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

Mining & the mines, 1906

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 5

Last week the two Turon River dredges recovered 55ozs. of gold. Recently some tests were applied to electrolytic copper produced at Lithgow…

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Mining Revival

Molong Argus · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 3

THERE are increasing evidences, day by day, of a revival throughout the Molong District, and if all goes well there should be several copper "shows" in full working…

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The C.s.a. Mine at Cobar

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 4

Mr. G. H. Blakemore, general manager of the Great Cobar Copper Refining Syndicate, and one of the principal shareholders in the C.S.A. mine at Cobar, when…

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Cadia Mines

Leader · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 6

We hear that about 120 men are now employed at the above mines, and that the furnaces were lighted on Thursday. It is hoped that…

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Rich Gold Find

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 11

MONDAY'S Western 'Post' says that quite a stir has been created at Appletree Flat, during the past few days by the discovery of a remarkably rich patch of gold at Seabby Hill…

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Mining at Craiglea

National Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 3

Things in general are looking well at Craiglea. Digby and party have just cleared up at McKenzie'a battery six tons of stone for 2oz 8dwt 9grs of retorted gold. The…

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Mining Intelligence

National Advocate · Monday 18 June 1906 · page 2

Several new mining leases have recently been taken up in the vicinity of Sunny Corner, Wattle Flat, and Sofala, Messrs Odell and party have…

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Miners Who Dye Their Hair

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 1

Some strong remarks were made by officials of the Miners' Association at a meeting of Cresswell ((Durham) colliers. Mr. S. Smillie (president of the Scottish Miners'…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund an Important Decision Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 2

The Full Court to-day delivered its reserved judgment in the case of Watson v Smith and others. It appeared that John Watson was a…

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Japanese Catastrophe a Transport Strikes a Mine London, Sunday afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 3

The Japanese transpert Toyotomi Maru struck a mine off the Korean coast and sank at once, 50 being drowned. There were 12 saved…

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Balmain Coal Company. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 3

The Balmain [?] Company is making good progress, and. In a few months,, it Is expected it will be come payable…

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Mining in Tobins Oakey

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 2

The old "Hill Top" mine is again being worked after lying idle for a number of years. The present prospectors, Messrs Burrell and Conford,…

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Mining at Sunny Corner Promising Zinc Show

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 2

Further experiments are about to be made abroad with the view of discovering a suitable process of treating the zinc are obtained from the old Sunny…

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Alienation of Goldfield Reserves

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 3

Mr. E. Richards, M.P., while iu Wellington last week, made the following protest against the alienation of goldfields reserves before the…

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Copper Mining. the Importance of Metallurgical Science

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 15

MR TOM COVENTRY, in the course of a very instructive and somewhat technical article in Saturday's Herald,' makes a special point of the importance of metallurgical science in…

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Mining at Hobby's Yards

Leader · Monday 25 June 1906 · page 4

At Cralgles, Digby and party have cleaned up (at McKenzle's battery) six tons of stone for 2oz 8dwt of retorted gold; the stone was raised from…

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The Craiglea Mining Field. Hobby [?]Thursday

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1906 · page 2

Milling operations are progressing very favourably in this locality. The gold-bearing bolt extends about four miles in length, and ranges from half a mile to a mile…

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The Mount David Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 5

The stopes at 220ft. in the Mount David mine Show stone 18in thick, and carrying gold. At the 300ft. level the reef averages 1ft. in the east crosscut. In the footwall…

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Lithgow Coal for South America

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 5

A fixture in the shipping list this morning is (says Wednesday's "Evening News") of interest, not alone to those who " go down to the sea in ships and make their…

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The Western Coal Contract Views of Mr. Kirkcaldie

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 4

The Premier laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night copies of correspondence and papers which had followed upon the reports of the…

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