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

Mining & the mines, 1908

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The Coal Crisis. an Easier Feeling. Due to Those Resolution Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 2

The resolutions (reported in yesterday’s carried by the members’ executive at Newcastle, dealin[?] with the mining crisis, has produced…

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The Miners PlCNIC

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 2

The programme for the sports at the miners' picnic on the showground on Saturday next is again published in this issue: The sports are expected to commence…

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Mining at Rockley

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 2

At a special warden's court at Rockley applications were dealt with for 65 acres on private land, 60 acres being taken up in the parishes of Oakley…

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Prosper Copper Mine. Smelting Operations to Be Carried On

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 1

It Was announced in Saturday's issue that the Prosper Copper Mining Company, at Essington, near Rockley, was calling for tenders' for the erection", of a…

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The Coal Crisis. Lodges Adopt Resolutions, Talk of Strike Ended. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 2

The various miners lodges at New castle which have met so far have without exception, adopted the drastic resolution formulated by the…

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The Miners' Picnic

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 4

A final reminder is given in this issue of the minors' sports, to be held on the show ground to-morrow. The programme is again published in our advertising columns…

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The Mount David Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 3

Mount David (week ended March 21):-- 300ft. level: South cast drive extended to tal 115ft, from winch winze. There is 18in solid stone in the face, and 2ft, of lod…

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Mining at Lagoon Hockley

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 7

It is reported that, a gold reef has been discovered on Mr. Henry Butler's private property, :"The Lagoon," about one mile in a westerly direction from Dorey's Creek,…

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The Miners Accident Relief Act. Its Application to Contract Work. Contradictory Statements

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 4

New South Wales Shale, and Oil Co., Commonwealth Oil, Corporation, Ltd., Proprietors, Sydney, 25th. March, 1908…

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Apsley Copper Mine. Four Months' Suspension Granted

National Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 4

Charles Lloyd, of Perthrville, was, at Bathurst Warden's Court yesterday granted four months' suspension of labor conditions on the Apsley…

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Mining. Wattle Flat Goldfield

National Advocate · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 4

Great surprise is felt at Wattle Flat that the Lands Department should not have advertised in the local press that 2,560 acres of the goldfield will…

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Mining

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 1

J. G. C. Knoblanche, an old battler in the Turon district (N.S.W.) who has tired a good many people with his enthusiastic stories of the great hidden mineral wealth…

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The Miners Picnic. a Successful Demonstration. Speeches and Sports

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 2

OFFICIALS:--President, A. Luchetti; treasure W. Delaney; joint secretaries, E. Truscott and C. Laing; delegates from Old Vale mine, J. Delaney and Derrick;…

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New Rand Mining Law a Drastic Measure London, Friday afternoon

National Advocate · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 4

The new Band gold law vests the sole right of mining for gold in the Crown. Base metals are vested in the landowner, Discoverers are granted…

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A White Transvaal. New Rand Mining Law. Excludes the Colored Man. Loudon

Leader · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 2

The new Raud Mining Law vests the sole right of mining for gold in the Crown. The frights for base metals are vested in the landowner…

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Mining Explosion in America. Seventy Men Entombed. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 2

By a gas explosion at the Union Pacific Coal Mine, at Hanna, Wyoming, U.S.A., two men were killed. A second explosion entombed seventy…

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The Nymagee Mine. Nymagee

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 1

A monster, meeting of the residents of Nymagee and district, was held last-night, in the Metropolitan Hall, to consider the present position of the proposed line from…

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Slackness in the Coal Trade

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 2

The local coal trade has shown a great falling off this, week, and the miners at nearly all the pits have worked short time. On Monday there was no work at…

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Wattle Flat Goldfield

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 2

Great surprise is felt at Wattle Flat that the Lands Department should not have advertised in the local press that 2560 acres of the goldfield will be open for o.c…

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Mining

Leader · Thursday 2 April 1908 · page 4

There is still some mining going on about the Forest, and according to rumors the Ballarat mine is looking better than ever it did. The other…

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