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

Mining & the mines, 1950

852 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 15 of 43

Miners' Area Committee Protests Against Crimes Act

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 4

First reaction of miners on this field to the invocation of the Crimes Act by the Federal Government occurred on Monday…

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Appeal By Connections Off Gold Fort

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 12

Owner C. J. Davis, trainer C. M. Curtin and jockey Jack Locke have appealed against the six months’ disqualification…

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Western Miners To Hold Mass Meetings

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 2

Recommending to the Miners' Federation Central Council that mass meetings be held on each of the three fields to…

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Migrants Seek Mining Lease

Central Western Daily · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 1

Two Uranium migrants ledged an application is the Orange Warden’s Court yesterday for permission to enter five [?] of ground on summer Hill Creek for the purpose of gold Molong. The Warden, Mr. H. G. Cabley…

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New Coal Found Ashford Field CANBERRA

National Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 5

Three million tons of high-class coal had been located in borings at, Ashford. NSW. the Minister for National Development (Mr. Casey) said…

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Road To Ophir Goldfields Was Bridle Track

Central Western Daily · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 2

The Historical Societies of Orange and Bathurst held a conference in Orange last night to audit plans for the Centenary of Ophir in 1951, and one of the big problems confronting them will be the condition of the…

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Lithgow Miners' Houses

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 1

It will come as a surprise to most people to learn that 21 homes have been started at Lithgow under the aegis of the…

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Gold Centenary

National Advocate · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 2

A committee of Orange and Bathurst residents will ask the Commonwealth Government to have the gold centenary celebrations next year…

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Gold Find at Sofala

National Advocate · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 3

As soon as the weather had cleared at Sofala yesterday, gold "speekers" were on the job with sluice pans, fossicking the…

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Our Coal Output Still Down By Half

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 1

With most of the undertakings on the Mudgee line flooded and water still pouring over access railway lines throughout the district, coal production to-day was again little more than half the potential output…

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Coal Losses

National Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday: About 6400 tons of coal wore last today, about 4000 tons through flooding in seven open cuts on the western field…

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Miners to Get Long Service Leave Cabinet Approval

National Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA. Friday: Federal Cabinet has approved long service leave for goal miners in accordance with an award of the Coal Industry…

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New Coal-mining Safety Device

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 1

Hitherto one of the most dangerous jobs in coal-mining, boring and shot-firing, is made safe by a power-operated safety device invented by Mr. Arthur Trow, manager of the New Crosshands Colliery in South Wales, and Mr. Walter Mitchell. a mechanic in the…

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Film Unit Leaves Sofala, Despite Gold

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 2

A motion picture unit on location at Sofala was washed out at the end of the week and had to return to Sydney…

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Overseas Coal

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Monday: Tenders for the supply of 500,000 tons of overseas coal to South Australia and Victoria were opened in Adelaide today by the…

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Gold Discovery Celebrations

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 2

Bathurst Gold Centenary Committee's proposal to the Commonwealth Government to have included in the 50th Anniversary of the…

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Coal Production Still Down

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 4

Coal production on the western field is still down by more than half because of the floods throughout the open cut area on the Mudgee line…

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Australia's Need for Coal

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 5

Australia's industries and public utilities will need 1,100,000 tons more coal this year than they needed last year, according to a Joint Coal…

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Britain Regaining Gold Reserves

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 1

LONDON. Wednesday.-- Britain's gold and dollar reserves rose to 296,000,000 dollars during the first quarter of this year…

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Pumping Out Of Lucknow Mines

Central Western Daily · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

The pumping dry of the gold mines at Lucknow is proceeding satisfactorily, and a section of the…

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