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

Mining & the mines, 1932

766 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 39

Hill End News Mining Matters

National Advocate · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 1

A syndicate has been formed with £1500 nominal capital to test a place on the Macquarie River about 12 miles from Hill End. Very rich alluvial gold…

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German Mine Disaster Due to Earth Tremor Berlin

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 1

Believed to he due to an earth tremor, underground galleries in the Karsten coalmine near Buethen collapsed, entombing 15 men in a mass of…

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Gold Hunting

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

MINING activities are fairly brisk at Yarrabin, and during the past few weeks some nice "specks" have been unearthed. Mr Jack…

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Gulgong Gold Dawson and Party

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 12

Mr H. Dawson reports:— H. Dawson and party treated another parcel of wash from their Little Caledonia Mine and have…

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Mine Vandals Petrol Lost and Cable Cut

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 3

A vandal who visited the premises of the Burragorang Coal Mining Co., which commenced operations last year, caused a considerable amount of…

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Gulgong Gold Options Visit of Engineers

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 15

Messrs A. E. Brown, mining engineer, of Sydney, and H. E. Brown, mining engineer, of Meadow Flat (Bathurst district) were visitors to…

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Illicit Stills Two Found on Coal Field

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 11

Late last week the Newcastle police raided two houses at Wickham and seized two Illicit stills as well as 3,000 gallons of spirit in…

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Mining Activities at Hill End

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 7

A syndicate has been formed, known as the Macquarie River Al[?] Gold Mining Syndicate, and a start has been made to put a dam…

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Gold at Lue Sluicing Machinery Erected a Builders' Venture

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 2

For some time past it has been rumored that a Sydney syndicate was preparing for the establishment of a sluicing plant in the Lue…

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Rylstone Shire Council Selling "Gold Bricks" to the Cockey

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 16

Sir,—It has been said it is easier to sell "gold bricks" to the farmer than to any other class of people, and we "cockeys" of B riding are…

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Mining Around Trunkey an Appeal for Assistance (To the Editor) TRUNKEY

National Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 1

Sir: Please permit me space in your paper to assist the Trunkey and Tuena diggers and prospectors. About 200 men are working on the…

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Saving £4,000 Gold Miners' Experiences

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 5

Extraordinary adventures and privations were experienced by nine goldminers during a journey from a North Queensland field to the coast…

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Mining Taois Stolen

Leader · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 1

Following the then of mining tools from Euchar[?] Chart[?] Ch[?]ey [?] has been arrested [?] appeared before the Orange Court yesterday…

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Dearer Coal Government to Withdraw Subsidy

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 1

It is unofficially announced that the Government has decided to discontinue after March 31 the subsidy which has been paid to the Railway…

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Life on Misima Island in Pursuit of Gold Monthly Letter From Ex-district Resident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 4

An interesting account of life on a New Guinea gold field is contained in a "breezy" letter written by Mr. J. D. Wilkinson, a former resident of…

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Gold Standard

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

A London message states that a conference to be held at Copenhagen between Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish Minsters is…

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Colliery Disaster Seven Men Alive BERLIN

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

Working against hope, rescuers in the Karscon Colliery. where 14 men were [?]bed last Tuesday, were astounded to hear to-day fa[?]…

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Six Days Entombed Seven Men Are Rescued in German Mine Disaster Berlin

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

Working against hope, rescuers in the Karsten colliery, where 14 men have been entombed since last Tuesday, were astounded on Sunday night…

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26 Ozs. to Ton Rich Gold Reef Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 3

A crushing of picked ore from another lode in the Baby Endeavor mine at Combienbar has yielded an average of 26½ ozs. to the ton…

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7 DEAD German Mine Disaster Seven Men Alive After Six Days Berlin

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 2

wonting against nope, rescuers in the Karsten colliery where fourteen men were entombed last Tuesday, were astounded to-night to hear faint…

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