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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 5 of 58

The "Verdun" Gold Mine

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

The Bathurst Mining Warden (Mr. A. B. Burke) has aranged with Mr. A. B. C. Burke) has arranged with Mr. [?] to mark out the various areas…

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Mine Manager Killed a Portland Tragedy

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 18

Mr. William Shipley (50), under ground manager at Boldon mine, Main Range Colliery, Portland, was killed at the mine on…

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Dark Corner Gold Find Marking Out the Claims. More Applications

National Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

Owing to the large number of applicants for authority to enter the new gold field at Dark Corner and the heavy amount of work entailed in…

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Called Up Men From the Coal Mines. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 2

The Government has decided to immediately release a large number of men in the coal mines for military service. An order has been posted in…

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Another Western Gold Find

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 4

A report from Orange Says Mr. Bert Davis, who has been prospecting to the eastward of Lucknow, in the vicinity of the old rifle range, has come upon stone at a depth of 11ft…

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A Deal in Oil a Tasmanian Mine. Fuel for the Navy. Hobart

The Bathurst Times · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 3

The Shale Oil Purchase Bill, which provides for the acquirement by the State of a private oil mine through which Tasminia hopes to be able to…

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The State Coal Mine. a Peculiar Position

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 2

Work is proceeding slowly at the State coal mine site. About 25 men are engaged in the necessary preliminary work for the erection of fans, boilers, etc., suitable for a modern…

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The Goolma Copper Mine. Bright Prospects

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 4

The Rev Father Mine Curram, the eminent Australian geologist, spent position of last week visiting the copper mines in the Goolma…

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Dark Corner Gold Find. Marking Out the Claims

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 3

A report from Sunny Corner states that Surveyor Thomas, of the Mines Department, has commenced marking out the claims on the Dark Corner gold field. About 20 men are…

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"Verdun" Goldfield Claim Markings To-day, Lambing Flat Recalled. an Army of Prospectors. Dark Corner

The Bathurst Times · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 3

The surveyors surveyed Grey and party's claim of twenty acres on Friday and started to mark the authorities to enter on Saturday, and will…

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Dark Corner Gold Field Activities Continued

National Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 3

Mr. Warden Burke and Mr. Survayor Thomas of the Mines Department, Sydney visited the field on Friday. Grey and party prospectors…

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Essington. Mining Activity

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 3

A fresh start has been made to work Mr. J. J. Cash's copper mine. Some time ago the Burraga Company worked it on the share system and upwards of £3000 was spent in…

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"Verdun" Gold Mine

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 2

The Bathurst applicants for authority to eater portion 63 on the "Verdun" Gold Mine at Dark Corner will have their areas marked out this morning ed out on Friday, commencing at 9 a.m., as previously notified. Additional applications are daily being lodged, and the work of marking off the areas is…

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Unemploymen and Gold. (To the Editor)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 31

Sir,—The State Government is shutting clown its public works for want of money. The people in England refuse to grant…

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The Mine Field Dutch Press Satisfied. Amsterdam

National Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 2

Dutch newspapers generally, are satisfied with the new British mine field, which will not inconvenience Dutch shipping. They state that Britain is…

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British Mine Field. Bottles the German Fleet Up. in the Heligoland Bight. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 20

According to details of the new British mine held, published in New York, practically the entire mouth of the Heliogland Bight has been…

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The Laurentic Victim to a Mine 280 Lives Lost. How She Went Down. Crews Terrible Experiences. London

National Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that the White Star liner Laurentic was mined, not submarined. (Reuter's Special Message.)…

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"The Iron Claw" starts Empires Saturday. the State Coal Mine

Leader · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 6

Work is proceeding slowly at the State coal mine site at Lithgow. About 25 men are engaged in the necessary preliminary work for the erection of…

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Torbane Miners Resume

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

After having been on strike since the holidays, the Torbane miners resumed work on Monday. The cessation was caused through inability to secure an increase in the hewing…

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