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

Mining & the mines, 1901

1,206 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 61

The Big Mine at Burraga

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 6

Lloyds Company, an English concern which owns the big copper mine at Burraga, had not a very brilliant report to lay before shareholders at…

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Damaging the Mines. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 3

Boers entered Boksbury and damaged the Modderfontein and Vanryn mines…

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Trouble at a Mine. WYALONG

National Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 3

At the police court yesterday morning F. Neeld, sen., charged with assaulting C. H. Roberts, municipal bailiff. The court was crowded. The…

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Intention to Cancel Gold Lease

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 13

Gold lease 166 at Hill End, held in the name of W. C. Marshall, will be cancelled at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow, and may be pegged out…

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Cobar Mining. COBAR

National Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 3

Owing to the shower on Sunday the Occidental Mine at Cobar was enabled to start on Monday with 30 stamps. The Mount Drysdale Company are…

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Bodangora and District. The Mitchell's Creek Mine. Matters at Jawbone

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 16

Matters at the Mitchell's Creek mine are processing satisfactorily. Extensive preparations are now being made for the erection of a new and improved…

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The Boer War. The Rand Mines. Cost of Protection. London

National Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 2

The owners of the Rand mines are paying thirty-thousand pounds a month to guard the mines. The damage done during the war is…

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Balara and Goolma Mems. The Race Meeting. Some Mining Mems

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 16

Goolma races on this 18th proved a decided success, which goes to show what energy and perseverance will do. To Mr. Ryan, the genial secretary,…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Foul Air in the Royal George. A Man Suffocated

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 13

The Royal George mine at Cullenbone has been an unfortunate property. For some months it has been idle, but a couple of months ago work…

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Wattle Flat Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 4

The dry weather is again retarding mining operations throughout the district. At Middle Crock tho mine was shut down last, week, there being no water for crushing for two months past…

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The Mount David Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 4

Mine manager's report for week ended 26th instant:--100ft. level: south-west crosscut extended 17ft. Total from main north-west drive, 99ft. At a point 25ft. south-west of the old…

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Mines Damaged. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 2

After the Boers had been dispersed they damaged the Modderfontein mines…

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The Gold Plum

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 3

Specimens of this cross-bred Japanese-American plum have been introduced. The plum is of medium size, round, bright-red and golden in color, of good…

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 4

At a special general meeting of the Great Cobar C.M. Co., bold this week, a special resolution was carried in favour of winding up the company voluntarily. The winding-up is a…

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The Copper Mine

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 2

At the Blayney copper mine during the past fortnight, the north drive at the 300ft level has been extended 16ft., and is now just on the footwall. The south drive has…

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Mining. Burraga

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 4

Lloyd's Copper (N.S.W.) had not a very brilliant report to lay before shareholders at the recent annual meeting held in London. The chairman stated that £49,306 had been…

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Mining. Brett's Reef

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 2

Another small crushing of about 14 tons from Brett's reef, near Peel, was put through last week at the Wattle Flat battery, with satisfactory results, the return being 37…

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The Cullenbone Fatality. the Death of Albert Davis. Heroic Attempts at Rescue. Great Difficulty in Recovering the Body. Action by the Mines Department. The Inquest Opens

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 2

Ill our last issue we published very brief particulars of a fatal accident at the Royal George mine, at Cullenbone, by which Albert Davis lost his life…

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The Coal-mining Conference. Questions to Be Submitted

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

An aggregate meeting of minors was held in the lodge-room of the Oddfellows'-hall last night to consider the subjects that are to be discussed at the conference with the mincowners on the…

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Strike of Coal Trimmers. Sydney, Tuesday

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners, referring to the strike of coal trimmers, state that they were quite unaware that any trouble had occurred till this morning. They do not…

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