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

Mining & the mines, 1954

358 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 18

Coal Washing Expert To Give Address

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 7

Technical College authorities expect between 80 and 100 people will listen to a "layman's" style address on…

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Fifth Term For President Of Western Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 2

With the district president, Mr. E. Mara, retaining his position and beginning his fifth term of office, the…

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Seven Men in Three Years Nett Gold Worth £28,000 at Canadian Lead

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 3

(Fourtieth 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.)…

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Western Miners' Leader

National Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 1

LITHGOW, Monday: Mr. E. Mara has been re-elected president of the Western Miners' Federation for the fifth term. He is a member of the…

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Much Adjourned Colliery Case

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 3

He had been in America and could not make previous arrangements to be represented in court by counsel,. Mr. E. S…

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Mine Surveyors Certificates

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 2

At the examination for Certificates of Competency as Mine Surveyor under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1912-1953, held…

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Gold Theft Alleged

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Two men were charged in Oklahoma City yesterday with Illegal possession of gold allegedly taken from the US…

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Twelve Years Coal in Abandoned Area

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 2

The State Mine lodge considered there was about 12 years work in pillar coal in-bye the fire area which the State Mines Control Authority proposed to abandon, Mr. R. Shirlaw, district…

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Reason for Our Coal Truck Shortage

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 4

In addition to the demand for trucks to carry wool from the inland to the seaboard, the requirements of the westward expanding rail electrification was also the cause of a shortage of trucks…

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Definite Assurance On Future Of State Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 1

Mr. R. J. Ashworth, Director of State Coal Mines, and Mr. J. King, district secretary of the Western Miners' Federation, stated this afternoon that a joint inspection of the in bye sections of the…

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State Mine Activities Curtailment Move

National Advocate · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 10

LITHGOW. Thursday: Miners' leaders said today they would use all influence possible to prevent the State Government abandoning millions of…

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Tragedy in S.c. Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 2

Three miners were killed and four other miners were injured in accidents in South Coast collieries, yesterday…

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Three Miners Killed South Coast Accidents

National Advocate · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thursday: Three miners died and three others were injured in were suffocated by carbon dioxide gas. while they were working on the coal…

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Uranium Find Likely in Orange District Mines Inspector Says Prospectors seek deposits

Central Western Daily · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 1

Prospects are good for uranium find in the Orange district, Mines Inspector, Mr. J. H. Burford, Said yesterday. Mr. Burford said that the rock strata at Carcoar…

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Miners' New General President

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 6 December 1954 · page 2

A Lithgow candidate, Mr. H. Kirk, of Steelworks Colliery lodge, polled badly in a Miners' Federation ballot to fill the…

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Letters To The Editor “Silence Is Gold.”

Central Western Daily · Monday 6 December 1954 · page 7

Sir,—I hope to high heaven, there are a few ingenious “Quiz Kids” among your readers to…

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Miners' Margins Application

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 1

Eight coal-mining unions representing about 22,000 miners, yesterday applied to the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F…

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Oberon Wedding Gold-cole

National Advocate · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 6

A wedding of local interest took place at Oberon earlier in the month at St.. Barnabas' Church, Oberon, when Valma Lo[?] second eldest daughter…

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Political 'Hocus Pocus' on State Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 4

A question about the closure of portion of the Lithgow State Mine, asked in Parliament House this week by the Member for Drummoyne (Mr. R. S. Jackson), had been specially staged…

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Mine Disaster 64 Dead

National Advocate · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 2

NEW DELHI, Sunday: It is now known that 64 miners lost their live when a coal mine was flooded yesterday in Central India. Another [?]…

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