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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
870 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 19 of 44
Rand and party, prospectors at Burra Burra, have just struck a heavy patch of gold. One cupful of dirt returned 2½ozs., one bucketful 3½ozs., and several dishes gave an average of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coolgardie is almost deserted by the alluvial diggers through a new find being discovered about thirty miles distant north-east. The discovery was made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ackerman and Maris have found a flat flake of gold, 20½oz. in a very large boulder in their race at the foot of the Hawkin's hill. It is reported that Mr. Bell has floated the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is reported that Mr. Bell has floated the Chambers' Greek Gold Company with a capital of £30,000, work to commence as soon as the needed plant is ready…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The board appointed by the Minister for Mines and Agriculture to deal with the question of assisting the unemployed to go on certain goldfields of the colony to "fossick"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A correspondent writes to the Telegraph of the Golden Belt alluvial gold-mine as follows:—"The mine is one of a number of basalt hills, situated on the Ophir River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By a proclamation yesterday the Government declared about 600 acres of land in the parish of Wyndham, county Auckland, land district of Eden, a goldfield within the moaning of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Canowindra, an old resident of this city, Mr. J. Smith, and Mr. J. Mylcharane are the owners of a capital little mine which gives the lucky…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another meeting of the board appointed by the Minister for Mines and Agriculture to deal with the question of placing the unemployed on the goldfields was (says the Telegraph) held on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British Coal-owners' Association have issued a manifesto in which they state the proposed reduction in wages has been rendered necessary owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[Under the above heading the ADVOCATE invites correspondence for saturday issues. Readers are asked to assist in making this column an interesting one.]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A case of interest to those who taka up mining leases was decided by the Full Court, consisting of Sir William Windeyer, Sir George Innes and Mr. Justice Foster, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three hundred thousand coal miners have struck in England against reduced wages. The Welsh miners have refused to join the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A rumor is current that there will be wholesale dismissals in connection with the coal trade at Newcastle. The Seamen's Union have decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An official letter is published in the local press emanating from a meeting of miners at Coolgardie, protesting against the highly colored reports of the field in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There is great surprise and complaints at the action of the Government in sending helpless unemployed men to make bread, by fossicking. Several officials have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday afternoon a parcel of stone from the lode on the preperty of R. G. Glasson, Flyer's Creek, Orange, was crushed. The parcel weighed a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A telegram from Carcoar states that Kenworthy and party, of Galley Swamp, have just finished crushing 85 tons of stone, yielding a satisfactory return. A large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting convened by the Mayor (Alderman Darwin) to consider the question of mining on private property took place last night. It was the largest and most enthusiastic hold here for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Daily News publishes an article from its Coolgardies correspondent, warning miners who are not prepared financially, or fully equipped, against…
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