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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
358 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 18
During the early hours of the morning on August 12 last, year, when the world above was in darkness, a group of men doing duty 600 feet below the surface in the State mine detected the odor of smoke. By…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LITHGOW, Friday: The secretary of the Western Miners" Union (Mr. J. H. King) has warned that if the Government interferes with club…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →(Thirtieth instalment of a series of, extracts from a Department book on the Magnetic prospecting of the Gulgong Deep Leads for gold in the district's early days)…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Although Miners' Federation claims for reduced hours, wage increases and weekly instead of fortnightly pays, were rejected by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher), provisions were made for additions to the existing "incentive" bonuses on condition the Federation agreed upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday: Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher in a judgment today rejected the miners' claims for reduced working hours and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A youth who was to report for three months National Service training tomorrow, and a Lidsdale resident were admitted to Lithgow. hospital in a serious condition last night after being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"He's the best wheeler in the mine," is what someone said about State Mine man Les Legg, the morning we interviewed him, says the latest issue of the "Coal Miner."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Miners’ Federation today agreed to the mechanical extraction of pillar…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LITHGOW, Thursday: The Chairman of Directors of Lithgow Valley Colliery Company. Mr. John Thomas Philpott, 69, died student at his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(Thirty-first instalment of a series of extracts from a Department book on the Magnetic prospecting of the Gulgong Deep Leads for gold in the district's early days)…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Aggregate stopwork meetings, arranged for tomorrow throughout the western field, have been organised to allow members of the Western Miners Federation to hear the reports of members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By overwhelming majorities, Western Miners' Federation meetings at Lithgow and Portland this morning rejected a recommendation, brought by Federation officials and delegates at last week's triennial convention that they agree to the mechanical extraction of pillar coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal fires were not only a serious fire risk, but were responsible for grit and dust damaging books and new paintwork…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →With the northern field Minors' Federation members voting this afternoon to decide on the mechanical extraction of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A mechanical engineer at Lithgow State Mine for the past four years, Mr. Bernie Morris will leave on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Mine Rugby League Club officials and players are confident of defeating Portland in the Group 10, No. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inadequate school facilities, including buildings to house the students at both Lithgow and Wallerawang, were mentioned by the delegation of women from the western coalfields at the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Thursday: Victorian coalminers voted today in favor of the proposal to allow the mechanical extraction of coal from pillars…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two trophies were competed for by Manildra golfers last weekend. They were the Gus Rose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners who attended aggregate stop work meetings throughout N.S.W. this week had shown they had two main…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →