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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 2 of 12

Mining at Wyalong

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 7

Our Wyalong correspondent writes:-- Operations are being actively carried on at the various properties. At the Barrier good progress is being made in…

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Mines Inspection Act

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 14

A MIXER named Benson recently fell off a ladder and was killed in the Peak Mine, Cobar. An examination of the shaft showed that the ladders were…

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Mining News. the Proprietary

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 9

THE Board of Directors have authorised the erection of a plant for the liner reduction of the ore before the cyanide treatment. This will, it is hoped…

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Built From Coal

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 6

A palace of coal, after the mediaeval type of architecture, will represent Indiana's mining industry at the St. Louis Exposition. The palace is to be built…

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The Rating of Mines

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 2

How equitably to get local government rates from mines was one of the knottiest questions the Government and the Parliament had to deal with when preparing and…

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The Elingamite's Gold

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

MR. A. M. Gow of Wellington, who made an ineffective attempt last September to recover the billion lost in the wreck of the Elingamite at Three Kings, is having…

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New Gold Rush an Alluvial Find

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

FOR some time punt it has been removed that exceptionally good finds of gold have been made on Coolac Creek on Mr P. J. O'Donnell's…

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Mining

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 2

Wamboyne, 34 miles from Wyalong (N.S.W.) has a bit of a rush. A prospector named Keysor took out 5 tons from a quartz blow, going down 15ft…

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Mining

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2

In our issue of Tuesday last we referred to diluvial gold being discovered on Mr P. J. O'Donnell's Mingay Station, near Coolac, and that…

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Diamond Mining

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 5

Diamond mining at Ki[?]berley is the subject of an illustrated article in the " Engineering Magazine." from which it appears that the ancient, laborious methods of…

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The Madagascar Goldfields

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 3

A Reuter telegram from Paris, dated 21th November, states that the decree making further regulations with regard to the gold mines in…

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Mining. the Victory

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 2

Gus Cast and Party have treated 25 tons of stone at Solly's Works for a gross yield of 16ozs. A parcel of 1½ tons has also been treated at Noyes…

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Mining

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 2

Although mining matters on the field at present are described by many as being very slow and dull, everyone seems to be getting 'their little bit…

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Where Are King Solomon's Mines?

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 6

Who has not heard of the gold of Ophir? According to a writer, in that interesting weekly, "T. A. T"., Dr. Carl Peters has explored the land of King Solomon and…

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Mining. Our Mineral Wealth

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 7

We continually hear glowing reports of the mineral wealth of the Rand and the great dividends paid by the slave worked mines. How many Australians…

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Yalgogrin. (From our Correspondent). Mining Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 2

John Ottnard, white working in his mine at the Scoop Holes, was on Thursday last buried by a fall of earth. He was severely bruised about the back and legs J…

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Mining. the Coolac Find

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 3

A number of applications for authority to enter on private lands were before the Warden at Gundagai last week, but consideration was…

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Mines on Fire

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 8

Great consternation was caused at Broken Hill on Saturday when it became known that a fire had occurred in Block [?] Proprietary mine. It started about…

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Australian Institute of Mining Engineers. Excursion to Broken Hill, Port Pirie, Moonta. Etc

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

The fit st ordinary meeting of the above Institute tor 1906, will commence at Adelaide, on 21st May. Arrangements are being made for…

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Elingamite's Gold

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 4

THE following is taken from the Telegraph of Thursday last, viz.:— "All hope of recovering the £17,300 that sunk with the Huddart Parker…

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