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

Mining & the mines, 1913

1,256 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 63

Awful Mine Disaster. 150 Men Entombed. Tokio

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 2

An explosion of gas in a colliery has entombed 150 miners. It is feared many of the men are dead…

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Five-day Week. Miners Federation Favorable. London, Thursday evening

National Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 3

The Miners Federation ballot, on the subject of a five-day week. to suIted in a majority of 60,000 in favor. The Federation Committee has…

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Burwood Miners Resume. Conference Between Miners and Owners. Newcastle

National Advocate · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 2

The men at Burwood colliery resume work to-morrow morning, and the conference between the owners' and employees' representatives will…

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 3

Lloyd Copper Co., with a nominal capital of £280,000 in £1 shares, has been listed in Sydney. The subscribed capital is £235,100 in fully paid-up £1 shares;…

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Mine Disaster. 13 Workmen Killed. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 2

Thirteen miners were killed in a colliery in Derby a bucket holding 800 gallons of water dropping down the shaft…

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Hill End Courts Important Mining Cases

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 1

At the Hill End Warden's Court there were two cases concerning wages due; one was withdrawn and one settled…

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Craboon to Coolah Railway P.W.C. at Leadville. Important Mining Evidence. The Richness of Coolah Land

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 1

The members of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry on Public Works, sat at the Leadville Court House on Tuesday morning last for…

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Cabman Dangerously Shot. a Goldfield's Quarrel. Brisbane

The Bathurst Times · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 1

Denis Gallagher and Frew Smith, two septuagenarian cabman, quarrelled at Charters Towers railway station last night with serious results. Gallagher…

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Mining Applications

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 2

Mining applications lodged at the Bathurst Warden's Office during the past week were: For mining lease on Crown land, one acre, parish Meglo…

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Mining Strikes. the Maddest Folly. Value of Secret Ballot. Newcastle

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

No strike yet has ever, in the end, benefited the miner. During the 18 weeks' strike commencing in 1909 £450,000 was lost in wages by the…

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A Colliery Trouble Settled

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 2

A trouble is reported to have occurred at the Invincible colliery on Friday. On one side it is claimed that the trouble arose through an employe--a clipper--leaving his…

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Seven Years' Agreement. Northern Miners. Newcastle

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 3

The miners at Minimi, by 154 votes to 59, have decided to accept Mr. John Brown's agreement to insure industrial peace for seven years under existing…

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Gold in the Congo. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 4

It is reported in Brussels that a large goldfield has been discovered in the Congo, near Lake Kisale…

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Burwood Colliery Trouble. Newcastle

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 2

judge Scholes to-day opened an inquiry into whether the wheelers at Burwood. Colliery should start at 6.30 or 7 o'clock…

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Leadville's Rich Mining Land

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 21

The evidence given by Mr. U. Scoble, manager of the Mt. Stevart Mine, near Leadville. to the Public Works Committee was of great value…

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New Gold Finds 1000ozs. to the Ton

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 10

A rich find of sold is reported at Lionsville, near Grafton. Councillor T. Bassetti and Mr. Edward Richards brought to Grafton…

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Burraga. the Copper Mine

The Bathurst Times · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 4

It is pleasing and encouraging to note that advertisements are now appearing in several of the metropolitan and provincial newspapers to the effect that…

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 4

Hill End is having a mixed time. The Golden Gully, Tambaroora, seems to have missed the big things expected, and now, after a lot of messing about through plant…

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Mining. at Tambaroora

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 2

The Valentine mine, after battling with a big flow of water for some months, have succeeded in sinking their shaft a further distance of 50 feet, and…

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Work at the Collieries. Time Lost Through Truck Scarcity

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 2

A deal of inconvenience and broken time were caused at the local collieries in the first week of the past fortnight through shortage of trucks, mainly owing to the…

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