909 to consider the working of the existing special rules for the use of electricity in mines throughout…

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Canada's Coal Deposits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 5

An estimate of the quantity of mineral in the coal beds of Canada shows that the total mineable area of coal deposits in the Dominion will yield approximately…

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