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

Mining & the mines, 1909

1,325 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 20 of 67

Lucknow Gold

Leader · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 2

Another most encouraging report of a find at the Snobs claim (Messrs Strathen and party) reached Orange yesterday. We learn, upon what…

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Mount Scott Silver Mine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 15

Mr. W. F. Scott, of Mount Scott Lead and Silver Mine Poprietary, has been the past six months developing a large body of ore. A shaft…

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Mining Green Swamp

National Advocate · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 2

At the Sydney Copper Coy's Mine the contractors are making good headway with sinking the shaf , but it will be a considerable time before the contract is completed…

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Carcoar Iron Mines. Ready for Re-starting. Important Developments

Leader · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 3

A few months ago, when the blast furnace at Lithgow became disabled, Messrs Hoskins Bros, were compelled to shut the Carcoar ironstone mines…

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Accident at Broken Hill. Five Miners Injured. Winding Gear Brake Fails. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 2

While eight workmen were being lowered in a cage from the 600ft to the 700ft level at the Central mine at Broken Hill this morning, the brakes…

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Macquarie Gold-mining Company. Productive Work Started

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 2

The rattle of the stamper mill is once more resounding in the gulch ut the foot of Hawkins Hill, which, in the years 1871 and 1872, proved to be one of the…

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[?] Gold

Leader · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 2

Under the above heading we pub[?] a repord in yesterday [?] issue. wh[?] that 1½ oances of the precious metal was secured [?]m…

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Wellington Mining

Leader · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 2

On Wednesday Mr. W. Beadman brought to Wellington a [?]ng of gold, weighing 13ozs., from 8 [?] of quartz taken from his claim near the…

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Mining Village Scared

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 4

A scare is reported from Maitland Bar, mining village situated four miles north west of Hurgraves, owing to a strange noise heard at night time. It is reported…

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Mining News. at Sofala

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 4

Mining is still at a ebb, Messrs. Cornford Bros. crushing last week at the hill went a little over 1 14ozs to the ton, ten tons crushed. Rain is still badly…

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Portland. Lithgow Coal Seam Discovered on the Irondale Property

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 3

A very successful social, to assist to provide funds towards the expenses of M. H Tonkin, who ha had two children in hospitals in Sydney for some time,…

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Mining News. Hawkins' Hill, Hill End. Rose of England Vein Struck

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 2

Word has been received in Lithgow that the Lithgow syndicate working at Hawkins' Hill, Hill End, have cut the Rose of England vein at a depth of 85 feet…

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The Newcastle Collieries. Startling Developments. Will This Royal Commission Resign? Newcastle

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 3

When the reconstructed Royal Commission on the disputes between the Colliery Proprietor Association and the Miners' Federation attempted to restart…

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Mining News. at Yerranderie

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 3

The Silver Peak Mine, or Bore Block, as it is called here, is erecting new and much larger poppet heads at the mine, and on their completion it is expected a number of new hands will be employed…

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Mines Department Report. Silver, Lead, and Zinc

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 4

Under the heading of Silver, Lead, and Zinc, the annual report of the Mines Department for 1908 devotes considerable space to the Yerranderie division of the…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings Coal, the Factor

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 1

Newcastle's municipal jubilee is an occasion of Australian importance. It serves to draw the Commonwealth's attention a little more closely than usual to…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Assessment of Coal Lands. Decision Postponed for a Fortnight

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 2

When the question of assessment of coal lands, in dispute between the Lithgow Municipal Council and the Blaxland Shire Council, was called on yesterday before…

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Mining

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Thursday 10 June 1909 · page 2

The Holland Syndicate at Mr. Werong has decided to sink another fifty feet in their main shaft. They expect the contract to commence work on…

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Discovery of Coal at Portland

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 June 1909 · page 15

An interesting discovery has been made at Portland by Mr. Thomas Bottoms, manager of the Irondale colliery. According to Mr. Carne,…

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Miners' Delegate Board

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 4

A full day's sitting of the delegates of the Western Miners' Association was held yesterday. About 35 claims were considered to be placed before the Coal Mines…

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