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

Mining & the mines, 1909

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The King's Medals Brave Miners London, Sunday afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1909 · page 3

The King has granted the Edward medal to five European and six native miners for risking their own lives in rescuing six native miners who were…

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Trouble Brewing Coal Shipping at Newcastle Newcastle

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1909 · page 2

A trouble that threatens to paralyse the coal shipping of this port is brewing at the dyke at Carrington, the malcontents being the employees of Mr Joseph Hestelow, who…

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Colliery Disputes Settled London

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 3

Colliery disputes at Staffordshire Notts, and Yorkshire have been settled…

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Mine Troubles. London

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 2

The Scottish Miners' Federation has upheld the Miners' Federation of Great Britain in their ballot for the proposal for a general stoppage…

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Mining Lease Applications

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 3

Mr. John Hurley has lodged an application at the Lithgow office for three leases of 640 acres each, to mine for coal and shale, in the parish of Blackheath, and…

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Explosion. Mine Disaster in Spain. London

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 2

An explosion at Belmez, in the province of Cordova, in Spain, entombed ninny miners. Seventeen bodies have been…

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The Mines Assessments. P.m. Decides on Equal Apportionment

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 2

The matter of the apportionment of the assessments on the mines situated partly in Blaxland Shire and partly in Lithgow Municipality between the Shire…

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Mining Disputes. Englishmen Settle Trouble. London

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 2

The colliery disputes in Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire have been settled…

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Scottish Mining Dispute Proposed General Stoppage London

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 3

The Scottish Miners' Federation have appealed to the Miners' Federation of Great Britain to take a ballot on the proposal for a general stoppage…

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Mining. Old Field Re-opened. a Belt of Goid

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 2

Much interest is being shown in the operations of the Macquarie Gold-Mining Co., Limited, at Rankinville. There seems to be no doubt that Mr…

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A Mining Tax Sir Charles Dilke's Views London, Monday afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 3

Sir Charles Dilke, at a Miners' Demonstration at Dean, Gloucester-shire, stated that the nnearthed mineral duty will be dropped. He…

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Hill and Auriferous Belts. Macquarie Gold Mining Co

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 July 1909 · page 5

Considerable interest attaches to the operations of the Macquarie Gold Mining Company, which is developing the southern extension of…

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Mining

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 July 1909 · page 13

The Crushing taken out of Back Creek, and crushed at Wattle Flat, has, Mr. Hall informs me, been very satisfactory. Operations are…

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Mining. at Upper Pyramul

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Thursday 15 July 1909 · page 3

At is reported from Upper Pyramul that Croake and party have made a rich discovery of gold and silver. The outcrop of the lode is 150 yards long…

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Mining Trouble. Scotchmen Say Strike. London

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Thursday 15 July 1909 · page 3

80,000 Scottish miners declare they will strike work on the 26th instant…

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Scottish Mining Dispute 80,000 Men to Strike London

National Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1909 · page 2

Eighty thousand Scottish miners will come out on strike on the 26th. Mr R. H. McNelce, of Messrs W. H. Paling Co., who met with an [?]…

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Newcastle News. Eebburn Colliery Reserves. Sydney

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Friday 16 July 1909 · page 3

The dispute at the A. A. Company's Hobburn Colliery which kept 600 men idle for six weeks has been adjusted, and work was resumed this morning…

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Mining Wattle Flat

National Advocate · Friday 16 July 1909 · page 2

The Solitary Hydraulic Co. has now an ample supply of water and since getting on the bottom rock is making better progress, with improving return. Nearly…

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A Great Mass of Gold

Molong Argus · Friday 16 July 1909 · page 6

The largest mass of gold ever found in New South Wales was discovered in the claim of Beyers and Holtermann, on the eastern leg of one of the…

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Mining News. at Sofala

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 July 1909 · page 5

In mining matters things are quiet. The dredges continue to show fair returns. Last week No. 1 obtained 25 ozs, and No. 2, 41 oz. The latter is near the end of its…

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