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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
852 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 43
This is one of the Joint Coal Board exhibits at the Lithgow Show. It is an 11BU Joy Loader. This 10½ - ton machine is capable of loading up to eight tons of coal a minute. The average-loading speed is four tons a minute. The giant gathering arms at the front of the machine scoop the coal on to the conveyor, which has a 45 degree swing on either side…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prizes valued at £80 were, distributed for athletic events at the State Mine's annual picnic on Sunday, when about 1,000 people were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Thursday: Current strikes at northern mines were organised by somebody unknown, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The discover of gold at Ophir in April 1851, of which the centenary will soon be celebrated, led to a sudden development of Orange. With the commencement of gold digging in May, 1851, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY. Friday: Coal output will a improved today and in the north [?] than 30,000 tons should be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WASHINGTON, Friday—The Western and Northern coal operators yesterday accepted president Truman’s proposal for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The shortage of coal at the Bathurst Gas Works earlier in the week which had threatened to interrupt the gas supply to the city, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WASHINGTON. Friday: Western and northern coal operators yesterday accepted President Truman's proposal foar a 70 days truce while a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great port facilities on the Sydney waterfront would be completed in 1951 and prepared to handle 1,000,000 tons of coal a year from the western field, Mr. A. E. Warburton, spokesman for the Joint Coal Board, revealed when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, Sunday: The America miners' leader. Mr. John L. Lewis, has rejected a proposal by President Truman for a truce in the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →With activity virtually halted throughout the open cut area on the Mudgee lino and the district's biggest producer, the State Mine,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Twenty three coal mines are idle in N.S Wales to-day for a total production loss of about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, Monday. — Wartime [?] are still being washed ashore on the Queensland coast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Monday: Wartime mines are still being washed ashore on the coast of North Queensland. In the last few days Navy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday: N.S.W. is still attempting to reckon up the damage from the heavy rain which has fallen steadily over most of the State today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Disputes at 18 collieries reduced to-day's coal production by 12,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Central Council of the Miners' Federation yesterday decided to refuse co-operation with the Federal Government. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Although most of the open cuts on the Mudgee line are still under water, a trickle of coal came out of the area to-day and it is considered possible that most undertakings will be working on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners' Federal Council today decided to increase its demands for a weekly rise from 30.- to £2 with proportionate increases in contract…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Employees of Steelworks Colliery decided on a one-day stoppage this morning when the management refused to allow a visiting Communist party official to address the men at a pit-top meeting…
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