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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 8 of 14

Mining. WAST'S & Plumb's Battery

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 2

The following returns have been kindly furnished by the proprietors of the above battery:—Ready Money, 54 tons for 10oz. 4d wts.; Dead…

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Mining

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 2

THOSE who are not afflicted with a 6[?] of "the blues," must recognise that the mining industry around here is about to [?]om; or, if not to boom,…

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Dredging for Gold

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 7

THERE is, and has been for some time past, a boom in company promotion destined to dredge several of the water channels in this and the neighbouring…

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Mining Mems

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 7

Hopes still run high that big things will result from the many efforts that are being energetically put forth in the district to forward the mining…

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Forbes Mining

Western Champion · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 10

Milling matters look very good. Although no results are published from the Lachlan Mine (Sinclair's reef) it is well known that the mine is paying…

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Mining at Bumbury

Western Champion · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 11

The Reedy Creek copper mine, owned by Mr. William Payne, and situated eight miles from Bumbury railway station, is looking fairly well…

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Deputations to the Minister for Mines. West Wyalong

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 2

DURING his stay on the field the Minister for Mines received quite a number of deputations conveying requests for attention to matters of either public or private…

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Gold Robbery from R.M.S. Alameda

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 4

THE San Francisco newspapers which arrived by the R.M.S. Alameda at Auckland on Tuesday contain fall accounts of the gold robbery on…

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Miss Pauline of New York Chapter Xix. on the Road to the Mine

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 14

"Yes; I didn't want to alarm the ladies. Perhaps it would have been better, though, to have let them know. You see where I put their tent; not a…

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More Gold

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 2

There is considerable excitement in Orange in consequence of a good discovery of gold about three miles from the town…

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Mining Accident

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 3

AN accident, fortunately without serious results, happened at the Brilliant and Treasure mine yesterday afternoon. At the time there were in the bottom of the shaft…

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Mining. the Worturpa Rush

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 2

The accountant of the discovery of rich telluride ore at a place named Worturpa, away in the interior of South Australian, has caused some little…

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Mining Aid

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 2

Under the Mining Accidents Bill it is pointed out that the fund will be contributed by rainers, mine owners, and the State, for the assistance of…

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The Minister for Mines on Tour

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 3

UNDER the above heading, Mr. Roberts, mining reporter for the Daily Telegraph, is contributing a series of articles, some of which refer to the Wyalong field. We…

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Mining. Star of Peace

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 2

In one last mining report we mentioned the very satisfactory result obtained from a parcel of Star of Peace stone, namely, 8ozs 9dwts per…

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Mining

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 5

All the principal claims in the district are enjoying suspension from labor conditions. Temora Jack’s mine, ‘Temple Bar,’ being the exception…

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Mining

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

A marked revival in the mining industry has taken place throughout the colony. The demand for dredging leases is so great that the Mines…

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Mining Accident

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

Four men were precipitated a depth of 200 feet down a shaft at the White Feather mine, Kalgoorlie, while in a cage, and all terribly…

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The Minister for Mines on Tour

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1899 · page 4

THE following extracts from the report of the visit of the Minister for Mines to Wyalong, written by the special mining reporter of the Daily…

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The Proposed Mining Amendments

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

THE following explains Mr. S. Walsh's suggested improvements in the Mining Act as regards Allovial Mining and laying out of Townships…

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