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

Mining & the mines, 1948

982 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 48 of 50

New Guinea Gold Fever in U.s

National Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK, Friday: Many Americans, eager to go to New Guinea in search of gold, are telephoning the Australian News Information Bureau…

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All Mines Working Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 2

All [?] and more [?] should be produced. The men are producing as much…

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Western Miners Break All Records

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1948 · page 4

Eclipsing previous daily totals by at least several hundred tons, western miners yesterday won more than 14,000 tons, the highest yet recorded on this field. This record total culminated an…

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Miners' Federation Control Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1948 · page 1

Present indications, are that neither the Communists nor the Labor Party will have sufficient support to have a clear majority on the…

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Will Coal Board Purchase Old Homestead ?

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1948 · page 6

Originally a Government grant the Barton Estate at, Walleriuvang may be taken over by the Joint Coal Board in the near future. It has been stated that when the…

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Miners and Christmas Eve Working Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1948 · page 1

The combined Mining unions Council will meet next Monday to consider proposals for work on Christmas Eve…

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Bait Labor May Be Used To Speed Up Coal Board Amenities Works

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1948 · page 6

Because of existing labor difficulties, which have delayed amenities works, there is a possibility that Baits may be employed on Joint Goal Board projects by the Lithgow City Council…

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Henbury Gold Club

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 December 1948 · page 18

Competitions were keenly contested during the week-end by quite a number who turned up, suitably clad, for summer golf…

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Miners Object to Holiday Suggestion Newcastle This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1948 · page 4

Northern miners' lodges have strongly protested against the Joint Coal Board's request for work on Christmas Eve…

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Coal Board Plans 1200 Cottages For 'Wang

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1948 · page 4

Plans have now been formed by the Joint Coal Board to begin the erection of 1,200 cottages in Wallerawang early next year. Work on the cottages will, it is understood, begin as soon as the timber mill has been established in Henning's Paddock…

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Western Miners Break All Records

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 2

Exceeding last week's aggregate total by slightly more than 2,000 tons, western miners this week established new record production figures for this field. With Tuesday's total of approximately 14,000 tons the…

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Grant Re-elected Miners' Secretary

National Advocate · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Mr. G. W. P. Grant has been re-elected for a further two years as the General Secretary of the Australian Miners'…

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Record Coal Output Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1948 · page 1

Coal production for the five working days of this week should be the best since 1942. About 55,000 tons should be hewn today,…

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Two Idle Northern Mines Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 December 1948 · page 2

Two northern mines, Millfield and Stockrington No. 1, were idle today for a production loss of 1200 tons. All mines in the south are…

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Big Coal Expansion-- Railway Commissioner's Tribute To West

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 December 1948 · page 2

Paying a warm tribute to the consistently high record of production maintained by western miners, the Assistant-Commissioner for Railways (Mr. R. Winsor) at Friday night's Transport Officers'…

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Miners and Xmas Eye Shift Decision Deferred

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: The Combined Mining Union's Council today considered a proposal that mineworkers should work on Xmas Eve. No…

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No Extra Mine Shift Coal Board Statement

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Joint Coal Board today announced that NSW coal mines would close down for the Xmas holidays on December 23…

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Coal Trucks for Wheat Transport During Holidays Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 2

Coal trucks will be used to bring wheat to seaports during the miners' Christmas holidays. A shortage of rolling stock has…

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Gulgong District News Loss of £1,948/7/9 On Cullengoral Gold Mining Operations

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 10

The annual meeting of shareholders of Cullengoral Alluvial Gold Sluicing N.L. was held in Sydney last Thursday…

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Miners Great Production on All Fields

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 4

Miners have produced nearly 1,500,000 tons of coal in N.S.W. since the Kemeira tunnel dispute ended on November 9…

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