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

Mining & the mines, 1939

772 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 39

Victoria Park Trots Record By Gold Crest SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 3

Gold Crest established a race recold in winning the Unnoppied Handicap at the victoria Park tros to-day. He covered the mine and taree…

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Pensions for Miners Appeal to Prime Minister £20,000,Ooo Voted Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 5

Messrs. C. Nelson and Grant general president and acting secretary respectively of the Miners' Federation left Sydney to-night for Canberra, to…

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Anti-mine Device Hundreds for Australia Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 5

Many hundreds of the Paravenes antimine device perfected in the Great War will be imported to Australia from Great Gritain. Their…

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Burragorang Coal Leases Will Not Be Granted

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 2

There seems to be a determined effort to work the Burragorang coal leases, although success has not been achieved. A proposal to extract oil…

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Sale of Mining Plant. Machinery. Etc

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 5

IN THE MATTER OF NESBIT NAPIER LOUGHER AND ENOCH GOODWIN BY AUTHORITY UNDER DEED OF MORTGAG.. DATED…

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Coal Inquiry Owner's Outburst Too Much Interference SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 1

A stir was caused today at the inquiry into the safety or workmen in coal mines, when Mr Luke Wright, secretary of Can and Son…

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Pensions for Miners Federal Scope Is Sought Dir. Menzies Recognises Principle Canberra

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, will discuss with State Premiers, when they visit Canberra next week, the possibility of giving Federal…

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Lithgow's First Coal an Item of Information Shrewd Ruse to Force Railway's Hand

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 6

Mr. A. E. Ivatt, managing director of the Lithgow Valley Co., writes:-- As the past history of Lithgow is now uppermost in people's thoughts,…

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Gold Yields

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 4

FOR the week ended June goal Cullengoral gold yield was 117 oz., compared with 69oz, for the previous period. It looks as if a…

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Gold A-plenty Cullengoral Dredge

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 12

THE Cullengoral Alluvial Gold Slulcing, N.L reports for the week ended June 1 that 117 ozs. 18 dwts…

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Gold Cup Football Club Trophy Sunday's, Games

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 13

ANOTHER very fine trophy has come the way of the Gulgong Football Club. It is a gold cup nicely shaped and…

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The Gold Rush Link With Gulgong Teamster Days

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 13

THE earlier days of Gulgony are recalled by Mr. James Wilkins, of Muswellbrook, who has written to the…

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Those Were the Days Gold By The Bucket When Hill End Boomed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 7

WILLIAM Folster writes as follows to the Orange "Advocate": In the early days of Hill End phenomenal yields of geld were taken…

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Wallerawang Slack Time at Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 4

Local mines are now working slack time, due, no doubt, to the fact that the end of the financial year is close at hand…

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Overseas Trade Balance Is Very Weak But Gold Eases Decline Canberra

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 2

Although there was a small improvement in May, Australia's oversea trade balance remains so weak that there must be a substantial call…

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Gold Robbery Three Charged KALGOORLIE

National Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 2

Arising out of a recent gold robbery at the Broken' Hill Proprietarys Hannan's North Mine, three men anpeared at the Kalgoorlie police…

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In Big Lumps Rich Gold Strike

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 3

A HALF-HUNDREDWEIGHT at ore from a lease worked by R. Wilson and E. Drew at Laverton (W.A.) was treated at the…

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"Laracy's Pot of Gold" (All Rights Reserved)

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 19

Laracy swam down desperately on his back towards a bend where the current swept outward against the further shore, and alowed the racing…

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Change Sensation Slump in Mining Shares MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 4

A sensation was caused in Stock Exchange circles to-day, when in the [?] of Solomons Gold Mine shares ,changing hands at £14. s, cabled…

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Yeoval News Jack Hore Gold Cup. Yeoval a Surprise Packet

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 16

Wellington was all out on Sunday afternoon to hold the Jack Hore Gold Cup against Yeoval, in the first game since Wellington won the trophy from…

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