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

Mining & the mines, 1917

1,152 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 58

Inferior Coal on Transports. Miners' Moral Responsibility. Remarkable Statement Before Trisonal. Wollongong

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 1

Addressing the coat [?], Mr. T. R. Morgan, for the Southern Coat Owners' Association, protested against the miners absenting…

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Progress at State Coal Mine Lithgow

The Bathurst Times · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 4

Progress is being made at the State Coal Mine at the upper end of Mort's Gully. The apeast shaft has reached a depth of 40 feet, and this despite…

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Miners' Social Reunion. an Interesting Gathering

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 2

About 70 members of the Lithgow miners', lodge met in the top room of the Trades Hall on Friday night, for the purpose of enjoying a convivial evening. Mr. Ben. Rogers,…

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Mining Applications

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 2
Also in National Advocate

During the week ended yesterday the following applications for authority to enter private lands for mining purposes in the parish of Yetholme…

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Miners' Claims [?]Ction at Cessnock. Cessnock

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 4

[?]mmittee of Management of [?] Miners, Engine Driv[?] Firemen's Association have [?] resolution that the claims…

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Queensland Miners Serious Dispute. Deadlock Reached. Brisbane

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 1

The conference between representatives of the coal owners and the miners has proved abortive. The owners offered the following conditions:…

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[?] Zealand Miners [?]Ispute Settled. [?]Lington, N.Z.

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 4

[?] between the mine[?] and miners has failed to a[?] at a satisfactory conclusion on a question of dispute. It is…

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The State Goal Mine. Fixing Wages of Sinkers

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1917 · page 2

A special conciliation committee will sit at the courthouse this afternoon in connection with matters affecting the State .coal mine. The committee will consider the wages to…

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Gulgong Mining. Gold Seekers on Eumaralla

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 41

Mr. H. Dawson is forming a new company to mine on portion 3, Eumaralla. The company will be called the Golden. Junction Gold…

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In Memoriam. a Pioneer of the Gold Field

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 31

The toll of death is fast depleting the old goldfield centres of the few remaining of the pioneer contingents who flocked to…

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Leadville. Soldier Missing—Tampering With the Telephone—Mining News—

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 37

Weather.—The weather now has quite the winter snap. Frosts at night with occasional ice-cold sprinkles and wind during the day…

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Unemployment Gloomy Union Report Openings at Mining Centres. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 4

The statement received by the Acting Premier from the State Labor branch for April shows that 86 reports were furnished by secretaries of the…

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Electric Coal-cutters

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 3

Whether the use of electrically driven coal cutting machines at the Bulli colliery was, within the meaning of section 28; Coal Mines Regulation Act,1912, dangerous and…

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Bathurst Mining Applications

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 3

The following applications for authority to enter private properties for milling pin poses, were received at the Mining Warden's Office, Buthurst, during last week.--A. R. Barnett,…

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Shortage of Coal Denied by Miners the Ballarat Sinking Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 4

Caestioned to-day concerning the recent statement before the coal tribunal by Mr. Morgan, for the southern owners, that the transport Ballarat had…

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German Torpedoer Sunk. Mine or Submarine. Amsterdam

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 3

A German torpedo boat has been sunk off the coast of Holland. It is not yet known whether a mine or a submarine was the cause…

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Coal Rationing Statement in Commons. London

National Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 4

In the House of Commons, Sir Albert Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, stated that owing to transport difficulties, coal rationing would…

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Colliery Casualties

Leader · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 1

During the past 16 years there have been no less than 78,456 casualties in the coal mines of New South Wales, of whom 922 were killed…

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Gulgong Mining. Gold Seekers on Eumaralla

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 1

Mr. H. Dawson is forming a new company to mine on portion 3. Eumaralla. The company will be called the Golden Junction Gold…

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