Mining Disaster 30 Lives Lost
LIEGE, Sunday: A mining disaster in Belgium is believed to have cost the lives of 30 coalminers. An explosion occurred in the mine,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1953
451 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 21 of 23
A Pot O’ Gold
DURBAN South [?] were advised by Durban military [?] Anderson…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tribunal Ruling On Coal Mining Awards
SYDNEY, This Afternoon. -- The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) today deleted all cost of living adjustment provisions from awards in the coal mining industry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Campaign Against Smoking In Mines
Assurances that the district executive of the Western Miners' Federation would in future co-operate to the utmost in an attempt to stamp out the practice of smoking underground were given…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Earlier News In Brief Oil, Coal and Gas
Since 1943 the Australian Gas Light Company has considerably increased production of gas from oil an officer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Awards Suspended Tribunal Action
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Coal Industry Tribunal(Mr. Gallaghen) today suspended provisions for quarterly cost of living adjustments in all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Western Mining Personalities
We had a word with a couple of genuine old-timers at the State Mine, says a writer in the current issue of "The Coal Mirier." They're Reg Batcheldor, who's logged up 32 years and has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Type Miners' Safety Boot
A new type of protective boot for miners and workers in heavy industries was exhibited at the recent Shoe and Leather Fair in London. They are made with an internal steel cap while the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gulgong Predicted to Outstrip Mudgee in Earlier Mining Days
A prediction that G u l g o n g could outstrip Mudgee both in size and importance, was made by an Inspector of Mines in 1883—70 years ago, according to a book on "The Gulgong Gold Field"…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Asian Appreciation Of "Mine Hosts"
"We have had the happiest "time possible," declared the Asian visitors to Lithgow at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eleven Mines Idle in State
SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Miners struck at 11' N.S.W. collieries today as a protest against the deletion. of cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Costly Mining Plant Erected on Gulgong Goldfields 69 years Ago
Forty-eight men on wages of £2/10/0 per week were employed on the Gulgong goldfields in 1884 by two Victorian capitalists who were reputed to be the largest mine-owners in the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Gold regalia and bright lights were a feature of lodge ball
Gold regalia of the M.U.I.O.O.F. lodge which glittered from suits and frocks of members who look part in a spectacular grand march and dazzling multi-coloured lights brightened…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal to be Cheaper?
ADELAIDE, Monday: A South Australian Government official raid in Adelaide that coal was likely to become cheaper when a new oil refinery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Medical Amenities Scheme for Western Miners
Together with pensions officers from the other two coalfield areas in N.S.W., Mr. J. H. King, district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners And Wage Adjustments
The general president of the Miners Federation, Mr. Idris Williams, said yesterday that the Federation's central…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Stand on Pillars
The Miners' Central Council in Sydney yesterday decided to adhere to its previous policy of opposition to mechanical…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines Again Idle Following Whistle Blowing
With 13 mines idle today, as a protest against yesterday's whistle-blowing incident at Hermitage Colliery, district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Suggests Some Coal Board Grants
Nine proposals for Joint Coal Board grants for the 1953-54 programme were, decided upon at yesterday's Blaxland Shire. Council meeting and will be submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deep Ground Prospected for Gold in Gulgong by English Companies in 1890 With Capital of £105,000
A report on the Gulgong gold field in its earlier days (issued by the Department of Mines) tells of the influx of English capital. (Eighth instalment of a series on the…
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