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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 9 of 41

Mining. CALOOLA

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 2

Oaring the week a nice button of gold weighing from 20 to 30 ounces was brought in from Galonla. The gold was the yield from lode stuff crushed by Richardson and…

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Cobar Mining

National Advocate · Monday 23 March 1896 · page 2

The first crushing from any of the newly taken-up mines at the Peak, outside Barras and Conley's, was put through…

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Mining. WOODSTOCK

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 23 March 1896 · page 3

The manager of the Woodstock Goldmining Company report! : Since lait report bate pat in a drive west of the main shaft 15ft at the 88ft level, and the reef shows good gold…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Fatal Blasting; Accident at Cobar. Two Miners Killed

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 23 March 1896 · page 3

A blasting accident occurred at the Occidentel mine, Cobar, on Saturday, by which two men named Robert Mitchell and Alfred Danford were killed…

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Meeting of Miners

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 2

In accordance with a request made by the Secretary for Mines and Agriculture a meeting, convened by the Warden, Mr. T. A. Smith, will be held at the Bathurst…

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The Newcastle Coal Crisis

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 3

Nothing farther of Importance hat trantpired in connection with the coal crisis at Newecastle, and present indications are thought to point to the unlikelihood of a…

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The Newcastle Goal Trouble. the Ballot of Miners, Newcastle

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 3

The returns of the ballot on the question of a general strike are now in the bands of the officers of the Miners Association. That there is the necessary two-thirds…

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Correspondence the Department of Mines and Ministerial Muddling. (To the Editor of the National Advocate.)

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 2

Sir,—Everyone who has the true interests of the colony at heart must view, with regret the present, most unsatisfactory state of the Mines…

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Meeting of Miners

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 3

A preliminary meeting of miners was held at the Bathurst Town Hall yesterday afternoon for the purpose of making arrangements for a public meeting to be…

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Mining. MUDGEE

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 3

Excitement was earned in Mudgee mining circles through gold having been struck in new ground in two localities. At Menab, five miles from Mudgee, several partial are…

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Mr. Newman's Letter. on the Minister for Mines, Mr. S. Smith

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 2

We are not prepared to go as fat as Mr. Newman does, in his condemnation of the Mining Department, and for the best of all reasons, we do not consider…

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Mining Court. [Before the Warden, Mr. T. A. Smith, P.M.)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 2

The business before the court was to consider the objection lodged by Wheeler against John Schofield's application for right to mine on to acres of land at…

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Meeting of Miners

National Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 2

A public meeting was held in the Bathurst Town Hall yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of recommending suitable gold-mining localities to be…

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Mining Court

National Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 2

On Tuesday and yesterday, the Warden, Mr. T. A. Smith, heard an objection lodged by J. Wheeler, against John Schofield's application to mine on…

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Mining the Wealthy West. Kalgoorlir, March 21

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 3

The Great Boulder will start its new battery next week. The first five head are to be got going on Monday. Another 10 head of stamps are being erected while the remainder…

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Fearful Disaster in New Zealand. Collapse of a Coal Mine. Seventy Miners Entombed. Auckland

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 27 March 1896 · page 2

A terrible coal mining disaster hat been reported from Brunner, a mining town about eight miles from Greytnouth. Seventy miners were entombed in the…

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Terrible Mining Disaster. Seventy Men Go to Their Account. Auckland

National Advocate · Friday 27 March 1896 · page 3

A disaster occurred in the Brummer mine, New Zealand. Seventy men are entombed. Two bodies have been recovered. It is feared the rest have…

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The Colliery Disaster. AUCKLAND

National Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 3

No more bodies have been recovered in connection with the colliery disaster at Brunnerton. Rescue parties are working energetically, though…

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MIning. MUDGEE

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 3

Then in gratifying indications throughout the district that a rental in mining is close at band. For many months put there has been a steady increase in the number of hands…

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The New Zealand Colliery Disaster. Further Details

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 2

The following are further details of the explosion m the coal mine in New Zealand:— It soon transpired that the day shift of…

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