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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1899

262 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 14

Lachlan Goldfields. Sinclair’s Mine

Forbes Times · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 6

SINCE our last visit to Sinclair’s mine the entire establishment seems to have altogether outgrown its prospecting stage, and what strikes a visitor most forcibly now is the air of permanence which…

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Copper Mining

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 9

Mr. E. T. Holten, who has for some time past been mining for copper so a 10-acre lease, on the property of Mr. Geo. Cooley, Westville, near Holmwood,…

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Amendment of the Mining Laws

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 7

A deputation of members of the Chamber of Mines and a number of members of Parliament, whose constituencies are more or less affected by the mining…

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Mining. White Reef

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 2

Stone is still coming up freely, and there most now be over 200 tons of battery stuff at grass. In addition to this there are about 7 or 8 tons of…

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Mining

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 2

THE outlook of the mining industry on this field is far from being cheerful just at present. Not through any fault as to the quantity or quality of…

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Melrose Road Mines

Western Champion · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 9

There are about 20 men on the field at present; (says a correspondent), some are waiting for the 'Phoenix' and 'Julia Reuben' to start work, and…

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Hiawatha Mining

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 2

MINING operations on this once promising field are now at a very low ebb. Only five claims are working—one on Crown lands,…

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Gold Mining for Profit. Quartz-mining Dividends on 3 Dwts. Per Ton

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 8

A few years ago I ounce to the ton was considered necessary for a. gold mine to be payable in this colony. We understand that Hannan’s Oroya Gold Mining Company…

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Mining

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

Mr. Channon, the purchaser of Cox's Huntingdon Hill plant is making numerous and costly improvements to same. The tanks are being…

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Klondike Gold

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 4

THE latest news from Klondike appearing in the English papers, and dated from New York on March 24 says that the steamer Laurads had…

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Mining Mems

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 8

On Tuesday a favourably known mining expert arrived in Condobolin to inspect Messrs. Shepherd and Rymer's new find near the Melrose road, opposite Mr. M…

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Mining News

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 2

THERE may seem to be a scarcity in the amount of mining news supplied to our readers in occasional issues of the Star. This is one of the matters…

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Mining Fatality

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 2

Two miners were entombed at Sofala by a missing accident on Wednesday night. The bodies have been recovered. One man was evidently…

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Mining. True Blue

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 2

Since our last some remarkably wood stone has been cut in the stopes on the western reef. Crashing is still going on merrily, and there is a…

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The Canadian Bonanzas Richness of the Atlin Creek Mines

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 3

According to the Victoria Daily Time (B.C.), the relative riches of district creeks in the Atlin district are set forth in a private letter…

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The Klondyke Goldfields. New Discoveries Reported

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 3

WE are indebted to the Sydney Morning Herald for the following interesting account of flesh discoveries in the Klondyke region. The items…

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Mining Enterprize

Forbes Times · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the colony of Victoria is admittedly the home of mining enterprize so far as Australia is concerned, the newspapers of this, the mother colony, do not by any means…

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The Gold Yield

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 2

The monthly return prepared by the Department of Mines shows that 31,894oz. of gold were produced in New South Wales during the month…

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Mining. All Nations

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 2

From the No. 1 shaft the tributors have taken out 12 or 14 tons of seconds which are undergoing treatment by dry crushing, and cyanide…

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Mining

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 2

It has often been said that the farming industry here was a very precarious one, owing to the uncertainty regarding rainfall, out that the…

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