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

Mining & the mines, 1903

1,018 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 30 of 51

Sunny Corner Mining. Sunny, Corner

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 3

Messrs Bond and party of the Coronation Mine recently crushed 59 tons of stone which gave the satisfactory yield of 221/2dwts to the ton…

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Mining News

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 July 1903 · page 7

The discovery of a copper lode is reported from Bumbaldry, in the Cowra district. The Victorian gold yield last month…

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Gold at Tuena. Some Wonderful Yields. Tuena

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 July 1903 · page 7

An extraordinary rich discovery of gold has been made by Blay and party, at the Nuggety Gully rush, four miles from Tuena. During the past three…

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State Parliament. the Broken Hill Famine. Mines Restart Work. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1903 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon John See read a telegram regarding the situation of Broken Hill which he thought would be satisfactory…

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Outside District News Pastoral, Mining, Agricultural and Various Matters. Artesian Boring

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 July 1903 · page 14

Mr. John Parkinson recently purchased a very valuable improvement lease on Bundy, and has let a contract for putting down an artesian bore on…

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The Mount David Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 3

The Mount David manager reports :--"70ft level ; No. 3 winze connected with the 100ft level, struck the lode at a point 35ft from the brace. Starting a crosscut south west opposite No. 3 winze with a view…

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Rich Gold Find

Molong Argus · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 16

AN alluvial rush has set in at Long Hollow, near Tuena, and neat to the place where the alugs of gold were found recently. It is said to be the…

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Mining News. Mining in Rockley District

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 3

Since the recent rains, several mines in the Rockley district that were temporally closed down have started again. At the "No Objection" gold mine on Buck Creek, owned by Larnack, Quin, and…

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Holiday for Miners. LONDON'

National Advocate · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 3

Lord Davey has decided that the Durham miners are entitled to the August bank holiday. No less than 120,000 miners are affected by this…

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Large Nuggets of Gold

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 4

PERTH (W.A.), Wednesday.--Archie Cline, the prospector who a few years ago found the Bobby Dazzler nugget, the largest found in Western Asstralia, came into Marble Bar from Sharks yesterday…

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Jenolan Caves Camping Ground. Letter From the Mines Department

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 4

Bathurst papers report that, at a meeting of the local Progress Association held this week, in reply to a request for a new camping ground at Jenolan Caves, a letter…

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Mining News. Cobar Matte for England

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 4

COBAR, Tuesday.--The management of the copper mine has just finished bagging and shipping 500 tons copper matte to go to England…

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Tuena Gold Rush Country Pegged Out in All Directions. Tuena

National Advocate · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 2

Nothing sensational has occurred on the field this week. There is little doing as it is raining heavily. The country is pegged out in every direction…

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Mining. Rich Gold Discovery at Tuena

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 4

Word from Tuena at the latter end of last week announced that an extraordinary rich discovery of gold was made by Blay and party, at the Naggety Gully rush, four…

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Explosion in a Mine. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 2

Three minors, William Connor, John Taylor, and Alfred Wheeler, were killed in an explosion at Hobson's mine, Calcifer, Queensland, on…

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Coal-mines Legislation in New Zealand

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 2

A bill to amend the present Coal Minos Act has just been introduced into the New Zealand Parliament by Mr. Colvin, one of the Most Coast members. The new…

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Mount Victoria. Prospects of a Coal Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 3

On Sunday evening a slight rain sprinkling occurred, and further rain threatened. There is some slight excitement here at present. A prominent resident is said to have taken up a…

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Mining News. the Tuena Gold Rush, Tuena

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 2

Nothing sensational has occurred on the field this week. There is little doing, as it is raining heavily. The country is pegged out in every direction, and there are…

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The Girilambone Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 2

It is officially stated that the new process was started at the Girilambone mine on Tuesday last, and that matters look very promising as regards its success…

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The Great Cobar Copper Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 2

The No. 5 furnace at the Great Cobar Copper Mine is again in full swinm and turning out big tallies. All the different departments are fully manned. During…

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