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

Mining & the mines, 1906

233 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 12

Mining News

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 13

A SCHEME has been proposed for the formation of a Company to work the extension in depth of the Great Eastern lode, and also Smith, Wooden and…

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Mining News. Orange Plains

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 7

THE Bogan River Copper Co., Orange Flams, has received returns from 22 1/2 tons of ore sent to Waratah, which yielded 26.3 per cent. copper, worth…

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Stolen Gold Recovered. a Child As Detective

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 6

From Berlin, on 27th September, the special correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— The authors of the great Mint robbery…

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Short Story Vengeance is Mine

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 15 December 1906 · page 3

‘SO that is your final answer, May ?’ The girl bit her underlip, and answered with effort: ‘I’m afraid you meat take it as that,’…

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Mining in Queensland. Review of the Year. Report by the Under Secretary for Mines

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 6

The following is an advance copy of the annual report of the Under Secretary for. Mines (Mr. A. R. Macdonald) on the Queensland mining industry for the year…

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"Richest Gold Mine." Discovery by a Cook. Eight-mile Reef

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 4

From Winnipeg, early in October, the correspondent of the "Express" wrote:— The great discovery of gold on the Peace River, in Athabasca, of which I…

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Local Mines

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 12

THE local mines will close down for the Christmas holidays on Saturday, 22nd instant, and will remain closed until Thursday, the 27th…

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Mining

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 17

DURING the four weeks ending December 1, 3900 tons were treated at the Peak Hill section for 312ozs, valued at £1216, and 460 tons…

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Mining Leases

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 2

RENTS are due on the following Gold Mining Leases:—G. Humphreys and others, 5 acres, county Kennedy, parish Wombin (Alectown); G…

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Rich Gold Discoveries

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 2

THE grand specimens obtained this week at the Poseidon (Victoria) rush have caused a renewal of excitement in the Tarnagulla district as well as…

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Myalls Mine (McPHAIL) IN 1899

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 12

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Steve Reddy’s Wish, and How It Was Realised. (Original.) How a Change of Luck Came to an Old Gold-digger in the Good Old Times. An Australian Christmas Story by Paul Twyford. COPYRIGHT

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 1

It was one of those old-fashioned winter nights, when, for weeks at a stretch, snow and rain followed each other regularly…

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England's Backbone Report of the Coal Commission

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 7

By way of preface to the evidence taken by them between Jan. 27 and Oct. 21, 1903, the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the extent and probable…

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