Which Was Biggest ? Dispute Over Gold Nuggets. Claim from Victoria
“Victorians claim that the ’Welcome Nugget’ was the world’s biggest, but I believe the one found at Hill End…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1940
777 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 39
Cullen Bullen Colliery Resumes
TYLDESLEY Colliery, Cullen Bullen, was idle on Monday, owing to a dispute. Later the secretary of the Western Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →O'connell Gold Reef Discovery of 1895
"Fresh Gold Discovery; Fine Reef near O'Connell." The above were the gladdening headings which struck the eyes of "Mercury" readers in its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Mine Idle Following Prop Fall Two Men Injured
Injuries received by two men at the State Mine yesterday afternoon led to a stoppage this morning. After the no-work whistle was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glen Davis Conference With Company by Western Miners Officials
Representatives of Western Miners' Federation yesterday conferred with the management of National Oil Pty. Ltd. at Glen Davis in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News From Overseas. Fifty Thousand More Miners
"Old King coal" is helping Britain to pay for the war by providing a valuable export to [?]et against imports of war materials. The coal industry is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Miners Arbitration Or Negotiation Decision To-day
The question of whether the mining unions should withdraw from the Arbitration Court and depend entirely on strike action for the redress, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Amazing Finns Gain More Successes Sweden Becoming Increasingly Anti-german Ice-bound Country Hampers All Operations Neutral Ships Continue to Be Sunk But Magnetic Mine Is Under Control
The Finns continue to amaze. It is now reliably reported that they have secured a major victory at Salla, and that a large body of Russians is retreating. It is, however, admitted that the Finns…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Mines Idle Sydney
COAL mines in the north will be idle today when engine drivers and firemen will hold stop-work meetings to [?] against the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mullamuddy Mining An Interesting Case
BEFORE Mr. Pickup, P.M., in the Mudgee Warden's Court, an interesting case was heard relating to mining operations at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines Idle For Stopwork Meetings SYDNEY, This Afternoon
All northern mines are idle to-day to enable stop-work meetings of the F.E.D. and F.A. to be held. The men are alleging a violation,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners General Overhaul Wanted President Leaves Arbitration Conference
Acting under instructions the Combined Mining Unions' chairman (Mr. Charles Nelson) walked out of a Board of Reference meeting on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Lucky Slip How a Miner Made His Pile Discovery of Famous Mine
IN the heavily bushed country of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, a prospector named Hunt was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Unions No Action by Federal Minister SYDNEY
In the absence of official information the Federal Minister for Industry (Mr. Hughes) does not propose to take any action in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike South Coast Dispute May Develop Sydney
A serious Industrial dispute threat enrs an a result of trouble at the Natal-Buill Colliery on the South Coast, where a strike has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Idle Wednesday For Western Miners
A meeting of the combined mining unions yesterday fixed the dates for the aggregate meetings on the various coalfields to decide whether there will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall of Tops Renders Mine Idle
A fall of tops on the transport road at Hermitage colliery yesterday resulted in the mine being idle to-day. It was stated on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Officers Vice-President and Central Councillor
Two nominations for the position of vice-president of Western Miners' Federation, and four for the position of Central Council representative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Fields Provocation by Owners Alleged Union Statement Sydney
Industrial trouble on the coal fields was banking up to such an extent that it was expected to come to a head in the near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tropical Mining a Lithgow Visitor Explains Life on Misima Island
Life on Misima Island, off the south-east corner of Papua, was described yesterday by Mr. Lance H. Wilkinson, who is on leave which…
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