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

Mining & the mines, 1908

718 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 25 of 36

Copper Mining

Leader · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 4

Copper mining in the Orange district seems practically at a standstill. The price of the metal ( £1/5) is the principal contributing factor. With…

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Search for Sunken Gold

Leader · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 2

After many years of settling and sinking into the bed of the Moelfro Bay, Anglesey, another attempt is about to be made to recover the…

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Coal Miners' Rules

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 2

It is said that many miners in the South Coact complain Unit the rules and regulations for the proposed federation of shale and coal miners are identical with…

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State Coal Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 2

Mr. R. D. Meagher proposes to move in the State Legislative Assembly : "That, in the opinion of the House, inasmuch as coal is the primary basis of the whole…

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The Burrava Mine

Leader · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 2

The two experts appointed to report on the Burraga Mine state the prospects of the continuance of the lode in the eastern ground, both in length…

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Local Mining Matters

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 2

A weighbridge expert from Pooley's, Sydney, visited the Zigzag mine at the and of last month, and spent a week in adjusting the weighbridges of the…

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Hill End Mining. a Great Revival Taking Place

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 2

Owing to the good return obtained by Sedger and party—30z to the ton—a great revival of mining is taking place at Hill End. About…

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Cadia Copper Mine

Leader · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 2

The manager of the Cadia copper mine, in his special reports on the property, speaks favorably of the development recently opened up. He…

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This Ballarat Mine

Leader · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 4

The party who are taking the Balaran mine on tribute went to Orange yesterday to compete the tribute arrangements. This party has our…

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The Mount David Mine

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 2

The, Mount David mine is well known amongst mining men, but many others have a vague idea of its situation. The Mount is about 3 1/3 miles distant from Bathurst, and…

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English Colliery Explosion Seventy-six Miners Killed Coal Bought with Lives London

National Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 3

An explosion has entombed 75 men in the number one shaft of the Maypile Colliery It destroyed the ventilating draft and cage and blew…

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Cadia Copper Mine

Leader · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 2

The Cadia Copper Mining and Smeling Co., Ltd., capital £120,000 in £1 shares, has been registered. The company are to take over the…

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Killed in a Mine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 25

At the Great Boulder (Kalgoorlie, W.A), while J. C. Keegan, a carpenter, was engaged in timbering Edwards' shaft at the 2350ft level,…

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Mining at Portland

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 14

At the Ivanhoe coal mine, the pay for the past fortnight was the highest on record for the mine, full time having been worked by all the…

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Hargraves. Weather—sick Leave—mining—rifle Shooting

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 13

Since my last we have had pleasant weather, Saturday last being a real spring day, too good, in fact, for on Sunday we again had some good showers,…

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Long Creek Mems. the Rain—one of the Pioneers—another Death—sentational Occurrence—a Visit to the Coronation—a Good Crushing—other Mines—the Hospital Ball

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 13

Since my last we have been visited with a splendid fall of rain, which has thoroughly soaked the ground, filling all the dams and water courses, and…

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The Cadia Copper Mine

Leader · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

During yesterday it was common talk about Orange that the above mine had been closed down. Inquiry by us elicited the fact that the mine is only…

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The Colliery Disaster Pathetic Scenes at Pit London

National Advocate · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 3

Pathetic scenes took place at the pit's mouth of the Maypole, Colliery. The place was thronged with frenzied relatives and friends of the entombed…

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Colliery Explosion Seventy Six Men Killed. Pathetic Scenes. London

Leader · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

There w[?]e pathetic scenes at the month of the Maypole Colliery, Abra[?] near Wig[?] in Lancashire, where a terrible explosion occurred, and 76…

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Millthorpe News. Mining at Forest Reefs

Leader · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 4

The local party have completed negotiations in connection with taking the Ballarat on tribute, and work has been commenced. Our sincere wish…

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