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

Mining & the mines, 1947

827 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 42

Power Failure Stops State Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 26 May 1947 · page 2

Miners employed at the State Mine were unable to work today when the transmission of electricity from the Power House to the mine…

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Lithgow Points Way to State Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 26 May 1947 · page 4

The State Government intends to create a State coal authority tp control the State coal mine at Lithgow and other State coal mines…

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What Is Vale Mines Position ? Mr. Dixon's Review

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 26 May 1947 · page 3

Mr. M. Dixon, Western District Minors' Check Inspector, in a letter to the "Mercury" referring to the statement that the…

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Coal Output Good

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: If production is maintained at last Friday's rate there is now no fear of a hold-up in industry in NSW because of coal…

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Only Four Mines Idle

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY. Monday: There was good coal production today in NSW. only four mines being idle, one of then because of a breakdown. Ships are…

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N.S.W. Coal Production

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 27 May 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday—There was a good coal product Ion in N.S.W, today only four mines being idle, one of them because of a breakdown…

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Not Closing Down Vale of Clywdd Mine

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1947 · page 3

LITHGOW Monday: Mr. W. Lewis, Lewis, manager of the Vale of Clwydd colliery, Lithgow, today denied suggestions that the mine was likely to…

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Coal Output Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1947 · page 1

NSW coal production was again at a high level today, about 47,000 tons being produced…

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Wet Cutting To Overcome Dust Menace Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 May 1947 · page 5

Wet cutting devices may be installed in every coal mine in Australia through recommendations by Prof. T. David Jones on measures…

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Experiments Defended Coalcliff Colliery Loss

National Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA. Wednesday: If the ing experiments at Coalcliff South Coast mine which was under Government control had saved the lives…

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Health Improvement Of Mine Workers

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 5

Mineworkers' leaders will confer with members of the Joint. Coal Board and State Health Department officials in Sydney next Monday on…

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Three Weeks' Holiday for Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 4

The chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Gallagher) gave his decision yesterday on miners' claims for additional annual sick leave…

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Heavy Damages Verdict Against Coal Company

National Advocate · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday: A decision was given in the Supreme Court today, in one of the largest civil actions even brought in Queensland…

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Boy's Loss Of Pants Lays Mine Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 2

Because a boy complained that his trousers had been stolen 60 per cent, of the men employed at the State Mine refused to…

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News Items In Brief Miners Get Benefits

Central Western Daily · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Coal Industries Tribunal today awarded 18,000 miners to Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and…

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The Coal Problem

National Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Mr. R. W. Davies, the secretary of the Combined Collieries Proprietors' Association claimed that Australia faced the…

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Angus Place Colliery Likely To Re-open

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 1

Angus Place colliery, which, when it closed down practically 17 years ago, was known as Vale of Clwydd No. 2, is, we learn on unimpeachable authority, likely to restart before the end of this year. It is interesting…

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Several Mines Idle Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 1

Five mines an the south, four northern mines and three northern open cut projects were idle to-day and the production loss will be more…

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Mining English Miner's Coal Filling Record

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 5

Jim Marley, 32-year-old coal filler, of Front-street, Dinnington Village, England, recently beat the East Walbottle Colliery record by filling…

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Mine Stoppages Through Deaths

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 5

The practice of thousands of miners stopping work to mark the deaths of "dusted" coalminers may cease on the southern coalfield as a…

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