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

Mining & the mines, 1900

1,221 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 62

Gold Dredging

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 8
Also in Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative

On Friday morning Mr John Russel, of Newcastle, came up to Mudgee, and on Saturday proceeded to Yamble to inspect the site of the dredging…

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 4

Messes. Leonard Dodds and Co. report the output of the Great Cobar mine for last week at 70 tons 4dcwt. of refined ingot copper. The main north-west drive at the 200ft. level…

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Mining Items

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 22

Again the late rains have lent an impetus to the mining industry of the surrounding district, particularly in connection with…

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Wattle Flat Mining

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 7

There is nothing of any importance to report in the mining way. The Great Oakey Co. commenced crushing this week on a…

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The Yamble Gold Dredging Company

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 13

We have had one or two enquiries addressed to us as to the position of affairs in connection with this company. The area applied for has…

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The War. the Condition of Mafeking. the Rand Mines Threatened London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 4

Lieutenant Smitheman, of the Rhodesian force, penetrated the Boer lines around Mafeking and found the town well on April 5. Commandant Synman was bombarding the western…

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Terrible Mining Accident. Fifty Men Killed by an Explosion

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 3

The most disastrous mine explosion ever known in the New River district occurred at the Red Ash mine, West Virginia, shortly after…

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Boer Outrages Blowing Up Mines. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 3

Herr Munnick, the Chief State Engineer of the Transvaal, has admitted that Mr. Beitz, the Transvaal Secretary of State, instructed him to prepare to blow-up 25…

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Wattle Flat Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 2

WATTLE FLAT, Friday.--The last crushings from No. 1 Solitary shaft resulted in a cake of 107oz. retorted gold from about 100 tons of stone, and 8 tons from No. 2 shaft yielded 1oz…

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The Situation in Natal. Boers Shell a Colliery. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 3

1000 Boers on Saturday crossed Sundays River bridge, and shelled a colliery. The British, using heavier guns, drove the enemy off…

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Mining News. in Rockley District

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 2

Mining matters are quiet. Gilmandyke goldmine is to start crushing at an early date. The Exploration and Development Company are actively prospecting Sugar Loaf for copper, and…

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Proposed Destruction of Rand Mines. LONDON. Sunday afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 2

The 14 men who were arrested at Johannesberg by Herr Epler and his police on a charge of conspiracy to destroy with dynamite the mines and…

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Mining

Leader · Wednesday 25 April 1900 · page 7

The Drysdale, Cobar, has cleaned up for three weeks’ run. The mills yielded 150ozs of smelted gold. Large bodies of milling stone have been opened up on the upper levels, and water has…

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The Paddy Lackey Gold Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 4

From 231 tons of quartz crushed at the Paddy Lackey mine, and cleaned up on Friday the 20th inst., a yield of 336oz. was obtained from battery and plates (exclusive of cyanide). This…

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Breach of Coal Mines Regulation Act

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 4

GRETA, Thursday.--At the Greta Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., and Dr. Walker, J.P., M. C. Cowlishaw, owner, and Joshua Jeffries, manager of the Greta Colliery,…

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Queensland Coal

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 3

It is reported that a syndicate has offered to spend half a million in opening coal mines near Gladstone (Q.) provided railway rights are granted…

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The Blayney Copper Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 4

The active operations now being carried on at the Blayney copper mine present an imposing scene. There are six reverberatory furnaces at work refining matte. The last two furnaces,…

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Mining. Rockley

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 3

Mount David Mine Manager's report for week ending 21st instant:—220ft. level: Making fair progress with the main north-west drive : lode, getting more defined…

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 4

SOFALA, Thursday.--The City Bank sent by the monthly escort to-day 350oz. of gold. In the Mount David mind there is now 3½ft. in width of quartz in the 220ft. north level. A…

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