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

Mining & the mines, 1915

1,102 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 25 of 56

Hill End. Visit of Minister for Mines

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 14

As soon as Mr. Estell came into office he expressed his wish to visit all the mining towns, so that he would be personally acquainted with…

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Colliery Manager Leaving

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 4

Mr. J. Barnes, manager of Vale of Clwydd, colliery, is leaving Lithgow at the end of this month, to take up a similar position in another part of the State. Mr. Barnes has…

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Newbridge Gold. Blayney

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 5

Excellent specimens of gold have been secured at a death of 21ft. on Messrs. Bulloch and Sons' mining claims [?]ar Newbridge. The field becomes more promising each day…

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Commonwealth Gold Reserve. Melbourne

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 3

Owing to the fact that the gold reserve in connection with the Commonwealth note issue has been regarded as sufficiently high, the Federal Treasurer has not availed himself…

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Mining News. at Trunkey

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 5

Mr. Alf. Kirkman, who recently purchased McKellar's reef at Seabban Flat, has now purchased a battery, to be erected close to the mine, and has let the contract for the…

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Hill End Busy Mining Operations. Prospect in Antimony

The Bathurst Times · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 4

At Hill End on Tuesday Mr. A. B. C. Burke, Mining Warden, sat as a Mining Court, to hear an application by the Amalgamated Hill End…

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Mining News. Golden Horseshoe Gold Mine Oberon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 3

The manager of the above mine reports for the fortnight ended May 19 as follows:-- "The crosscut at the 90ft. level has been extended 22ft in easy working country, total…

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Local and District Collieries

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 2

Conditions at the local and district collierles showed a great improvement during the past fortnight. Several of the collieries, have taken more men on and others are working…

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No Time for Germans Coal Miners' Take Action. Wollongong

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 4

Considerable dissatisfaction has existed at the various collieries on the South Coast of late owing to the fact that a number of Germans were…

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"Will Yez Thread on th' Tail av Me Coal?"

Leader · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 3

The atmosphere at the last meeting of the Forlies Municipal Council took on a sulphurous hue when Alderman Edwards tabled a motion to pay the…

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Mining

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 3

The manager of the Golden Horseshoe Gold Mine, Oberon, reports for the past fortnight:— The crosscut at the 90ft level has…

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Broken Hill Mines. Agreement Adopted. Broken Hill

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 5

At a mass meeting of the A. M. A. letter from the President of the Mining Managers Association was Mining. It set forth that the companies…

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Mining in the District. Crudine Mine Being Worked

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 5

At the Bathurst Mining Warden's Court on Thursday, before the wardon (Mr. A. B. C. Burke), the application of he Amalgamated Hill End Company, Ltd., for a tunnelling and…

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Mining Applications

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 4

Applications for mining leases were [?]ceived at the Bathurst Warden's Office during the week as follows:—F. Jennings, 5 acres, parish Byng, county…

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Mining. Warden's Court in Bathurst. Fresh Applications

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 4

The following mining applications were dealt with by the Mining Warden (Mr. A. B. C. Burke) at a special Court in Bathurst on…

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Western District Coal Mines Award. How It Stands

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 4

Mr. F. Gregory, miners secretary, has been in Sydney during the week in connection with the appeal by the various local and district collieries against certain clauses fo the new…

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Mine or Submarine? New York

Leader · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 2

A message has been receieved by the American Hawaiian Company from the captain of the Nebraska stating that he turned back to Liverpool…

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Mine or Torpedo? American Doubts. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 4

A New York message says, in connection with the supposed torpedoing of the American steamer Nebraskan by the Germans off Fastnet, that the…

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Bathurst Mining Applications. the Yetholme Field

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 3

The following mining applications were dealt with by the Mining Warden (Mr. A. B. C. .Burke) at a special court in Bathurst:--Authority to enter land granted:--H. C…

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Gold Winning at Lucknow

Leader · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 8

Mr. R. Black, of Lucknow, is nothing if not energetic in respect to the recovery of gold, from the tailings of the old Lucknow mine by thec…

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