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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

2,178 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 109

World's Coal Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 5

According to a bulletin issued by the United States Geological Survey the world's output of coal during the first half of 1923 amounted to 666,000,000 tons…

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British Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 5

The output of saleable coal in Greet Britain for the third quarter of last year was £5,500,000 tons, which was greater than the output of the…

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Mulbring Coal Sinking B. H. P. Shaft Hebburn No. 3

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 3

It is pr[?] certain that the operations for putting down a shaft on the B.H.P.'S Ltd., leases on the outskirts of Mulbring will soon be started and that the site will be about four miles south-east of Hebburn No. 2, in close prox[?] to the village…

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Mining Disaster Swansea Explosion Occurred While Charging (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 5

The explosion in the Rhosanman Colliery at Brynamain, in the Swansea Valley, by which seven men lost their lives, occurred at midnight…

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Will a Big Wreck Occur Before Newcastle Gets a Wireless Station? Brisk Demand Miners Getting Busy New Pits Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 5

Not much coal is reaching Newcastle to-day, but the position is expected to become normal to-morrow Most of the mines…

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Industrial Matters Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 5

The following pits resumed work yesterday morning: South Greta, Bellbird, Aberdare Central, Central Greta, and Seaham No. 2. Newcastle Victoria…

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Northern Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 5

Mr. T. Hoare, president of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation, and Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer, paid a visit yesterday to the Muswellbrook…

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Redhead Colliery. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 5

Mr. D. Jonas, secretary of the Coal Tribunal, stated to-day that a special inspection of Redhead Colliery will be made to-morrow by Mr. Charles Hibble,…

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Miners' Holidays. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 5

It was mentioned in Sydney to-day that when the Christmas and New Year holidays occur it is the custom of some collieries to take advantage of the period…

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Mining Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 5

It is reported from Japan that more than a hundred miners are entombed through a gas explosion in a coal mine at Utashinai, near Sapporo, in the…

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Coal to Newcastle For Navy Fuel Welsh Imports at Carrington

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 5

Adjacent to the inner basin at Carrington is stored some 4000 to 5000 tons of Westport, New Zealand, coal. It has been the custom for many…

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Newcastle Mining Authority to Enter A.A. Company's Land

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 5

At the sitting of the Warden's Court in Newcastle, presided over by Mr. James, mining warden, this afternoon, Thomas Brook, an assayer and…

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Redhead Mine Winding Engineers Coal Tribunal Inquiry

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 4

A meeting of the Cool Tribunal presided over by Mr. Chas Hibble (chairman), was held yesterday when the matter of the winding engineers at the Redhead…

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Idle Collieries. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 6

It was stated at the Sydney office of the Northern Collieries' Association yesterday that the following collieries are still idle: East Greta, Northern…

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Mining Creeps on Newcastle Hill Mayfield Coal Search

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 3

Before the Mining Warden at Newcastle yesterday in the case in which Thos Brook applied for authority to enter 40 acres at Mayfield,…

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Wallsend Mine Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 5

Wallsend colliery is not working today owing to trouble with the wheelers. It is [?]derstood that 250 men are idle as a result…

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First Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 7

During a certain controversy a few writers who concern themselves in our chronology drew attention to the fact that the first discovery long pre-dated…

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Brisbane Coal Loading. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 6

Mr. Stopford, the Acting Minister for Mines, stated to-day that he had gone into the matter of the dispute respecting the loading of Styx River coal at…

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Belmont Coal Search By B.H.P.

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 7

Authority to enter portion 34a at Belmont, Ka[?]bah, was granted to Mr. K. C Church for 12 months at the Warden's Court yesterday to mine…

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Coal Shortage Output Still Small Ships Waiting Railway Stocks Exhausted

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 4

Although Pelaw Main colliery resumed this morning the output of coal from the field as a whole is still small, and a distinct…

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