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

Mining & the mines, 1904

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Outside District News. Pastoral, Mining, Agricultural and Various Matters. Beale and Co

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 4

Mr. E. Kelly, representative of the above company, will be in town for a couple of days, and may be found at Langbridge's Town Hall Hotel at all…

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Brown’s Creek Mine

Leader · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 8

Reports from Brown’s Creek state that work at the mine is proceeding satisfactorily. The last cleaning up resulted in 12[?]zs from about 700…

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Hermitage Miners Get Notice

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 4

This morning we were shown the following copy of a notice which, we are told has been served generally on the Hermitage miners:--…

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The Mount David Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 6

The Mount David manager reports:-- 100ft. level: Main north-west drive, total from No. 8 crosscut, 80ft.: no change; propose crosscutting north-cast from the…

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Cargo Mining

Molong Argus · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—Mining about Cargo is quiet. The Essex now employs seven men. This mine has been a consistent gold producer. It…

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Coal for the Russians. London, Wednesday Afternoon

National Advocate · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 3

Russia has chartered 20 ships, chiefly British, for the purpose of conveying 70,000 tons of coal to neutral Chinese dorts…

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Another Man's Wife. CHAPTER I. "Married--but Not Mine!"

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 2

"Beryl, darling my only love, unsay those words! You cannot cast me off; you cannot cast me off you cannot he false to this love we own for each other--to all our…

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Rich Find of Gold. Five Ounces to the Dish

Molong Argus · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 13

A FEW years ago a tunnel was put into the side of what is known as the dickerton Mountain, or Wulluman Mountain, by Messrs. Dick and Party…

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For Home and Households. Useful Jottings to Interest and to Instruct. Baby of Mine

Leader · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 7

When weary and worn with the straggle in [?]king life’s coveted prize, When clouds of despair hover round me, and shut out the blue of the skies ;…

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Tucker's Hill Mine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 May 1904 · page 2

Last week 57 tons of stone from Dr. Black wood's mine. Tucker's Hill, Hargraves, yielded 38oz of gold. This yield should pay…

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Carwell Creek Gold

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 May 1904 · page 2

Mr. F. W. Moore, of Ilford, this morning showed us a nice little parcel of [?]ne gold, which was obtained from Carwell Creek, and from what Mr…

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Cable News. Colliery Disaster. Fifty Lives Lost. London

Leader · Monday 2 May 1904 · page 2

A subsidence has occurred in a colliery at Tocina, Andalusia. There were 50 lives lost, and 10 men have been extricated in an…

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Mines Outside Portarthur London, Sunday Afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 2

It is stated at St. Petersburg that the Japanese are laying automatic mines several miles outside Port Arthur, for the purpose of preventing…

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Japs Laying Mines. at Port Arthur Discovered by the Russians. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 2

The Japanese, early on the morning of April 28, screened by a string of blazing rafts, contrived to tow mines near whore the battleship Petropavlosk…

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Mine Engine-driver’s Examination

Leader · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 2

Yesterday, as per advertisement in the “ Leader ” previously, an examination of candidates for certificates as competent mine enginedrivers,…

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Mining in New South Wales

National Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 3

The valuable report which is yearly issued by the Mines Department has, for two years past, been compiled by Mr. E. F. Pittman, formerly…

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Mining News. District and General

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 14

King's reef shares keep at 2s 6d, and holders live in hopes of a dividend. Lithgow coal-mining industry is…

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Outside District News. Pastoral, Mining, Agricultural and Various Matters. The April Rainfall

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 8

The following rainfalls were recorded during April:—Mudgee, 65 points, Casailis 246, Coolah 368, Coonabarabran 24, Hill End 116, Gulgong…

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Mining at Burraca

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 4

John R. Boon, having obtained authority to enter Thomas Martin's conditional purchase block 33, about three quarters of a mile south of the Lloyd Co.'s property…

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Deep Mining. Sydney, Thursday

Leader · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 2

Gold has been met with at a depth of 3960ft. in the Victoria quartz mine, Bendigo, this being the deepest mine in Australia…

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