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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 31 of 36

Mine Concentrates. Girilambone

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 3

Report to October 14.—"Main shaft sank 6ft 6in, total 531ft 6in. 300ft level: Opened 6ft; taking oat lode 75ft wide ; winze sank 3ft Gin in sulphide…

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Australian Gold. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 3

The S. S. Mogna left for San Francisco to-day, having on board 550,000 sovereign…

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Mine Concentrates. Mt. David

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1898 · page 2

At Sydney Stock Exchange on Monday Mt, David shares declined from 5s to 4s 7[?]d…

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Mine Concentrates. Deep Leads

National Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1898 · page 2

The Secretary for Mines has decided to proceed with the testing of our goldfields at a depth. It is notorious that there ia only one shaft in this colony down over 1000ft,…

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The Coal Weighing Difficulty. Meeting of Colliery Proprietors

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 4

The coal weighting controversy was advanced another Stage yesterday This arose in connection with, a meeting of colliery proprietors which was held at the office of the Newcastle Wallsend…

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Colliery Proprietors' Conference. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 3

A meeting of colliery proprietors was held this Afternoon for the purpose of discussing the situation engendered by the threatened enforcement of the…

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Mine Concentrates. Kohinoor, Parkes

National Advocate · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 2

Report to October 22.—"400ft. level: Still rising on fair stone. 260ft. level: Make of stone about 15in. wide has c me in in the and; value not yet determined. 150ft. level:…

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 4

HARTLEY VALE, Tuesday.-- In mining matters the development work at the Holly's Flat is still going on with the usual staff of miners employed. It is reported that the Cow Flat copper mine has…

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The Weighing of Coal

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 4

The Minister for Mines laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday a return (called for by Mr. Nicholson, M.L.A.) showing the number of skips of round or large coal raised in proportion…

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Mining Development. a Progressive Policy

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 7

The Telegraph mining reporter, who accompanied Mr. Cook on his recent tour of the Murray River districts, contributes some appreciative remarks on the Minister to Saturday's issue. He…

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Good Old Gulgong “The World’s premier gold field.” Rev. R. Butcher 1873

The Gulgong Advertiser and Western Districts Representative · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 4

As for billiardists, there were ninny first class players in Gulgong besides those m[?]tioned by M. J. H. There was the Ma[?]ori—d[?]’t know his name,…

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The First Gold Discovery

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 4

Great as the work done for Australia by her intrepid explores certainly was, something else was needed to secure the requisite population and develop the new country in…

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Suffocated in a Mine. MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

A dual fatality occurred this morning at the Band and Albion mining lease, Ballarat, when two young men, Henry Baxter and James Earl, were suffocated…

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Mining Fatality at Cobar. Accidentally Killed. Cobar

National Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 3

John Hamill, cageman, was killed at the Chesney mine at eight o'clock last night. It is supposed that Hamill was leaning over the shaft speaking to the…

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Mine Concentrates. Trunkey

National Advocate · Monday 31 October 1898 · page 3

A crushing from Wrights' Reef, just completed, yielded 15 dwts. per ton, which is considered very satisfactory…

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Mine Concentrates. Queensland's Gold Trophy. BRISBANE

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 2

The cake of retorted gold from the Scottish Gympie mine, Gympie, which is to be sent 10 London for exhibition at the Greater Britain Exhibition in 1899,…

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Mine Concentrates. Victory

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 November 1898 · page 3

Victory, Forest reefs, has crushed 204 loads during the past fortnight for 63oz, 17dwt gold…

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Mine Concentrates. Cobar

National Advocate · Thursday 3 November 1898 · page 2

The Young Australia Company have declared the fourth dividend of 3d per share. The Occidental cyanide plant has commenced and a cumber of vats have been treated…

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Gold. Gold. a Splendid Discovery. at Chambers' Creek

National Advocate · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 2

Sullivan's syndicate at Chambers' Creek has "struck it rich." The party numbers eight, and they have been working on the claim since January 9th…

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 4

The Lake Illawarra smelting works have continually about £80,000 worth of ore in hand. At the mining warden's court, Bathurst, last Friday, William Hunter, for Hunter, Wilson, and…

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