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

Mining & the mines, 1898

716 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 29 of 36

The Bloke that [?] the Coal

Molong Argus · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 6

At a Sydney Public school recently, during Scripture lesson, the teacher was explaining to the class about the devil being everywhere to catch bad children, and said, as an…

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Mine Concentrates. The Blayney Copper Deposits. Re-opening the Old Annandale Mine. No. 1

National Advocate · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 2

Blayney, long known as a very slow and easy-going farming place, promises to be, in the near future, a brisk mining centre consequent upon the…

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Gold Yield for the Colony

National Advocate · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 2

The usual monthly return showing the yield of gold within the colony daring the month of September has been prepared by the Mines Department. The…

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Mr. Cook and Female Mining Engineers

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 7

A lady has made an application for qualification as a mining engineer, and Mr. O'Sullivan gallantly inquired Of the Minister for Mines in the Legislative Assembly the other day if…

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Dredging for Gold. Works on the Macquarie. Wellington

National Advocate · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 2

The company which has secured the right to dredge the bed of Macquarie above Burrendong has commenced building punts, etc., and putting up the machinery…

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Mine Concentrates. Gulgong

National Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 3

Mining operations continue to show a falling off. The Shellback mine is raising stone and crashing dirt is also being raised…

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Mining News. the Blayney Copper Deposits. Re-opening the Old Annandale Mine

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 2

Blayney, so long known as a very glow and easygoing farming place promises in the near future to be a brisk mining centre consequent upon the opening of some extensive copper lode deposits within a few…

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Mine Concentrates. The Blayney Copper Deposits. No. 11

National Advocate · Monday 10 October 1898 · page 2

On the western side of the town for some miles in a north-and-south direction the geological features of the country are very similar to those found on most…

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Coal Mining. Enforcement of a Clause. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1898 · page 3

The Minister for Mines this evening issued a circular letter to the various colliery proprietors of the colony, calling upon them to comp y with the weighing…

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Mine Concentrates. Cobar

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1898 · page 2

It is rumored in town that the syndicate of the Great Cobar Copper Mine intend erecting several new water jackets at an early date. If this be done it will no doubt…

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The Coal Mines Act. Decisions of the Miners. Newcastle

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1898 · page 3

The intended weighing clause of the Coal Mines Act has caused considerably stir in coal-mining circles to-day. The action of the Minister has not given rise…

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Mine Concentrates. Orange

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1898 · page 3

The manager of the Springfield Estate Company, on which are situated the Wituey Green and Carangara mines, applied at the Warden's Court to day for…

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Accidents in Mines

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1898 · page 2

On the motion of Mr. Fegan, the House agreed to the appointment of a select committee, to report upon the number of accidents, fatal and…

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Mine Concentrates. Western Copper Areas. Resources Awaiting Development. Need for Alteration of the Law. No. 1

National Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1898 · page 3

Last week, on the strength of reports which had reached me as to valuable discoveries of copper deposits, I made a peregrination through various districts in…

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Mining Riots in America. Fifteen Miners Killed. London

National Advocate · Friday 14 October 1898 · page 3

Serious riots are reported to have broken out at Verden collieries, [?]United States. Negroes are arriving by train to replace the strikers…

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The Weighing of Coal. Circular to Mine Owners. the Act to Be Enforced

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 October 1898 · page 3

The Minister for Mines on Monday issued a notification to the owners of coal mines calling their attention to the provisions of the Coal Mines Regulation Act which compels the weighing of every skip…

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Mine Concentrates. Sunny Corner

National Advocate · Friday 14 October 1898 · page 3

Some very satisfactory crushings from small properties are reported, but the important mines are still idle, with, unfortunately for this district, every…

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 October 1898 · page 4

SOFALA, Thursday. -- The monthly escort left this morning with 315oz. gold. To a deputation yesterday Mr. Cook stated that he would de everything in his power to develop the…

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Burraga Mining

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 October 1898 · page 4

Everything is working smoothly at the Burraga Copper Mine. Mr. L. Lloyd paid the mine a visit last week, and I hear was well satisfied. The Majuna Copper Co., who have, taken over Mr. H. Hockey's…

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The Coal-Weighing Question. Some Local Views

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 October 1898 · page 4

It cannot be said that any local sensation was caused on Tuesday by the issue of departmental notices regarding the enforcement of the weighing clauses. Something of the kind was expected, owing…

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