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

Mining & the mines, 1938

807 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 41

Lucky Miners £30 a Week

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 2

Mr. Tinnock, a miner at Cadia, has struck a nice little patch. Last week he rolled into Orange…

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False Alarm Miners Rush To Wattle Flat

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 6

GOLD prospectors and fossickers from all parts of the once rich Turon goldfield rushed to Red Jack, on the outskirts of Wattle Flat,…

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UNDER-MANAGER For State Mine SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 1

It was stated on behalf of the State Mines Control Board to-day that applications for the post of under-manager of the State coal mine at…

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Shale Mining Work At Baerami

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 7

A DENMAN message reads:— Twenty men have arrived at the mine at Baerami Creek, and it is stated that other preliminary…

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Unity Conference Western Miners' Delegates

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 2

Mr. J. Steel (State Mine) will represent the Lithgow end of the Western Miners' Federation at the unity conference, which Sydney Trades'and…

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He’s a Pal of the Miners. Newcastle

Leader · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 2

In the event of a strike In the coal mines, the coalfielders butcher will throw open his shop and slaughteryards to the miners…

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Colliery Tragedy Brothers Entombed But One Is Rescued Manager Sustains Broken Legs Cessnock, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 2

Rescue parties succeeded in extricating Peter Harrower (48), one of the two men who had been buried by a fall of coal at the Aberdare Central…

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Mine Tragedy Brothers Injured One Dead — One Critically Injured Brave Comrades CESSNOCK

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 1

With only the cracking of pit tops to bark out a warning, two brothers, James and Peter Harrower, both married, were buried in a heavy fall of…

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Two Men Buried. By Fall of Coal. Is Missing Miner Dead ? CESSNOCK

Leader · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 2

James and Peter Harrower; both were buried by a heavy fall of coal 1200 feet from below the surface at the Aberdare Century…

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Cullengoral Gold

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 4

THE clean-up at Cullengoral for the week-ended June 17 was 54 ox, 1dwt. smelted gold…

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54 Ozs Smelted Gold

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 12

The Cullengoral Alluvial Gold Sluicing, N.L., report as follows for the week end June 17th:—Clean-up for week, 54 o[?]s, 1 dwt, smelted…

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The Gold Hunters Big Dredging Propositions Rich Returns

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 16

The Macquarie River, according to authorities on dredging, is the richest in Australia, and the returns by Wellington Alluvials…

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Mine Tragedy Second Body Found Injuries in Further Cave-Ins CESSNOCK

National Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 2

The rescue party succeeded at at about 9 o'clock in extricating the body of James Harrower. 48 one of the two men who had been buried in a fall…

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£734 for and Children Hill End Mining Accident Sequel

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 3

AN award for £734 on behalf of the widow and two children of a man who died as a result of injuries suffered in a…

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Gold Watch Found

National Advocate · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 2

Any person who lost a gent's gold wristlet watch recently is asked to got in touch with Detective Sergeant Wells, of the Bathurst Police…

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Football Jack Hore Gold Cup

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1938 · page 10

The team of Rugby League footballers who went to Canowindra on Sunday last had high hopes of returning with the coveted Jack Hore Gold Cup…

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Wollor Mines But

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 27 June 1938 · page 4

THE Wollar footballers were due in Mudgee yesterday, but something went wrong with the gears and they failed to materialise…

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Chinese Robbers Mines Raided SINGAPORE

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 27 June 1938 · page 1

CHINESE robbers killed the New Zealander, S. G. W. Dunsford, manager of the Terray mines near Roub, and…

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Miners' Claims Big Western Meeting Arranging of Details

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 2

The policy of the Miners Federation in its claim for a six-hour day, greater safety in mines, holiday pay and pensions for aged workers, was…

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Boarded Transport State Mine Worker To Pay Costs

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 2

The story of how a man, William Dickson, attempted to board a moving transport at the State Mine on May 10, and fell, breaking his leg,…

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