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

Mining & the mines, 1905

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The Miners’ Strike Wheelers Persist in Striking Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 1

All the wheelers on strike persist is a refusal to obey the Arbitration award, and fully 95 per cent of mines refused to do their own wheeling…

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Newcastle Coal Trouble Action by the Employees' Federation. Newcastle

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 3

The Miners Employees' Federation is making strenuous efforts to bring about a settlement of the strike. An application is to be made to the Court…

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Arbitration Court. Action Against Colliery Employees. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 3

Mr. Wade. Attorney-General, has decided to take proceedings against all those colliery employees, who have brought themselves within the criminal…

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The Newcastle Strike. Wheeler’s Obdurate. Miner’s Will Not Wheel, Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 2

The position at Newcastle has not greatly altered. The Pelaw main mine, which resumed yesterday, was idle again to-day. The…

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Mining News

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 16

Macquarie and Turon dredging returns were good last fortnight. The Associated Co.'s two dredges on the first named river won 214oz., and the…

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Outside District News. Pastoral, Mining, Agricultural and Various Matters. Store Stock Sales

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 9

Messrs. Stewart and Smith's store stock sale is set down for Thursday next, 18th instant. Messrs. Crossing and Cox will hold their next sale on…

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Mining News. the Phoenix Copper Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

Latest reports regarding the Phoenix Copper mine, at Wiseman's Greek, are very promising. Good returns are being obtained from the ore treated, and,…

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Beneree Deep Lead Mine

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

An important and well attended meeting of the shareholders of the Beneree Deep Lead Syndicate was held at Blackmore's Hotel, Millthorpe…

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The Mount David Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 3

The mine manager of Mount David reports for the week ended the 7th inst: -- Open cut. Am now working in a channel, about 25ft. wide and 8ft. deep: this face…

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Mining Leases

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

The following lease has been refused: J. Taylor, gl 65 of 2a, parish Mulgunnia. The following lease is now ready…

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Western Mining in 1904

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 6

Viewing the present outlook of Bathrust, Orange, Canowindra, Forbes, Parkes, Condobolin, Peas Hill, Wellington, right along to Cobar, the all-round results are better…

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An Australian in Madagascar. a Coming Gold Field

National Advocate · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

Mr. T. L. Richardson, of South Bathurst, who when the last mail left was at Tunanarivo, the capital of Madagascar, has forwarded to his wife some interesting…

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Newcastle Coal Trouble. Action by the Attorney General. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

At the sitting of the Arbitration Court to-day, application was made on behalf of the Attorney-General (Mr. Wade) in support or an application to…

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Mining Trouble in Prussia. 70,000 on Strike. London

Leader · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 3

Seventy thousand colliers in the Dortmund district, Westphalia, Prussia, have struck for shorter hours…

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Colliery Troubles. Newcastle Strike. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 3

The Grown intends to proceed on an order of leave to prosecute the New castle men who refused to return to work on; an order of the Arbitration…

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Glanmire Mining

National Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 2

Some 15 or 20 men have for sometime past been mining on the Glanmire Estate with varying results, but during this week some of the parties have been doing well…

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Newcastle Coal Trouble. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 2

The Crown Law authorities are very busy preparing for the issue of summonses against the wheelers now on strike at Newcastle. There is no…

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What a Lump of Coal can do

Leader · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 8

A single pound of coal is capable of producing 236 horse-power, and could do the work of an express locomotive for one-filth of a minute. In other words, it is enough to…

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Mining at Mandurama

Leader · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 2

A correspondent wires : Mining Woodcutter's Hill, near Mandurama is progressing steadily, Thompson and party, W…

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Mining Warden's Court

National Advocate · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 2

The following business was done at the Bathurst Mining Warden's Court on Friday:— James John Marshall was granted a six…

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