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

Mining & the mines, 1920

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Hill End Mining

Leader · Wednesday 21 July 1920 · page 2

A Hill [?] advice reads:—The [?] mated tributes will only be[?] to get out another crushing before [?] term will have…

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Germany and Coal Deliveries. Government's Irish Policy. London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 July 1920 · page 2

Berlin advices report an agitation in the Rhineland and Westphalia against the Allies' policy in regard to coal deliveries. The miners resent the extra shifts necessitated…

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The Case of Father [?]Erger. Coal Lumpers Take Action

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 July 1920 · page 2

Legal proceedings to restrain the Military Department from deporting Father Jerger were continued in Adelaide yesterday. The matter was adjourned until this morning,…

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Industrial. Coal Owners Oppose Tribunal. Graziers and the Shearers' Strike

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 July 1920 · page 2

The colliery proprietors object to the appointment of a special tribunal to inquire into the coal-mining industry. Combined meetings of the Northern, Southern, and…

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Coal Miners' Wages Trouble. Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 18

The Prime Minister yesterday had a further conference with the representatives of the miners and the coal owners in an effort to patch…

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Hill End. Mining News. Patchy Gold

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 10

The recent find of rich are has turned out to be similar to that made on several occasions at cross courses. They occur in rich…

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Accident at the Coal Mine. to Mr. Dan Charles

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 8

Mr. Dan Charles was the victim of an unfortunate accident at the coal mine on Friday. While he was at work one of the [?] gave way…

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Mining Surveyor Grey

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 10

Mr. J. T. Grey, mining surveyor, and one of the beat known men on the mining field, and also one of the whitest, is here again doing…

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Mt. Dudley Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 3

The Mount Dudley report for the week ended July 17, states:-- 145ft. level No. 2 south: Still in good ore. The reef is averaging 1½ft.; have been stoping here all the…

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Invincible Colliery Idle. Men Object to Explosives

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 4

An unusual reason has laid the Invincible Colliery at Cullen Bullen idle since Wednesday. The men object to the quality of the explosives supplied, and claim they are…

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A Cowra Gold Find

Leader · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 5

Mr. R. Campbell has struck what promises to be a first class gold mine at Breakfast Creek Stone taken from the 60ft level when assayed by the…

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Colliery Off Hand Labor. Authority and Scope of Tribunal

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 4

The Prime Minister had a further conference once on Wednesday evening with representatives of the miners and coal- owners in an effort to patch up the trouble in regard to…

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Won't Coal the Khyber. Freemantle Waterside Workers. Perth

National Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1920 · page 2

The Fremantle Waterside Workers have decided to refuse to coal the Khyber unless she comes into port for Westralia passengers…

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Invincible Colliery Working

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 26 July 1920 · page 2

As the result of a conference on Saturday the miners at the Invincible Colliery, Cullen Bullen, decided to resume work this morning with the old explosives, it being…

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Lithgow Colliery Fatality. LITHGOW

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 July 1920 · page 2

George Shaw (15). a clipper-on in the Vale of Cllwydd Colliery, met with a dreadful death whilst working in the pit on Wednesday…

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Kandos-coomber Mining Company

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 July 1920 · page 3

The Kandos-Coomber Mining Company la now a registered com-pany. Mr. Davis, manager, who has also the Morton Main coal…

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The Coal Tribunal. Representatives Unable to Agree

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 26 July 1920 · page 2

Representatives, of the colliery proprietors and the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation interviewed the Prime Minister again on Friday, with a view to a settlement of…

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Gold Discovery. "Worthy of Attention." Government Surveyor's Report

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 July 1920 · page 10

The Minister for Mines has received a report from the geological surveyor on the gold discovery about a mile south-east of the…

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The Coal Trouble. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 2

The executive of the Coal Federation. in an official statement Issued tonight, says that the recent conference with the Prime Minister and the…

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State Coal Mine. Railway Construction Commenced

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 2

A start was made yesterday by about half a dozen men on the construction of the railway line to the State coal mine. The Minister in charge of unemployment (Hon…

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