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

Mining & the mines, 1934

796 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 15 of 40

Flood Lighting Wanted to Prevent Further Fatalities Tragedy Near Coal Stage

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 May 1934 · page 4

Events connected with the death at Lithgow of Allen Blood (47), a railway guard, of Enfield, were related to the coroner (Mr…

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House Built in Week. On Contested Gold Lease. Half Minutes Count

Leader · Wednesday 23 May 1934 · page 1

A race for mining land, in which an application for authority to enter was lodged in Orange half a…

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Gold Prospecting Application Should Be Made To Department £1 Per Week Sustenance

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 May 1934 · page 2

In reply to Mr. Mr. Baddeley (Lab Cessnock), who directed attention to the number of unemployed desiring to undertake gold-prospecting and who…

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Gold, Bright Gold! Another Mudgee Nugget

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 2

THE heart of a Mudgee district fossicker missed a beat or two one day this week, when hisa pick unearthed a nugget of…

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OVER 3oz. GOLD

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 12

A WASH-UP took place at the Lucky Hit mine on Saturday last when 3ozs. 11dwts. 8 trains of told were secured…

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Miners Sentenced Attempted Lithgow Robbery

National Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 4

Convicted the previous day on a charge of having attempted to break and enter the extension branch of the Lithgow Co-operative Society with…

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DEARER Gold Prices Advance

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 2

FOR gold lodged at the Melbourne branch of the Royal Mint during last week, the price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank was £7 14s 2d…

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Great Success Blue and Gold Ball Twelve Debutantes Presented

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 7

OUTSTANDING success characterised the blue and gold hall held by the Mudgee branch of the Country Women's…

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Gold Prospectors

Leader · Friday 25 May 1934 · page 1

Those men who are [?] of [?] enough to [?] [?] by [?] for [?] will be interested to know that [?]…

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Lucknow Mining. Bismarck’s Fourth Dividens

Leader · Friday 25 May 1934 · page 2

Bismarck Range Company has [?] clared its fourth dividend of [?] pence a share, and it is removed [?] a further dividend of sixpence [?]…

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State Mine Dispute Conference Held To-day Minister May Intervene Later

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 May 1934 · page 2

The general secretary of the Miners' Federation(Mr. Orr),with district and lodge officers, conferred with the management of the State mine…

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A Little Nonsense Wasting Gold Reserve

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1934 · page 20

"You are worth your weight in gold to me, darling," he murmured. "Then do go home early, George, she replied, wearily. "I'vo lost ten…

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Mining Boom

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 May 1934 · page 4

IT is reported that a syndicate with reasonable financial backing is making a move in the direction of unwatering and…

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Coal for Poor and Needy

National Advocate · Monday 28 May 1934 · page 2

To the poor and needy of Bathurst the Poor Relief Society will distribute coal during the cold weather on the following days of each week…

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Lithgow State Mine Dispute Unsettled Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 28 May 1934 · page 2

The general secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. W. Orr, said to-night that representatives of the Federation had failed to achieve any satisfactory…

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Haystack Mine Statement By Miners' Federation

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 May 1934 · page 1

Messrs. C. Nelson and M. Gallagher, officers of the Western Miners' Federation, visited Kandos in connection with the working of the…

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Mining Dispute

Leader · Wednesday 30 May 1934 · page 1

[?] of 14 days [?] in the case In which [?] [?] Ryan Warden, was to have [?] [?] mining [?]…

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Coal Mining Officers Visit Kandos

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 31 May 1934 · page 7

MESSRS C. Nelson and M. Gallagher, officers of the Western Miners' Federation, visited Kandos in connection with the working of…

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Coal and Shale Industries Closure of Small Mines Suggested

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 31 May 1934 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the deputy leader of the Opposition (Mr. Baddeley) gave notice of a motion "That the Government should…

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Blue and Gold Ball

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 31 May 1934 · page 8

NEXT Tuesday week, June 12, is a date to keep in mind, for it is then that the Blue and Gold Ball organized by the Dunedoo Country…

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