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

Mining & the mines, 1905

330 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 17

Mining. Sam’s Reef. a Hill of Wealth

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 5 August 1905 · page 2

For some years past the mining area known as Sam’s Reef has been worked by the present proprietor, who was also the original prospector. A visit to the mine is…

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Mining. KILDARY

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1905 · page 2

The prospects of a revival of the mining industry on this field are considered particularly good at present. There is a good battery available for…

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Gold in Apples

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 5

"THE Bathurst district is probably the finest apple country in the world."—The N. 8. W. Director of Agriculture to a Sunday Times representative…

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Mining. the Barrier

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 2

The final clean up of the Barrier stone, treated at the True Blue battery, was made this week and the result is considered very satisfactory,…

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Mining Wardens Court Cowra. TUESDAY Before Mr Warden Byrnes

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 2

Wm Turner applied for permission to suspend the labor conditions on his private gold mining lease at Sam's Reef. Mr Finn, for applicant, asked the…

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His Weight in Gold

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 6

The Maharajah of Travancore is an East Indian Prince, who dresses in silks and muslins and covers himself with ropes of pearls and ornaments of diamonds. He…

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Football. Wyalong Goldfield Temora

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 2

The match between teams representing the Wyalong Goldfield and Temora took place on the local ground on Saturday last Owing…

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Mining. McMILLIN and Witness

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 2

The result of a parcel of 19 tons of stone, treated at Noyes and Co.'s Works, was 24dwts per ton. This claim in situated at the back of the…

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Our Mines

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 August 1905 · page 4

Very few people in this district can form any conception of the vast mineral weath with which it abounds and of the enormous…

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Mining

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 2

THE very latest developments in mining matters on this field are of a specially encouraging description. Not only are the mines of high repute…

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Mining in Canowindra District

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 2

It is reported that the Golden Victory Mine situated at Sallivan's Gully which caused some stir in local mining circles when first discovered by Messrs. Geo. A…

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Peak Hill. The Discovery of Gold

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 11

While at Peak Hill (says a writer in the T. and C. Journal) I met Mr. Dennis Madden, the discoverer of the gold field, and to him I am indebted…

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Mining [?]

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 3

S[?] [?] [?] level with some of the leading [?]…

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The Sketcher a Hidden Doorway. the Tragic Story of a Miser Who Was Lost with His Stoke of Gold

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 5

Sackett-street woke up one Tuesday morning to find that the shutters had not been taken down from the windows of Berchard's shop…

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Mining. RYBUCK

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 2

Good quality stone, from a fair sized reef, is being paddocked, and the output is likely to be pretty rapid for some time…

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Gold at a Depth of 4226 Feet

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 2

The mining manager of the New Clrum Railway mine, at Bendigo, reports that as sinking proceeds at the mine gold in still to be found…

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The Alma Gold Mine

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 8

The law suit in connection with the above, which was concluded in Sydney recently, excited a deal of local interest, and was watched by…

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Eugowra Gold

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 2

By the way yarns spin promiscuously about the lost Eugowra gold, the following is the latest one that has cropped up:--" It is said that…

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Mining. General Notes

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 2

Mining around Parkes appears to be livening up, movements in various localities being reported. It is claimed that Peak Hill will be…

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Australia's Greatest Mine

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 17

A MINE which, in results, completely puts ia the shade the alluring prospects painted in the prospectus is one of the rare things of the world. Twenty years…

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