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

Mining & the mines, 1953

451 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 23 of 23

N.s.w. Mining Company Pty. Ltd

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 5

TENDERS are invited for the construction of a double 3 feet by 2 feet reinforced concrete box culvert at the…

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Mining lease supended

Central Western Daily · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 3

A mining learn taken out by Allan Wiseman Marshall was suspended by Mr…

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Discovery of the Cumbandry Gold Leads Near Gulgong in 1904 Save Employment to 100 Men

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 14

(Tenth instalment of a series of articles by the Mines Department on the Magnetic Prospecting of the Gulgong Deep Leads for gold). In 1904 the Cumbandry…

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Christmas Hampers For 'Wang Colliery Employees

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 1

Every employee of Wallerawang Colliery, whether he had been on the company's books only three months or the full year, received a valuable Christmas hamper at the pit office yesterday…

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Development of State Mine Assured

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 1

Extensive plans for short-term and long-range development at the State Mine are already progressing and this policy could be maintained with the full co-operation of all concerned, stated the acting Director…

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Mr. Menchin Is New President Of State Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 1

Having been president of the State Mine Lodge for eight years and vice-president for one, Mr. R…

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North Faced with Coal Problems

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 22 December 1953 · page 2

The north is faced with coal problems as is the west and yesterday the president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I…

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State Mines Authority Dismisses Mr. Pellow

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 22 December 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--State Coal Mines Superintendent Mr. A. G. Pellow has been dismissed from his £2,000-a-year position following a special meeting of the State Mines Control…

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Mines Officer Sacked Sequel to Probe

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 December 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Mr. A. G. P[?]low, superintendent of State Coal Mines, has been dismissed from his position which carries a salary or £2000…

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U.k. Miners in Vast Undersea Project

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 29 December 1953 · page 4

Tunnelling hundreds of feet below the bed of the North Sea, British miners are just beginning to tap a vast reservoir of between 100 million and 200 million tons of coal. They are fanning out from the shafts sunk almost 800 feet below the surface, right on the coastline of Britain…

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Mining Personalities In Western Field

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 29 December 1953 · page 5

As usual the December issue of "The Coal Miner" has its page of mining personalities in the west and these include:--…

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Theft From Gold Mine Tennant Creek Robbery

National Advocate · Thursday 31 December 1953 · page 3

DARWIN, Wednesday: Zinc precipitate, believed to contain several thousand pounds worth of gold, was stolen from the Eldorado mine, Tennant…

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