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

Mining & the mines, 1919

712 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 36

Council's Coal History of the Contract Frank Statement by Ald. Ennis

National Advocate · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 2

Ald. Ennis threw a considerable amount of light on the question of the Council's Coal Contract at the meeting of the Bathurst Council on…

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Very Latest Cables Australian Cable Association Messages.) the Industrial Upheaval Miners Refuse to Pay Taxes. London

Leader · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 7

The Derbyshire miners' executive are advising the men to refuse to pay any more war taxes, and responsible Ministers, during the elections, prom…

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Mine Sweeper Lost. London

National Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 3

The Admiralty, announces that the twin-screw 800 tons mine sweeper Penarth struck a mine and sunk off York Coast on February 4. Forty…

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Council Coal Contract and Ald. Ennis

National Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 2

Every fair-minded man will accept the frank and informative statement made by Ald. Ennis regarding the Bathurst Municipal Council's coal…

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The Miners Will They Strike? Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 3

Asked whether he would make an official statement regarding the likelihood of an industrial upheaval in the coal industry, Mr. A,…

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Three Men Buried. Queensland Coal Mine Explosion

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 1

An explosion occurred on Friday in the Cardiff Company's colliery at Blackstone, three miles from Ipswich. There was a big fall of…

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Bathurst Mining, Milburn Greek Copper Mine. Rush for Possession

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 4

A large number of conflicting applications came before Relieving Warden Farr for authority to work the leases known as the…

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Coal Contracts. Lithgow and Cullen Bullen Coal

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Bathurst Council, Alderman Ennis stated, in connection with the coal contracts of the council, that while he was Mayor 100 tons of Coal had been…

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Mining at Cullen Bullen Healthy Revival

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 3

Practically all the old employees at the Inincible Colliery, Cullen Bullen, have returned and been re-engaged, also a number of new hands. The conditions existing are now…

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Studded With Gold. Rich Specimens at Temora. All Land Taken Up

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 1

Great excitement prevailed at Temora on Thursday, when two pices of stone thickly studded with large nuggets of gold were…

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Concession to the Coal Miners. Further Bonus of Shilling a Day

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 18

The Government's reply to the coal miners' demand for increased wages states that the Government as willing to add to the present…

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Miners Reject Proposals

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 18

The London Executive of the Coal Miners' Federation have rejected the Government's terms of the settlement of the wages…

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Mining Abercrombie Copper. Burraga

National Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 1

The Abercrombie Copper Mine has obtained a three months suspension of the labor covenants, but it is expected that when the uncertainty in…

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District Mining Year's Production Over £600,000. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 3

The Minister for Mines. Mr. J. C Fitzpatrick, has received the report from Mr. Warden Burke for the year 1918, in which the latter points out…

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Mount Dudley Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 3

The report of the manager of Mount Dudley gold mine for the week crided February'8 states:--Main shaft: Sinking continued, sunk for week 7ft. total depth 170ft. No. 2 level:…

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Mining Applications

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 3

The following applications for authority to enter private lands for milling purposes were received at the office of the Bathurst Mining Warden last week:--Joseph P. Foley, Hill…

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The Miners and Railwaymen. London

Leader · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 7

The "Daily Chronicle" reports that the industrial situation arising from the demands of the miners, railwaymen and transporters, which are…

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Strikes Miners Uneasy. Belfast Trouble Revived. Vancouver

National Advocate · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 2

A meeting of miners at Southport rejected the Government's proposal for a compromise of is per day and protested against the non-granting of the…

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Hill End News. Mining' Developments

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 3

Mining matters are still improving, and the Reward Mine is looking hotter now than for many months. A considerable amount of development work was carried out last year in…

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[?]Warden's Court. Thursday. (Before Mr Helm, Mining Warden.) Authorities to Enter

Molong Argus · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 4

Henry Byrum and &. R. Reynolds, applied for permission to enter 40 acres, at Barrawong, parish The Gap, to prospect for copper, silver and lead,—Granted for…

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