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

Mining & the mines, 1896

816 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 30 of 41

Loss of a Coal Ship. NEWCASTLE

National Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1896 · page 3

News was received to-day that the ship Flora, commanded by Captain Stafford, from Newcastle to Manilla, coalladen, had been abandoned in mid-ocean. Four of her crew…

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Mining. Wattle Flat

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 7 September 1896 · page 3

At the Great Victoria Goldmining Company some 14 hands are employed. The shaft is being sunk by three shifts, and they are asking good speed with the work. The…

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The Storyteller. Cruel Barbara Alleyne. Chapter Iv. "You Are Mine !"

National Advocate · Monday 7 September 1896 · page 4

"My sacrifice ? I will not deny that last night's unfortunate contretemps (I wish Miss Dainty was a man, that I should know how to reckon with her)…

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The Creeping Colliery

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 8 September 1896 · page 3

The Wickham Bullock Island coal mine is now declared sate and work will be resumed on Wednesday…

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Mining Items

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1896 · page 2

An advice from Wellington states that Messrs. Colreavy Bros., former residents of that district, have had the good fortune to sell a share in their…

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Mine Concentrates. Oberon

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 September 1896 · page 2

On Saturday evening Mr. John Thrush, of Sydney, completed arrangements for the purchase of the interest of five shareholders in Thompson and…

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Mining. BLAYNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 September 1896 · page 3

Reports from the local mining centres show a general improvement all round. At the Last Chance reef, King's Plains, operations have been commenced by the New South…

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District Intelligence. Rockley. Mining

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 September 1896 · page 2

At Back Creek, mining news is very flat, as owing to the want of water there is no ground sluicing going on, the late rains not having been sufficient to fill the dams or…

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Sulphide Mining in New South Wales

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 September 1896 · page 2

Says Mr. John Howell, the manager of the Smelting Co. of Australia:—"I do not know any country which has a brighter future for permanent…

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Mine Concentrates. Mudgee Mining

National Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1896 · page 3

Last week Gillan and party, Har-graves, crushed 5 tons of stone for a yield of over 2ozs to the ton. More good luck to them. On Saturday…

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Picking Up Gold

National Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1896 · page 3

It is related that a Coolgardie cyclist had one of the tyres of his machine punctured the other day. He used language and looked demoniacal, but presently…

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Mining. Sunny Corner

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 10 September 1896 · page 3

At the Sunny Corner mine things are going an satisfactorily with a full staff of men employed. It is rumored that the smelling works are about closing for a time. It is…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Pit. Another Roof Fall. Alarm of Miners. Newcastle

National Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1896 · page 2

Another fall occurred early this morning in the Wickham and Bullock Island pit. The situation of the crush its adjacent to that of the two recent falls, and is…

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Mine Concentrates

National Advocate · Friday 11 September 1896 · page 2

Mining at Wattle Flat is progressing favorably. Williams and party have just crushed 80 tons from their Casey's Hill claim, for a return of 4dwt to the…

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Heating of Coal Cargoes

National Advocate · Friday 11 September 1896 · page 2

At Newcastle on Tuesday, the Royal Commission on the firing of Coal Cargoes continued the taking of evidence. Mr. Archibald Gardner, civil and mining…

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Mining. the Carlisle Rush

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 11 September 1896 · page 2

From Coonamble a correspondent writes:—Carlisle is stil going ahead. A street has been formed, and several buildings are in sources of cr[?]ction. One hotel is nearly…

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A Passing Shadow. a Romance of the Great Coal Strike of '93. CHAPTER X. an Unpleasant Encounter

Molong Argus · Friday 11 September 1896 · page 1

"His heart by causeless wanton malice wrong, By blockheads' daring into madness stung," Hitberto there was not the least sign of any compromise between masters and men. Neither…

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Mine Concentrates

National Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1896 · page 2

A Star special reporter claims that the richest goldfield in the colony is 50 miles from Graf ton. He says : A veritable mountain of gold has been discovered. For a distance of…

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Mining. COBAR. (Herald.)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 September 1896 · page 3

Messrs. Conley ind Barass have put on a number of men to can atone from their property to the Mount Pleasant buttery, where they intend to get crushing through…

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Mine Concentrates. Orange Fields. Orange

National Advocate · Monday 14 September 1896 · page 2

The manager of the Ballarat of N. S. W. G.M. Co. reports that the depth of the bore is 83ft; good solid ground has been met with. The slow…

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