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

Mining & the mines, 1936

702 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 19 of 36

Gold Case Lucknow Trial Jury Convicts. Two Sentenced for Receiving SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 2

Summing up to the jury in the Lacknow Gold Case, Judge Thomp[?] to-day at the Quarter Sessions said the…

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Gold Mines None Actually Paying

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 13

ACCORDING to the following statement by Mr. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., in the House no gold mines are actually paying their…

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Mount Stewart Mine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 12

MR. Peter Smith, formerly proprietor of the Hotel at Leadvine, and who has interests in the Mount Stewart Mine, recently…

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Commonwealth Colliery Settlement Appears In Sight

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 7

A meeting of the Commonwealth Colliery Lodge took place in the Lidsdale Hall last night, when the district officers' report in connection with the…

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Gold Deposits Construction Works

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 13

GULGONG Gold Deposits Ltd. had an application to construct works before last sitting of the Warden's Court at…

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Going Down Gold Prices

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 7

PRICES fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for cold lodged at Australian branches of the mint last week were lowered in…

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Water Board Coal Hermitage And Vale Benefit

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 5

At its meeting yesterday the Metropolitan Water Board accepted tenders for the supply of steam coal from the three fields. The estimated…

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Tucklan Mining Assays Not Satisfactory

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 8

REPORTS from Tucklan indicate the abandonment of the recent activities of Gulgong Gold Deposits. Ltd, on Hansell's, where much…

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Railway Coal Tenders to Be Called Railway Pay Way Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 8

The Railway Department shortly will [?] s for the largest annual coal contract in the State— [?]hat for the rail service during the…

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Gold and Diamonds. Romance of South Africa. What the Mayor Learned

Leader · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 1

“The romance of the gold and diamond industry of South Africa is an [?]alling story,” said the Mayer (Dr. W, F. Matthews) in…

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Amateur Cycling Notes Tom Gillespie's Form Bill Gold's Speed. Arthur Bennett's Cudal Win

National Advocate · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 3

Last Saturday's 30 miles road race was won in fine style by Tom Gillespie, the very solid country cyclist. Tom led all the way and made a…

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Bright Prospects Gold Prices Should Hold Expert's Opinion

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 7

THERE are good grounds for thinking that in the long run the price of gold should not fall much below £7 sterling per ounce,"…

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The "Bad Old Days" When Whips Were Used In Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 July 1936 · page 2

Thus the following is clipped from the South African "Engineers' Union Journal":--"The use of whips in mines is recalled by the death at the age…

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Killed on Line Partially Deaf Man Picks Up Coal SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 July 1936 · page 1

While Pierce Ryan (68) was picking up coal in a cutting between Berala and Lidcombe this morning, he was run down by a train and killed…

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Gulgong Town Council Regular Meeting No Rent Refunds Gold Mining in Lane

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 12

THE fortnightly meeting of the Gulgong Town Council was held on Wednesday evening last…

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Mining Figures

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 12

MINERS' rights issued at the Gulgong Warden's Court for the quarter ended June 30 numbered 43. There were 24 applications for…

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Up Again Gold Prices

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 8

THERE was a recovery in the price of gold, which had been dropping for the previous few weeks, last week…

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War Against Inner Group Miners' Firm Stand NEWCASTLE

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 1

THE Aberdare Miners' Lodge, at a special meeting last night, decided to recommend to the Miners' Federation that the representatives…

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Killed by Train Old Man Picking Up Coal SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 6

It was 68-year old Pierce Ryan's custom to Rather coal from the railway line between Berals and Lidcombe. This [?] hidden by a…

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Coal Extraction Wastage In This District Says Western Miners Secretary

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 4

In an address at Cessnock this week, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., predicted the extinction of coal mining in the Cessnock district in 20…

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