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

Mining & the mines, 1931

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Some Local Statistics Coal Output, Railway Traffic Figures From Commissioners' Report

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 2

According to the annual report of the Railway Commissioners, the total output of the Railway coal mine at Lithgow for the year ended June 30…

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Will Hill End "Go" Again ? Mining Company May Start

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 4

According to Bathurst "Times," it has been reported on good authority that a big mining company will start operations at Hill End in the near…

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Miners and A.W.U. Amalgamation Almost Complete SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 2

The final phase of preparing a draft scheme for amalgamation of A.W.U. and the Miners' Federation was entered upon to-day by the committees of…

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Miners Secretary Leg Amputated LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners' Federation, had his leg amputated to-day. The trouble was the result of an accident in a mine when…

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Two Conferences Regarding District Mining Troubles

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 3

Messrs. E. Carragher and E. Truscott, representing the Western Miners' Federation, had a conference on Monday morning with colliery officials…

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Alleged Gold Makers German Swindlers Sentenced MUNICH

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

The trial was begun to-day of an emulator of Heinrich Kurgschligden, who was sentenced to eighteen months for fraud, after he had claimed he…

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A.w.u.--miners Amalgamation Proposals Almost Complete Big Union of 200,000 Members

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

The Western Miners were represented by their president (Ald. Campbell Roy) at the finalisation meeting of the Miners and A.W.U…

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Couldn't Make Gold But Made Plenty of Money Even Ludendorff "Fell" Berlin

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 1

Giving evidence at his trial, Tausend, an alleged gold-maker, who has been charged with fraud, declared that Berlin financier who secured the…

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Marvel of Gold £5655 Nugget Found by a Boy Romance of West Perth, (W.a.)

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

The finding of a nugget of gold weighing 1135 troy ounces I5dwt, and valued at £5655. by James aLrcombe, 17, at Larkinville, 40 mites couth of…

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Lithgow Coal for City Council Supplies Lodge Letter Provokes Aldermanic Discussion Will Lithgow Get Further 11,000 Tons ?

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

A letter from the secretary of the Lithgow Valley miners' lodge was read at yesterday's mooting of the City Council, conveying the terms of…

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Gilded Gold German Swindler on Trial Berlin

National Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

Giving evidence on his own behalf Tausend, who is alleged to have claimed that he could make gold, and defrauded persons of £100,000, declared that…

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Orange Mining Year's Output £17,000 Some Good Yields

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 6

It is learned from the Mining Registrar at Orange that there has been a revival of gold-mining in that district during the past…

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The Gold Standard an Absurd Position Inflation of Land Values To the Guardian

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 20

When the present occupants of Australia are dead, those who come after will wonder at the degree of absurdity to which the people and…

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Dangers of the Mine Explosion in Scottish Colliery London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 1

Five miners were killed by an explosion to-day in the Auchengeich colliery, Lanarkshire, and five were entombed in the Hanley Auchengeich…

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Lithgow Mining Court Thursday, January 22 (Before Mining Warden A. N. Graham) Prospecting for Silica

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

Bert Charles Case applied for authority to enter about four acres in the parish of Marrangaroo for the purpose of prospecting for silica…

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Pea-picking at Hazelgrove Unusual Mining Activity

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

Deep sympathy is expressed for the family of the late Mr. Thomas Condon, of the Hotel O'Connell. The late Mr. Condon was widely known…

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Rich Gold Strike at Hill End Carver and Sack Shaft Hill End, Thursday

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 1

Messrs A. [?]ver and Sack, mining in the vicinity of the old Scandinavian and Deep Level Mines have struck at a depth of 150 feet that should prove…

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Exploitation of Newnes Cripps--Jones Syndicate's Application at Lithgow Mining Court Big Figures Quoted, But Suspension Refused

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

Before Mining Warden A. N. Graham at Lithgow Mining Court yesterday William S. Cripps and John A. S. Jones applied for a further…

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5 KILLED Five More Entombed Explosiosn in English Mines LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 4

Five miners were killed by an explosion to-day in the Auchenkelch colliery in Lanarkshire and five were entombed in the Hanley colliery,…

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Gold Mining Fatality. Eleven Miners Killed. CALCUTTA

Leader · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 2

When a rack burst in the Corqoum gold mines in India, today, eleven man were killed outright, and 80 injured…

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