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

Mining & the mines, 1925

587 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 30

Gold-[?] Craft

Leader · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 3

Modern knowledge if electricity and chemistry promises (says Popular Mechanics”) to reduce greatly the expense of manufacturing gold leaf…

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Mining South Lucknow Co

Leader · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 6

The directors report that at the 180 ft. level the S. E. drive has been extended for [?] total [?] a small Calc[?] in face of drive [?]…

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Britain Returns to Gold. Churchill's Budget Figures. Tremendous Financial Effort. London, Tuesday Night

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 2

Reuter.-- Mr. Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered his budget speech in the House of Commons to-day. He indicated a surplus of £26,000,000 on…

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Mining Quiet

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 22

Mining generally in the district is quiet. The Blue Rock cement project in the Co[?] Valley seems to…

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Gold Currency Prime Mini It's Warning Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 20

Pime Minister Bruce said last night that the Federal Government did not propose to pass any legislation at present to prevent gold…

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Wollongong Miners May Day Demonstration Wollongong

The Bathurst Times · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 3

A conference of miners at the May Day celebrations at the Wollongong Show Ground to-day was largely attended. Workers and miners…

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Earlier Cables. Hopes Prom Gold Standard. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 4

Australian hankers in London generally believe that the return to the gold standard will make the exchange rate on Australia easier. They consider that the…

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British Budget Financial Proposals Attacked. Returned to Gold Standard Questioned London

National Advocate · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 2

In the committee stage of the Budget, Mr. Philip Snowdon, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Macdonald Government, attacked…

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Rewards for New Mining Areas

Leader · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 2

The Minister for Mines. the Hon. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick. has received through Mr. W. F. Dunn, M. L. A., a number of communications from…

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Gold That Gliders Plenty of Money Coming

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 18

The P. and O. branch Benalla, sailing, to-day, will £1,00,000 worth of gold to Australia…

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Mining. Lucknow Pups G. M, Co

Leader · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 6

Opening up No. 4 vein Is progressing satisfactorily. Densely mineralised lods, struck a fortnight ago, has been followed for 6ft, width about 2ft…

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Gold Arrives Sonoma's Bullion. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2

The Sonoma arrived from San Francisco to-day, bringing £200,000 worth of gold…

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4 Miners Killed London

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 2

Four miners were killed at Brownlee pit, Carluke, Lancashire when the cage in which they were was precipitated to the bottom of the shaft…

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Colliery Disaster Four Men Killed London, Tuesday Night

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 3

Four men were killied in the Palluke Colliery to-day owing to the cage crashing to the bottom of the 960ft, shaft…

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When Mandurama Was a Gold Field

Leader · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 2

The somnolent hamlet of Mandurama, on the Blayney-Cowra Road, was not always the sparsely populated centre that it is to-day. “I remember,…

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Crown Gold Mine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 19

The Crown Gold Mine No Liability lenses and plant at the mine Bombandy, near Ilford are for sale by tender. Tenders close on Mays…

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Mining Rewards a Rush of Applicants

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 11

The Minister for Mines (Mr J. C.L. Fitzpatrick) has received through Mr W. F. Dunn. M.L.A. a number of communications from…

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Mining. Lucknow Pups Mine

Leader · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 6

The Improved mining outlook as development work progress on No. 4 vein is noticeable in scrip values Yesterday contributing shares sold at…

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Horse Sense. "Old Bluey" Pulls His Last Skip. a Veteran of the Coal Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 6

The employees at the Ironworks Tunnel colliery feel that they have lost a friend in the death of "Old Bluey," probably the most famous of all the horses the greater…

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Proposed North-south Railway. a Chance for Lithgow Coal

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 6

"The North-South Railway--the Best Route." This is the title of a very interesting pamphlet by the Hon. Thos. Waddell, M.L.G. The construction of a railway from…

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