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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

2,088 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 105

New Mines £250,000 Expenditure Ellalong Expansion Work for Unemployed

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 5

Work is progressing on the East Greta Company's new mining property at Ellalong, where the company is spending £250,000…

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Colliery Disputes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 4

A sitting of the Deputy Court of Industrial Arbitration, for the district of Newcastle, will be held on Wednesday next, February 22, at the court-house,…

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South Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 4

The directors of South Greta Colliery, Ltd., have declared an interim dividend for the quarter ended December 31 last, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum,…

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Producing Strikes Fertile State Coal Mine Queensland's Problem Rockhampton

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 7

If there is one State enterprise which the taxpayers of this unfortunate State have occasion to curse it is the Baralba State coal mine, where…

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Ulster a Powder Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 5

Mr. Bonar Law, speaking in Glasgow, said parts of ireland were not far removed from anarchy. Ulster was like a powder mine where an explosion might…

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Ellalong Mine 2000 Tons Daily Output

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 5

Owing to a printer's error it was stated yesterday that the output from the East Greta Company's new mine at Eilalong would be 200 tons daily…

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Slow But Steady Land Resumption Miners' New Scheme Johannesburg

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 1

Strikers on the Rand are returning slowly, and 115 men resumed to-day. Mining operations are making slow but steady progress, aiming at…

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Coal-mining Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 10

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the northern district branch of the Miners' Federation, stated yesterday, in the course of a reference to the general…

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Old King Coal Northern Field and Seams the Brown Collieries

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 7

The Pelaw Main mine (the properly of Messrs. J. and A. Brown, of Newcastle) is situnted about one mile from the township of Kurri Kurri. It…

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Pelton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 10

The dismissal of a water baller at the Pelton Colliery formed the subject of a conference held yesterday at the Newcastle rooms of the Northern Collieries…

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Artificial Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 5

Speaking of gold, not every export is prepared to laugh at the claim of a certain Harvard professor that gold has been at last made in the laboratory. Edison…

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Odd Gleanings. Welsh Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 13

There is no doubt now that trade is steadily reviving in South Wales. Less than a month ago commercial men in this important industrial area were in…

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Working at a Loss Mount Lyell Copper Mine HOBART

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 3

The serious position in which the Mount Lyell Company finds itself, owing in the low price of copper, forms a subject of considerable Interest…

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Coal Trimmers' Picnic Outing at Toronto Sports and Games

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 5

The annual picnic of the Newcastle Coal Trimmers' Federal Union (branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation) was held at Toronto…

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Thousand Men at Work Rand Mines Scab and Picket JOHANNESBURG

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 1

Strikers are returning slowly. Altogether about a thousand have ponded to the Premier's appeal, but the mining results are astounding,…

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Coal-miners Uneasy Rhondda Dispute What of Coal Tribunals

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 February 1922 · page 5

Coal Federation officials are besieged with inquiries as to the orders of the Coal Tribunal. The Rhondda dispute has been…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1922 · page 4

Work was moderately brisk at the collieries of the Newcastle nod Maitland coalfields for the fortnight ended Saturday last, but only nine mines worked full time…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1922 · page 4

The Pelaw Main Colliery, which has been Idle since ,January 17, owing to dispute in connection with the machine men, will resume to-day It in stated that the…

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Tasmanian Mines Decreased Production HOBART

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 February 1922 · page 5

The big decline in the mining industry of Tasmania is reflected in the latest statistics issued by the Mines Department. The total value of…

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Hookworm Campaign No Signs Yet Miners' Poor Return

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 February 1922 · page 6

The hookworm campaign in Newcastle has not produced any signs of the disease in this district, although optimism at this stage is unwise…

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