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

Mining & the mines, 1902

1,125 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 57

The Water Famine at Cobar. Gold Mines Closing

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 4

COBAR, Monday.--Owing to the continuance of the drought the authorities at the copper mine have wired the Nyngan Municipal Council to arrange for a supply of 25,000 gallons of water…

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Gold. Bright Gold

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 6

“How I long to hear it [?] But Jingling god is of no [?] use of the party [?] suffers ill health. In [?] climate the fearful droughts, use…

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Hort Story Deadly Gold

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 4

Miriam Gomez was the daughter of old Gabriel Gomez, 'the Portuguese Banker,' as he styled himself on his business cards…

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The Late Lewis Lloyd and Burraga Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 7

Concerning Australia's best-known copperman:-- Lewis Lloyd, formerly owner of Burraga (N.S.W.) mine, left the world last week as quietly as he had lived in it. He died one…

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The Cobar Copper-mining Company's Case

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 5

The Full Court delivered its reserved judgment on Tuesday in the appeal of certain of the shareholders of the abovenamed company. The appellants had petitioned Mr. Justice Walker for an order to…

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Fire in a Goal Mine. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 2

Another fire has broken out in the Greta colliery. All the men have been withdrawn, and it is thought the mine will have to be sealed down again…

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The Copper Mine. Sale of Copper, Etc., by the Small Debts Court Bailiff

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 2

The six miner who obtained a rerdi[?] for wages in the Small Debts' Court on 13th February, against the Blayney Mining and Smelting Company, issued an execution and…

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Russia in China. Russia Granted Mining Priveleges. London

Leader · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 2

Dr. Morrison, M D., the “Times” correspondent at Peking, slates that Li Hung Chang has ratified, with Imperial sanction, the agreements giving Russia explosive…

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Mining News. the Future of Copper

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 2

A great future is predicted for copper by Mr. John Fox, manager of Cobar Gold Mines, who thinks his mine will be a copper producer in another three years or so. Said he the other…

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Latest Cablegrams. Mining Bights in Shantung. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 3

It is semi-officially denied in Berlin that Germany is negotiating for exclusive mining rights in Shantung…

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The World's Coal Production

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 3

As fur an can be ascertained, the output of coal throughout the world in the year 1000 was about 757,000,000 tons. Of this quantity, the "Iron and Coal Trades Review" informs us, the three principal…

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mining Rights in China Germany's Negotiations

Leader · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 3

It is semi-officially denied at Berlin that Germany is negotiating for exclusive mining rights at Shantung…

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Sale on the Blayney Copper Mine. ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 3

The Blayney copper mine, situated in the Bathurst district, was sold at auction by Messrs. Johnson and Co. yesterday. The purchaser was Mr…

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Sale of a New South Wales Copper Mine

Leader · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 2

The Blayney Copper Mines, on the Great Western Railway, New South Wales, including the machinery and plant, were offered at auction on Tuesday…

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Outside District News. Pastoral, Mining, Agricultural and Various Matters. Wattle Flat Mining

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 7

Messrs, Wilson and Bancroft have had a trail crushing of six tons for 20z. 8dwt. of gold from an old reef on Bullock Flat. The batteries here are…

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Miners' Eight Hour Bill. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 3

The House of Commons has rejected the Miners Eight-Hour Bill by majority of one. The National Miners' Association have decided on a general strike for shorter…

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Mining News. in Capertee District

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 4

Owing to the continued drought mining is almost at a standstill. A few fossickers on the Turon are doing well working in the bad of the river and the adjacent creeks, where it is impossible to work in…

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Capertee Police Court. Friday, February 23. (Before T. II. Wilkinson, P.M., aud W. J. Galagher and W. C. Corlis, Js.P.) a Coal Mines Case

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 4

Joseph Edwards v. Wm. Bradley, charged with committing a breach of the Coal Mines Regulation Act by making a false representation as to his having had two years' experience as a coal-getter or a…

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Serious Results of the Drought. Want of Employment in Thu Country. Closing Op Copper and Coal Mines

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 2

"From climate and other causes," said the State Minister for Works on Thursday, there are just now a large number of men nut of employments in the country districts…

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Eight Hours in Coal Mines. Bill Rejected in the House of Commons. A Strike Decided Upon. LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 3

In the House of Commons the second reading of the Miners' Eight-Hours' Bill was rejected by 208 votes to 207. The National Miners' Congress has…

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