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

Mining & the mines, 1921

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Britain's Coal Industry Output Increased. Increase in Price Inevitable. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 1

Since the big coal strike, the miners have bent their backs to work, which has resulted in the production at the rate of 20,000,000 tons a year more…

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£1,314,000 Russia's Mystery Gold Shipload Sent to France

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 2

A heavy consignment of gold from Russia has been landed in France. Great secrecy is being maintained about its ownership and destination…

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[?]Hantom Gold Principal Characters. [Copyright.]

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 8

[?]am Lester: The stranger who [?]ngs back a true report of the [?]ian Mine, in Hamilton Valley, [?] the West Coast of Africa…

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Melbourne Coal Famine. Importations by Rail Restricted

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 3

Referring yesterday to complaints to the effect that the Coal Board was preventing the users of coal from obtaining supplies of coal from Lithgow by rail, the president…

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Mining Applications

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 1

The following applications for authority to enter private lands for mining purposes have been received at the; Mining Warden's office:—W…

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Authority to Enter and Mine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 9

Mr. Warden Waite Scott P.M.. sitting as a Mining Warden's Court at Mudgee on Friday, December 24, granted the application of J. T…

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Copper Slump Fears for Queensland Mines Brisbane

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 1

The Minister for Mines said this morning that he feared that some of the Queensland Copper Mines would be closing down owing to the low…

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Coal Trouble Sitting of Special Tribunal Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 2

A special coal tribunal sat in Sydney to-day with the object of dealing with the trouble in the coal industry due to the delay of the…

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The Air Ocean What Is on the "Surface"? Darkness and Intense Gold

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

The temperature falls rapidly, with ascent—about one degree for each 300 feet—until the top of the storm level is reached, at seven miles, when a…

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Industry Menaced Reduced Coal Output a Million Tons Below Requirements Owners Alarmed Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 2

The coat production for Australia in 1913 was 12,000,000 tens. The total for the year just ended is not yet available, but is expected to be between…

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Coal for Victoria Small Supplies in Federal Ships Position Serious in South Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 2

The Federal Government has arranged to carry 8000 tons of coal to Victoria weekly in the Government's wooden ships; but Melbourne…

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Mining Applications

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

The following applications for authority to outer private lands for mining purposes have been received at the mining warden's office:--W. Welsh, of Wuulumann, for 20…

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Coal Output. Reduced Production

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

Colliery proprietors profess to be alarmed at the continued reduction of output, and express a feeling, that matters are approaching a crisis. In 1913 the production of…

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Metropolitan Mine Grievances. Helensburgh

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 6

A mass meeting of the local miners decided to hold another meeting in a week, pending an appeal to Mr. Hibble, asking him to alter several items, (in favor of the…

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Trouble at Invincible Colliery. Question of Second Shift

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

The miners at the Invincible colliery, Cullen Bullen did not resume on Tuesday as did the other pits in the Lithgow district, owing to a dispute with the…

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Choosing Coal by the Microscope

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 6

The selection of the particular coal to give the best results for certain purposes has always been an important matter for the engineer. To-day, with the enhanced…

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W.A. Gold Yield. Perth

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

The gold yield for December was 53,917 fine ounces, of the value of £229,023. For December, 1919, during which a strike took, place, the yield was 28,166 fine ounces…

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Suffragettes Recalled Gold Cup Incident of 1913. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

Suffragette militancy was recalled at Windsor to-day, when Harold Hewitt, described as a British columbian farmer, surrendered to the…

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The Coal Tribunal. Query by the Employees. Awards Must Be Binding

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 6

A sitting of the coal industry tribunal was held in Sydney on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. C. Hibble, president, was in the chair, and the following representatives…

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A Rich Pauper Body Found Hanging Man Who Was on the Goldfields

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 3

After living a secluded life for many years, Robert Bock, aged about 55 years, was found hanging from a rafter in a hut in Blue's Point-road…

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