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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

720 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 36

The Coal Contract. Tenders Not Yet Accepted. (By Telegraph.) SYDNEY, Tuesday, 1 p.m

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 2

Tenders for the coal contract have not yet been accepted. At present it is impossible to say exactly when they will be, but details wild be wired as soon as the…

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Mining News

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 June 1905 · page 9

It is stated that a deposit of pottery clay at Home Rule is likely to be worked on an extensive scale. Mr. Hooko, Mining Inspector, who…

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Outside District News. Pastoral, Mining, Agricultural and Various Matters. What About the Whisky?

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 June 1905 · page 14

A list of the successful tenderers' prices for supplies to the Orange gaol, contains the somewhat extraordinary item of:—Water 1s per 100 gallons…

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Selling Gold Bricks

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 4

to young fellows who can't afford to be buncoed. It would be a mighty good thing if we could put a lot of the professors at work in the offices…

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The Railway Coal Contracts

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 4

On Wednesday it was announced that the tender of the Metropolitan Coal Company had been accepted for the metropolitan and southern district supplies, as far as…

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Mining News. at Trunkey

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 4

Mining is at a standstill. The buttery has crushed all the small parcels available and is at present treating some mu[?]lloca from the old Wilson's Reef mine[?] The…

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Second Edition. the Coal Contract. Four Years' Tender Accepted

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 4

About, noon to-day we telephoned the office of the Coal Association regarding the coal contract. The reply, which came too late for portion of our issue, is as…

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Golden Link Gold Mine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 July 1905 · page 2

It is good news to hear that work has been resumed at the Golden Link gold mine, Gulgong, and that the stone which is being raised…

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Awful Colliery Explosion London

Leader · Monday 3 July 1905 · page 2

By a gas explosion in a colliery at Katermon[?](Russia) 460 were killed ; there was an appelling scene…

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Mining at Hargraves

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 July 1905 · page 2

Mr. Michael Vivian, manager of the Hargraves Gold Fields Ltd., who now owns the Big Nugget and owns adjoining leases, showed us a…

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Awful Colliery Disaster. Four Hundred and Eighty Killed London, Friday afternoon

National Advocate · Monday 3 July 1905 · page 3

An explosion of gas occurred yesterday in a colliery at Makiyof[?]ka, in the district of Ekaterines[?]. Four hundred and eighty of the workmen were…

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Arbitration Court Coal Miners in Dispute. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 3

In the Arbitration Court to-day, before Judge Heydon and the two elected members of the Court, the Northern Colliery Employees Federation asked…

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Cadia Copper Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 1

There is a probability, as we stated previously. (says the "Orange Leader") of the old Cadia copper mine being re-started at an early date, as we understand…

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Mining

Leader · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 4

A syndicate of 20 shareholders has been formed in Orange to work a reef in Glasson’s paddock at Guyong, from which some splendid specimens were…

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The Coal Contract

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 2

In our second edition on Friday we stated that the Lithgow Coal Association had secured the railway coal contract for the supply of 175,000 tons per annum for…

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 2

A notification appears in the "Government Gazette," under date 30th ult. to the effect that the undermentioned authorities to mine for coal and shale have been…

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Coke Coal for Japan

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 2

Mr. Sutter, Commercial Agent for New South Wales in Japan, has sent a cable message to the Government, in which he states that he wants quotations, cost…

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"Give the Miners a Chance,"

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 2

The Mining Warden for the Bathurst district (Mr. T. C. K. McKell), yesterday gave evidence of his impartiality in dealing with assesments of rent, damages, etc. The…

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Damages to Mining Land

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 2

During the consideration of assessments at the Bathurst Warden's Court yesterday, complaint was made that stock were expsoed to danger because of the negligence of…

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A Mining Question. We are in receipt of the following Sampson-street, June 19th, 1905.(To the Editor of the Leader.)

Leader · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 1

Sir,—Would you kindly inform me (and others) whether copper is among the minerals reserved by the Government in the deeds of grants of land in…

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