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

Mining & the mines, 1903

347 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 18

A Test Mining Case

Western Champion · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 11

At the Forbes Warden's Court on Saturday, Margaret Howison applied to be registered as a shareholder in the Mary's Dream Gold Mining Company…

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Arltunga Goldfield

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 2

IT is doubtful whether any gold discovery in Australia-which had so little to show—has ever been boomed to the extent that Hie fm off Arltunga…

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The Bumbaldry Gold Field

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 2

MINING matters generally are assuming a very quiet aspect. Numbers of men who have grown weary of waiting for employment, and who, through recent developments, see no immediate prospects of an…

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Traveller. Turquoise Mining

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 2

FROM earliest ages the gem now known as the turquoise, has retained an enviable popularity, and at the present time it still…

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Mining

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

There is a rather unusual decree of activity in raining matters just now, and it may safely be said that. Wyalong mining is in a more bealthy…

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Mining

Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder · Thursday 9 April 1903 · page 2

Over 80 men were dispensed with at the Myalls United G.M. Co., (says the "Peak Hill Express") McPhail on Monday and Tuesday last, which bespeaks a…

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Mining

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 2

The fact of a couple of the share-holders in the Prospecting Claim having disposed of quarter, shares for the modest sum of 12s 6d each…

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Forbes Mining

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 2

Further good reefs continue to be struck eight miles from Forbes. Mr. Dawson and party of five including an English investor, have…

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Editorial Notes. Gold Rush

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 2

THE announcement that a couple of quarter shares in the Prospecting claim at the rear of the Roman Catholic Church, have been purchased for the…

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Important Mining Decision

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 3

The following important mining decision was given by the Warden, (Mr. Oslear, P.M.,) at Forbes some couple of weeks back:—…

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Mining. Nicolas' Battery

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 2

The run on the battery at present is pretty constant. Two lots of Lady grace stone are going through, comprising stone estimated to yield at…

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Mining. Gundagai Gold

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 2

In connection with the sensational return of 38 1/2oz. of gold per ton from the Bark Hut goldfield, the representative of the Sydney Morning Herald…

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Mining

Western Champion · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 7
Also in The Peak Hill Express

The Daroobalgie Goldfield, where rich finds have recently been made, is situated-eight miles north of Forbes, and half a mile from the railway line…

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Important Mining Decision

Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 3

The following important decision was recently given by the Warden (Mr. Oscar, P.M.) at Forbes: Margaret L. Howison proceeded…

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Powdered Coal

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 2

A great deal of interest has been aroused in railway circles in England by the possibility of using powdered coal on locomotives, and thus doing away with all…

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Gold Yield For March

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 4

A return compiled by the Department of Mines shows that the gold produced in this State during the month of March was 20,851oz. crude. This is equal to…

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Mining Sullivan’s Gully

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 3

Sullivan’s Gully, the most recent and undoubtedly the most valuable gold discovery in the State of New South Wales of recent date says the “Canowindra Star,” is situated…

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Mining. Batten and Party

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 2

This claim is situated at the rear of the Victoria Hall, and the reef or vein now being worked is west of the old Red Flag workings. The stuff…

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Arltunga Goldfield

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 2

A telegram from the manager of Winnecke's Junction has been received as follows:—"There is a well-defined lode, having a bold outcrop the whole…

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