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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 8 of 40

Price of Gold

Leader · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 2

We are advised that the price of gold lodged at the Mini on account of [?] producers during the [?] [?]d 23rd instant was fixed at a [?]…

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Miner’s Frightful F[?]ll

Leader · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 2

George B[?] of Park[?] suffered frightful injuries when he [?] fell considerable distances in a sh[?] in which he was operating at Park[?] last…

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Rich Easter Egg. Lucknow Gold Over £9000

Leader · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 1

In the dim light of hand lamps a group of mine officials and visitors, [?]se with excitement, [?]w at Lucknow last Monday night…

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Newnes Shale Federal Government's Insincerity Amazing Action of Inspection Committee Revelations of Miners' Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 3

The following statement was issued to-day by Mr. W. Orr, secretary of the Miners' Federation. "The Newnes Investigation…

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Miners' Loan To State Labor Party

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 4

A conference between representatives of the Miners' Federation, the Labor Council, and the A.L.P. yesterday discussed proposals for an early…

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Rich Easter Egg Lucknow Gold Over £9000

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 2

In the dim light of hand, lamps a group of mine officials, and visitors, tense with excitement, saw at Lucknow the final stages of…

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Verdict for Company Mine Worker's Claim Judge Extends Sympathy

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1934 · page 4

Reserved judgment, which had been withheld since last November, was delivered last week in the case, A. J. Lane v. Wallerawang Collieries, Ltd.,…

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Trouble at Newnes Miners' Resentment Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1934 · page 3

In a letter to the Newnes investigation committee to-day the general secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. W. Orr, strongly criticised the…

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Oil From Coal New Process Very Costly Says Investigating Professor

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 2

Shale still remains Australia's "best bet" so far as internal supplies of oil and petrol are concerned…

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Rank and File Feeling Miners Dissatisfied Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 2

Leading interstate members of the Federal Labor Party have, for the last week, been carrying out exhaustive inquiries into the present…

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Gas Explosion Many Miners Entombed Tokio

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 3

Between 50 and 100 miners are entomber in the Kukushima colliery following a gas explosion. They are trapped behind a raging furnace…

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Prospecting in Forest Mining Application Opposed

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 6

An application for authority to enter and search for gold? on about three acres of Australian Forests Ltd. property at Kirkconnell was made to…

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Commonwealth Colliery Resumption on

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 2

Commonwealth Colliery, which has been idle for more than a fortnight, will resume on Monday. Following a meeting of the lodge on…

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Japanese Miners Saved. 130 Escape from Pit. TOKIO

Leader · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 2

Rese[?]ers saved all of the 130 miners who were entombed in Fak[?]shima colliery, following a gas explosion. They were trapped behind a raging…

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Gold Hotel Yard

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

A LOCAL resident who scraped a small dishful of dirt from the surface of the ground in the Royal Hotel yard was rewarded with ten…

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His First Gold

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 13

AT Ms farewell fraction last Saturday night the Rev. C. H. Buttsworth said he had found some gold that day for…

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Price of Gold Still Very High

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 3

FOR gold lodged at the Melbourne branch of the Royal Mint during last. week, the Commonwealth Bank fixed the price at £7 12s an…

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Euchareena-stuart Tn. Mining

Leader · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 4

There are pleasing reports of crushings from Hallday’s battery at Specimen Hill, and, judging by the expensive machinery being placed by…

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In Parlous State Mine Rescue Work Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 7

An allegation that the organisation of the mine rescue work in all districts was in a parlous state and that wholesale deaths would follow any…

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Pirate Gold? Rich Cache Unearthed. MONTREAL

Leader · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 5

An A[?] T[?] [?] what [?] an [?]…

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