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

Mining & the mines, 1925

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The Mining Industry Probable Record. Coal and Silver-lead Production

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 6

The value of the mineral production for the year just ended will, it is expected, constitute a record. The main factors contributing to this…

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Mining Warden's Court. Friday, January 2, 1925. (Before G. James, Mining Warden.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 2

Robert Sands and others applied for suspension of labor conditions on their coal area near Lidsdale. Graham Sands, acting on behalf of his father, Robert Sands, who…

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Leadville Notes. Mining Prospects

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 19

Some cleaning up has been done at the Mount Stewart mine during the last week or two, in preparation for the visit of an inspector who is…

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Turon Gold Rush Some Early Reminiscenses Mrs. Wrench's 60 Years' Residence

National Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 3

There are few who can recall the many, and varied experiences of the past 65 years as well as Mrs. Mary Jane Wrench now a resident of…

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Coal Trade Slack. Many Miners Are Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

The Lithgow miners did not start the New Year well, as there are over 100 idle, in all about 150 were dismissed at Lithgow, Vale of Clwydd, and Oakey Park, but…

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Gold Mining Leases. Wardens Recommend Lower Conditions

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Fitzpatrick) yesterday received the report of the mining wardens' conference, which was held in Sydney recently. It was stated that…

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Matches in Mine. Wollongong

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

At the local court, Walter Forscutt was fined £1 and £3 10s costs on a charge of having carried throe lucifer matches into the South Bulli mine…

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Big City Coal Contracts. Recommended for Lithgow Association

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

The purchase of supplies of coal for the City Council's power-house totalling £322,000, is recommended by the general manager (Mr. Forbes Mackay). They cover…

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Mostly in Gold £700 on Suspects Melbourne

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 3

Detectives who searched a house at South Melbourne yesterday found more than £700 in the room of a couple who came from Sydney…

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Accident at Railway Colliery

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 2

A miner named Dan O'Dea, employed at the Railway colliery, was injured this morning through a fall of tops. He received injuries to the head and neck. The…

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Coal Find at Ulan. Mudgee

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 1

A test of 1ton 3cwt. of coal from the recent find at Ulan has been made at the Mudgee gasworks. The test disclosed the satisfactory yield of 12,600 feet of gas. The…

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City Council's Coal. Allegation of a Combine

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 1

The coal "combine" is at work again, said Ald. Green at the City Council electricity supply committee, and is trying to squeeze increased prices, ranging from 1-…

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Gold Find Rich Reef at Hill End Will It Mean a Revival?

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 2

Hill End is all excitement, and there are bright prospects of a spirited revival of the old Hill End field. On Monday, two prospectors, Messrs…

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Gold Fever Hill End Find

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 19

Hill End is all excitement, and there are bright prospects of a revival of the old Hill End field. Two prospectors, Messrs Mathews,…

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Bad Start in New Year Western Miners Out of Work

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 8

The New Year commenced badly for Lithgow miners, about 150 of whom have been, dismissed at Lithgow, Yale of Clwydd, and Oakey…

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Gold at Hill End

Leader · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 6

Hill End is all excitement, and there are bright prospects of a [?] revival of the old Hill End field. On Monday, two prospectors, Messrs…

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Hill End Gold. Reported Good Discovery

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 3

According to a Bathurst report, Hill End is all excitement, and there are bright prospects of a revival of the old field. Two prospectors, Messrs. Mathews and Davis,…

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The Price of Coal. Water Board's Position

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 6

Supplies of western coal, it is stated, purchased in the open market by the Water Board are costing 3- a ton less than the board paid for the same coal, bought by…

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Hill End Gold. Recent Find Not a "Strike."

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 4

The discovery of gold at the Magnet Mine, Hill End, by Messrs. Matthews and Davis, is the subject of a report by Mr. Harper, senior geological surveyor of the…

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Gold Treatment for Tuberculosis Danish Professor's Claims. London

National Advocate · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 1

A new treatment for tuberculosis, the "gold cure," is said to have given some good results in some of the hospital in Denmark…

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