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

Mining & the mines, 1891

363 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 19

Northern Collieries Trouble.—Probable Settlement of the Difficulty. Sydney, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1891 · page 2

Representatives of the associated collieries met representatives of the non-associated collieries this morning in conference, with the result that a…

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A Terrible Colliery Accident.—58 Bodies Recovered. London, December 7

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1891 · page 2

From the colliery of St. Etiane, France, where an explosion occurred, 58 bodies, all fearfully charred, have been recovered. The accident was caused…

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Open Column. We do not identify ourselves with the opinions of our Correspondent. the Gold Discovery. (To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 10 December 1891 · page 2

Sir,—I do not feel justified in withholding a few remarks from public notice concerning the claims of Messrs. Tom and Lister as the first discoverers of payable gold in Australia,…

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A New Gold Find

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 11 December 1891 · page 2

A party of three recently took up a lease for the purpose of testing a reef which was exposed on the surface, (near; the Pigeon House, Milton, Ulladulla. [?]…

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Extracting Gold

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 December 1891 · page 3

A company has been formed in London with a capital of £250,000 to acquire the rights to Cassell's gold extraction process…

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Open Column. Tom and Lister's Claim Re Gold Discovery. (To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 December 1891 · page 3

Sir,—Respecting this claim I most heartily thank all those gentlemen whose efforts (though unsuccessful) were made on behalf of Tom and Lister. A more…

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Mining. COBAR

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 December 1891 · page 3

Dr. Helms assay of a sample taken to Sydney as a first shipment of 20 tons of cobalt are from McKillop's land here gives the splendid resent of 14.38 per cent of…

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Another Gold-field

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 17 December 1891 · page 2

A now gold-field has been discovered at Coongan, in the north-west district of West Australia. Seventy men are on the ground, and 22 men are getting good gold…

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Tuena Mining

National Advocate · Thursday 17 December 1891 · page 2

Mining in the Tuena district, especially in quartz, is well up. About three miles north-east, of Tuena Messrs. Davison and Donnelly have good prospects. Some six weeks ago they…

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Curiosities of Coal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 December 1891 · page 3

Data anyone except a practical chemist over stop to think of all the substances which we get from pit coal, and the almost inconceivable variety of their uses? Everybody…

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Mining. Peak Hill

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 21 December 1891 · page 2

THE PROPRIETORY:—Work is progressing vigorously at this property, and in the near future there is reason to believe that the Proprietory will bring Peak Hill to the very…

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Miners' Risks

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 December 1891 · page 2

Henry Meynell, a miner, met with a painful accident at the Mount Grey Gold-mining Company's mine, the other day. He was lowering a ladder, when his foot slipped and…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Mount Morgan Mine

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 December 1891 · page 2

During the past six months the output from the Mount Morgan Mine, was 30,360 tons, yielding 63,320 ounces of gold…

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A Pile of Gold

National Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1891 · page 2

Among the attractions of the World's Fair will be a Moorish palace, erected by M. Stephani in which there will be a pile of 1,000,000 dollars in gold, in a strong eage…

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Mine Salters

National Advocate · Monday 28 December 1891 · page 2

THE Queensland Government ought to leave no stone unturned with a view to the detection and punishment of the conspirator who are responsible for the…

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Mining. TUENA

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 28 December 1891 · page 3

Donnelly and Davison still continue to raise splendid stone, and as they go down, the reef seems to get larger, and showing gold most freely. They also discovered another good gold-bearing reef on…

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Mr. Torpy's Motion on Gold Discovery

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 28 December 1891 · page 2

The following letter appeared iu Saturday's Daily Telegraph:— Sir,—I have read the result of this motion, and how 39 honest members of Parliament…

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Gold Coin in Great Britain. London, December 26

National Advocate · Monday 28 December 1891 · page 3

It is estimated that the gold coin in circulation in Great Britain, including the stock in the Bank of England and other banks, shows a minimum…

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Colliery In Danger

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 December 1891 · page 3

It is feared a fire smouldering in a heap of alack outride the Grata colliery has worked into the mine…

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Miners In Trouble

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 December 1891 · page 3

The colliers and mine owners in South Wales have quarrelled relative to the basis of the sliding scale, and unless a compromise is arrived at by the end of the year, a hundred…

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