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

Mining & the mines, 1927

463 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 22 of 24

Luck[?] Gold Mine

Leader · Monday 21 November 1927 · page 2

An [?] has been [?] to [?] Mining Warden’s Court, to [?] labor con[?] on the [?]…

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Road Wanted Edie Creek Goldfields CANBERRA

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 21 November 1927 · page 3

Representatives of six gold mining companies in Now Guinea interviewed the Minister for Home and Territories at Canberra and…

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Striking Miners v. POLICE. Hand to Hand Fight. MONTREAL

Leader · Wednesday 23 November 1927 · page 2

A Denver message states that the long tense mine dispute broke Into open violence to-day, when the Slate police and the striking miners,…

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Late Mr. Fred Gregory. Death of Prominent Mining Official. Following Collapse at Meeting

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 November 1927 · page 2

The many sincere expressions of regret voiced yesterday morning when it was learned that Mr. Frederick Victor Gregory, secretary of the Western…

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Wanted-- a Right-of-way. Department Refuses Bridge at Coal Stage

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 3

The Western Area Railway Commissioner raised a storm about his head when he wrote to the Lithgow Council "regretting, that no action could be…

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No Lithgow Coal For Broken Hill at Present. Broken Hill, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 1

Inquiries made to-day show that the mining companies do not expect to avail themselves of the new Sydney Broken Hill line for the carriage of…

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Motor Fuel From Coal. Germany’s Ideals. LONDON

Leader · Saturday 26 November 1927 · page 1

A [?]doctor named Br[?]kman. director of the [?] oil and Coul-[?] Co., in a lecture, [?] that an expenditure of be[?]n 20 and 25…

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District Coal Mines This and [?] Rooms. the [?]Rovisions of the Law

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 November 1927 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly [?] week Mr. W. F. Dunn M.L.A. [?] Will the Minister for Mines inq[?] whether the provisions of the [?]…

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Ulan Coal a Huge Seam High Quality Product

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 November 1927 · page 16

Lying right on the surveyed route of the projected Maryvale-Sandy Hollow Railway, writes the Wellington Times, are huge deposits of…

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New Guinea Gold Not for Australia SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 November 1927 · page 3

A resolution was passed at a meeting of New Guinea miners advising all miners in that country not to ship their gold to Australia…

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Germany Will Supply. Motor Fuel from Coal. LONDON

Leader · Monday 28 November 1927 · page 6

A Berlin doctor named [?] director of the Mineral Oil and Coal Utilisation Co.. in a lecture, said that an expenditure of between 20 and [?]…

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Miners' Bath Houses. Position on the Mudgee Line

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 4

Captain W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Minister for Mines-- With references to your question…

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Miners' Officers. Large Nomination for President and Representative

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 2

Following his election to the Legislative. Assembly, Mr. Hamilton Knight resigned the positions of president and central council representative of the…

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Skip Riding in Collieries. Cause of Strike at Ironworks Tunnel. But Men Will Resume To-Morrow

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1927 · page 1

The Ironworks Tunnel Colliery was idle yesterday and to-day, as the result of the dismissal of two wheelers. Owing to the number of recent…

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Coolah Page Gold Snap Heavy Losses of Sheep

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 December 1927 · page 18

The heat wave broke on Wednesday Bight, and was succeeded by cold and rainy weather It was a very sudden cold change and caused serious loss…

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Miners’ Affray. Two Stabbed. Broke Hill

Leader · Saturday 3 December 1927 · page 1

Following an argument of the [?] North [?] was [?] with what is known as [?] spider,” which is a [?] holder…

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No Work To-day Hold-up Hits Coal Miners SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 December 1927 · page 10

A Cessnock message states that already the South Maitland coal fields are feeling the effects of the Waterfront hold-up. Last nights all…

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Dismal Prophets a Mendacious Campaign. Gold for Notes Artists. (To the Editor)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 December 1927 · page 21

We hear people saying things are bad. They perhaps do not know that financial panic is caused by public opinion which is influenced…

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Portland News. Accident at Ivanhoe Mine. Four Tons of Coal Fall on Worker

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1927 · page 2

While endeavoring to loosen a bad of coal that had jammed in the screen about thirty feet above one of the big goal hoppers at the Ivanhoe mine yes…

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American Gold. Large Shipment to London. New York, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1927 · page 1

The shipping of American gold to Great Britain is now taking place. The International Acceptance Bank is transferring 1,000,000 dollars gold to London…

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