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

Mining & the mines, 1907

243 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 13

Mining News. Myalls-peaxk Hill. G.M.

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 12

FOR the four weeks ending January 26th the profit at Peak Hill was £613, and the loss at Myalls £60. For the four weeks ending February 23rd 3600…

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Looted Gold Mines. a Series of Robberies

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 3

A series of amazing robberies are reported from Nevada, where a hundred miners in the goldfields have been looking several mines and stealing large…

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Mining Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 10

AT the Nymagee Copper Mine on the 3rd inst., two men named Williams and Croxford met with a serious accident. It appears these men with two…

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Mining. PARKES

Western Champion · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 18

A further consignment of stone has arrived from Condobolin for treatment at the Bushman's battery. A winze is being sunk at the 400ft…

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English Goldfield. "Reef 31 Miles Long."

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 4

For some time past rumors have afloat as to the discovery of a goldfield in England within 200 miles of London. It has been stilted in whispers that the…

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Mining with the Chinese. By a White Man Who Did It

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 10

I was in Johannesburg, penniless. Therefore I cast about for the quickest possible way of making enough money to enable me to shake the dust of the " Golden City"…

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English Goldfield. "Reef 31 Miles Long."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 6

For some time past rumors have been afloat as to the discovery of a goldfield in England within 200 miles of London. It has been stated in whispers that the…

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The London Mine

Western Champion · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 12

The main roadway in the open cut at the London mine is now down 86 feet vertical from the surface, from which a main level is being driven in…

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Mining News. Myalls-peak Hill G.M.

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 10

THE winze in the bottom level at Myalls still continues to give encouraging prospects. A crack in the country was recently encountered in the 100ft…

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A Woman's Confession. L.c.c. Gold Stolen. £700 Found in Coal-box

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 5

During Sunday night (6th January) a hole was knocked in the 18in. brick wall of a "strong room" built in the basement of the London County Council tramway…

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A Promising Mine

Western Champion · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 12

The Mount Morgan (W.A.) "Mercury" says:—The greater part of the machinery for the 5-head mill for the "Just in Time" show is already on the…

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Mining

Western Champion · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 22

The winze in the bottom level at Myalls still continues to give encouraging prospects. A crack in the country was recently encountered in the 100ft…

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Mining News

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 5

THE main roadway in the open cut at the London mine, Parkes, is now down 85 feet vertical from the surface, from which a main level te being driven…

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Mining News Orange Plains

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 15

THE Mount Royal copper mine owned by H. Fishpool and Sons has been disposed of at a satisfactory figure to a Sydney company. Mr. Fishpool is at…

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Cobar Miners

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 7

A DEPUTATION of strikers from the Occidental gold mine, Cobar, interviewed the directors on Saturday, and asked for an increase of wages. Mr…

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Early Gold Discoveries

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 18

IN 1846 John Gal vert, a Cornishman, approached the New South Wales Government with overtures to systematically exploit the gold areas he had…

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N.S.W Gold Yield

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 5

The usual return made by the Under-secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of March is 36,973…

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Mining News. Mvalls-Peak Hill G.M.

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 6

THE Myalls and Peak Hill Gold Mines, during the four weeks ended March 23, treated 3310 tons from the Peek Hill section for 274oz gold, and…

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The King of Spain and the Gold Watch

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 8

Mr. Paulding, of New York, as the representative of the great jewellery firm of Tiffany, travelled several times around the world, his sole business being to visit the…

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Mining

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 2

The reduction works keep fully supplied, and for the quarter ended March 31 the output of gold compared favorably with that for the same period…

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