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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 4 of 58

Ownership of Gold Watch

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 2

George Wheeler, 23, was charged be before Mr. C. Jennings, P.M., at the [?]urst Police Court yesterday with being unlawfully in posession of a…

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A New Mining Syndicate

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 36

We understand that a syndicate, to be known as the Dunedoo Copper Mining Syndicate, has been formed to take over and work the…

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The Lucky Gold Find Grossly Exaggerated

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 20

Private advices received in Lithgow from Sunny Corner and of local residents who have visited the scene of the gold find near Dark…

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Lucknow Gold Fnid. How the Discovery Was Made. Runaway Horse Responsible

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 27

An interesting story attaches to the gold discovery at Sunny Corner, One of the prospectors, Mr. Ales Gray, was chasing his horse…

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Dark Corner Gold Find a Warning. Further Developments Sunny Corner

National Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 2

The glowing reports of the new gold find at Dark Corner has attracted a large number of visitors to the locality. Many came just to have a look…

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Coal Strike Echo Much Unemployment. Gas Workers Out. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

The secretary of the Gas Workers' Union declared to-day that there were still 300 members out of work following the coal strike, these men having been…

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Local and General News Mining Revival at Burraga

Leader · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 8

Mining in the Burraga district is beginning to liven up. The A[?]ercrombie copper mine is now being put into working order, as fast as…

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Mining Applications

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 2

The following applications were received yesterday at the Mining Warden's Office, Bathurst, for authority to enter the gold mining area on Kerr's…

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Cone Up. the Coal Lumpers' Demands Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 2

When the wages board covering the Mortlanke coal lumpers sat to-day to hear the claims of the men, which were recently responsible for a strike…

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Western News Blayney and District Mining at Mount McDONALD a Promising Proposition

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 1

Mr. H. J. Mackey, who had a two months' option of Cash and Kennedy's gold mine at Mount McDonald (near Woodstock), has now effected the…

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Verdun Goldfield "An Important Discovery" Caution Advised. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 3

The Minister for Mines has received a report from the Chief Inspector of Mines (Mr. Jecquet) concerning the new gold find at Sunny Corner. He…

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Northern Colliery Trouble. West Maitland

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

The colliery mechanics have repected the employers' offers and have demanded another compulsory conference…

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More Grumbling. the Southern Miners. Wollongong

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 3

Yet another grievance has been found by the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation. At a meeting of that body last night, complaint was…

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Ew Gold Find Near Sunny Corner

Leader · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 1

Following is a report by tue chief inspector of mines, Mr. J. B. Jaquet, A.R.S.M., on the above find:— The site of the discovery is distant about…

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Mining Warden's Court

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2
Also in National Advocate

Before Mr. A. C. Burke, Warden, in the Bathurst Warden's Court yesterday an application for authority to enter portion 125, in the partish of…

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Blockading Britain Submarines and Mines German Declaration Expected. New York

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

Incoming ship masters believe that Germany will shortly issue a warning to neutrals similar to that issued in February, 1915, of her intention to…

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Coal Train Deralled Traffic Disorganised. Wollongong

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

Owing to the derailment of a coal train in the vicinity of the tunnel mouth at Helenburgh the traffic on the Illawarra line became…

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Fatality at Portland. Killed by a Fall in Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred at the Main Range Colliery about mid-day to-day (Tuesday), when William Shipley, the deputy of the mine, met his death. Deceased, who was…

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Sunny Corner Mining. the New Find

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2

There have been no further developments at the new gold held. There are about twenty men camped on the reserve waiting for their chums to be dealt with, and no mining can…

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