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

Mining & the mines, 1909

1,325 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 67

The Hunter River Collieries. Heddon Greta Trouble Settled. Newcastle

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 3

The Heddon Greta Colliery trouble, in the Maitland District, arising out of the dispute about the bank to bank system, will probably be settled by a…

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Carcoar Ironstone Mines. All Hands Knocked Off. Carcoar

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 2

Work at the Carcoar ironstone mines has been temporarily suspended. All hands were knocked off yesterday, and they state that they do not know how long…

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Mining News. Rich Find Near Hill End. £1000 in Four Hours. Mudgee

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 2

Longmore and party, who have been prospecting, a reef near the 35-mile pegon the Hill End road reported having struck very rich gold, taking out about…

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Mine on Fire Auckland

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

The Westport Coal Coy's. Coal Mine at Millerton is on fire. Particulars as to the cause or the extant of the outbreak are unknown, but it is…

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New Zealand Mine on Fire. Auckland

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 3

The Westport coal mine, at Millerton is on fire. There are no particulars available as to the cause or extent of the outbreak. Two hundred and fifty men…

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Carcoar Ironstone Mines Suspension of Operations Carcoar

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

"Work at the Carcoar ironstone mines is indefinitely hung up. The cause is attributed to the accident that occurred at the blast furnace at Lithgow some few weeks ago…

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Big Gold Find Rich Reef at Hill End £1000 in Four Hours

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

Longmore and party, who have been prospecting a reef near the 35-mile peg on the Hill End road, report having struck very rich gold, taking out about £1000…

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The Calvert Mine

Leader · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 4

The Calvert Company at Slattery's Creek are still sinking their shaft to a further depth. The ore they ars sinking through still continues to be…

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South Coast Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 4

Notwithstanding keen competition the South Coast coal trade last year was very satisfactory the district's output exceeding the previous year's by 93,811 tons. The…

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A Colliery Closed Down Singleton

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 2

The miners of Rix's Creek were. locked out this morning. Sixty men are affected. Nine hours work daily had been, in existence for years in this…

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Mining News. Yerranderie Silver-mining. Yerranderlie

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 3

Before the Warden's Court, Mr. Kerry, managing, director of the Burragbrang Silver-Mining Company, applied for suspension of labor conditions for six months,…

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Mining At Hill End

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 2

Considerable activity prevails on the Hill End mining field, 'and the whole of Hawken's Hill line of re[?]f is being worked. The Macquarie Gold Mining Coy. has…

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Lock Out at Singleton. Miners Want Eight-hour Day. Singleton

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 3

The miners at Rix's Creek, near Singleton, were locked out this morning Sixty men are affected. Nine hours' work daily has been in…

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Trouble Over Non-unionists. at the Central Mine. Unioists Take Dictatorial Attitude. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 2

Recently some of the miners on the Central Mine, showed a disposition to question the unionist bona fides of The mull[?]ckers. The result was that…

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Mining at Hill End

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 14

Says the "National Advocate":—Considerable activity prevails on the Hill End mining field, and the whole of Hawkins' Hill line of reef is…

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Western Collieries Board

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 4

At the Industrial Court on Wednesday, before Judge Heydon, the Goalminers' Protective Association (Western district) applied for a board for coal miners,…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 6

According to the report of the New South Wales Minors' Accident Relief Board for 1908, the gross revenue of the board was £64,852, made up…

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Mining at Green Swamp

National Advocate · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 2

Mining is proceeding steadily around this part. The Sydney Copper Coy have now 10 men at work, but up to the present only fair progress has been…

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Mining Notes

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 3

With reference to the locked up ground at Mount Werong the correspondent of the "Australian Mining Standard" makes some pungent…

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Rich Gold Find

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 March 1909 · page 3

The Hargraves correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" wired that paper as follows on Saturday:—"A Sydney syndicate, comprising Messrs…

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