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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 8 of 18

State Mine Case Three on Conspiracy Charge

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A man charged with tread might never come before the court Central Court was told to-day…

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Production of Coal Two Million in Excess

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 5

As indicated in the previous report, production of coal during the second half of 1952 was running at approximately 2,000,000 tons per year in excess of requirements and it had been clear that production would have to be either reduced of special arrangements made to stock the coal,…

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Man's Terrible Death Mine Tragedy

National Advocate · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A mine-worker was killed today when he was slowly drained into a coal conveyor belt at Mt. Sugarloaf colliery, near…

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50oz. of Gold in Rock

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 1

PERTH, Tuesday: A stone the size of a small rock melon, found at Southern Cross yielded about 30oz, of gold…

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Lithgow Visit By Mining Personnel

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 2

Prominent mining personalities from all over Australia, together with the areas of New Guinea under Australian control, have accepted an invitation to visit Lithgow on Saturday for the civic reception to be…

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Mine Employee Dragged Along Line By Truck

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 2

A Cullen Bullen resident was seriously injured when caught on a coal truck and dragged along a railway line for nearly…

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Debs. Presented at Blue and Gold Ball at Mendooran

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 12

Four charming debutantes made their debut to C.W.A. Group President, Mrs. N. C. Petrie, of Hargraves, at the…

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Miners Had to Flee for Their Lives at the Old "44" Workings When Drifts Broke Through into the Shaft

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 9

(Twenty second 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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Colliery Worker Injured

National Advocate · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 2

LITHGOW, Thursday: A man was seriously injured at the Invincible Colliery, Cullen Bullen, near Lithgow, to-day, when he was dragged 50 yards by…

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A.L.P. Concern Over Future Of State Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 4

Lithgow A.L.P. is still apprehensive over the future of the State Mine, and reports that only 12 men are actually…

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Heads European coal and steels

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 2

M. Jean Monnet is president of the High Authority which will administer Western…

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Many Activities at Mining Convention

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 2

Representatives of the major heavy industries throughout Australia and in New Guinea are at present attending the annual convention of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy…

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Fatal Mine Fall

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 6

A coalminer who was working 2,600 feet underground was fatally injured today when he fell 70 feet down a shaft. He…

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Visit to Kandos by Members of Mining Institute

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 19

On Monday last, Kandos was visited by between fifty and sixty members of the Australian Institute of…

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Excessive Flow of Water in Deeper Drifts; Split Amongst Shareholders in Early Day Mining in Gulgong

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 8

(Twenty - third 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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Mr. Rouse Introduced Co-operative System of Mining in 4,000 Acre Paddock in 1872; Others Followed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 13

(Twenty-fourth 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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Miners Killed

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 3

PARIS, Monday.— Four miners were killed and six injured. [?] of them seriously in a coal damp…

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Injuries To Mine Workers

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 2

Mineworkers employed at the Steelworks Colliery and the Lithgow Valley Colliery were among accident victims…

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Protest Stoppages Cause Heavy Mining Wages Loss

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 2

Mineworkers on the western field were called upon to lose more than £10,000 in wages because of a mine which had held 32 pit-top meetings and lost 30 hours 20 minutes working time by this means since the working year began on January 11, Mr. W. McNally, secretary of the Western and…

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Rugby League State Mine's Lucky Win

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 6

In a game which provided better movements and more open football than the main fixture, State Mine secured a…

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