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

Mining & the mines, 1907

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The Great Cobar, Limited. Scarcity of Miners at Cobar. the Tariff's Disastrous Effect on Mining

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 2

Mr. G. H. Blakemore, general manager of the Great Cobar, Ltd., visited Lithgow yesterday, and in the course of an interview last night, stated that it would take…

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The Burraga Copper Mine BURRAGA

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 2

The Lloyd Mine, which has been working with a limited number of hands (owing to the scarcity of wood) for thE past 10 or 12 weeks, will…

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Correspondence School of Mines. To the Editor

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 2

SIR,—I have before, me the subjects of instruction of the Ballarat School of Mines and crave space your progressive and up-to-date paper to give particulars of the…

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The Bol[?]a Mine. Suit in Equity. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 2

The Equity [?] Albert [?] [?] George [?] Andrew [?] Martin Gobel [?] was commenced to-day…

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Coal Mines Regulation Act

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 3

Messrs. W. Humble, T, Parton, and G. C. Youll, the examiners under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, report as follows concerning an examination held at…

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Ventilation of Coal Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 3

Speaking in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night, Mr. Edden referred to the decision of the law courts that there was no legal obligation on the managers of…

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Wages at the Smelting Works. Coal Miners and Smelters

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 4

A deputation--consisting of Messrs. Eraser, Kershaw, and Wilson--waited on Mr. Blakemore, general manager of the Great Cobar, Limited, during the week, in…

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 4

Cobar "Leader" reports that the Nymagee Copper Company has started smelting, and the water jacket which was lately erected is giving every satisfaction. Since…

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Piper's Flat. the Coal Trade

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 3

The coal trade is very brisk hero just now. At Irondale a number of additional hands have recently been engaged in order to cone with the increased demand for…

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Mining Wiseman's Creek and Essington

National Advocate · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 2

At Wiseman's Creek, like other mining [?], the fall in the price of copper has some what discouraged mining. There has been nothing worth reporting for some time…

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Mining Revival at Orangre

Leader · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 4

In our advertising columns to-day will be found the prospectus of the Great South Lucknow Gold Mining Co., which we commend to the careful…

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Blayney Copper Mine

Leader · Monday 28 October 1907 · page 4

Following is a summary of the manager’s report for the fortnight ending October 18th:—“In the main shaft the water has been lowered 26ft…

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Support for Airly Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 October 1907 · page 4

Additional donations received by the secretary of the Sydney Labor Council towards the assistance of the Airly miners on strike include the following:--…

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The Northern Miners. Advance of 8d DEMANDED

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 October 1907 · page 3

An aggregate meeting of Northern miners was held at Newcastle on Saturday to consider their demands to the colliery proprietors. It was decided to enforce the…

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Burrage Copper Mine

Leader · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 4

The Lloyd Mine; which has been working with a limited number of hands (owing to the scarcity of wood) for the past 10 or 12 weeks, will…

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School of Mines

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 2

Mr J W Turner, Director of Technical Education, visited Bathurst yesterday and discussed Technical Education matter in the Town Hall in the afternoon with a number…

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Local Coal Mining Matters

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 2

Mr. Truscott, seen yesterday afternoon, said the Western Miners' Association had received a requisition, signed by about forty miners from the Ivanhoe colliery…

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Mining News. the Phoenix Mine, Wiseman's Creek

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 3

Mr. T. Broughall, of the Yale of Clwydd, who is the owner of the Phoenix mine at Wiseman's Creek, near O'Connell, was seen yesterday in reference to the position at…

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Newcastle Miners' Claims

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 3

The aggregate meeting of miners, held in Arnott's paddock on Saturday, was (says the "Newcastle Herald") the largest meeting of the kind during the last fifteen…

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Mining

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 3

At the Hill Top Mine, near Wattle Flat, they have managed to save up enough soakage water to crush last week 10 tons of quartz for the…

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