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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 8 of 13

Mining

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 4

Operations are being actively carried on at the various lines of re[?]f, and the reduction works are keeping well supplied with material. Of late…

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Wonders of Coal

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 August 1907 · page 3

The formation of coal, according to Dr. Homer Greene's cosmical theory, was due to the solar orb bringing forth millions of years ago, when it was larger and hotter…

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Paton's Mine

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 5

A meeting of the syndicate which recently purchased Paton's Mine at Tomingley was held last week to discuss future operations. It was…

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New Gold Find

Western Champion · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 14

During the week some excitement has been caused by the reported discovery of gold by Sharpe and party which (if the specimens shown are any…

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Alectown. Rich Gold Discovery

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 9

A HICH find of gold was made about six miles from Alectown on Friday last, the lucky prospectors being Sharpe and party, who had been fossicking…

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Mining News. Myalls Peak Hill G.m., Ltd

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 5

DURING the four weeks ending July 13, the profit at Peak Hill was £196 and the loss at Myalls £34. Daring the four weeks ending August 10…

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The New Mining Act. How it Affects the Miner

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 8

THE Joining Act, 1906, and the regulations made thereunder consolidated thirteen Acts and 28 sets of regulations into one, and introduced a…

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The New Mining Act. How It Effects the Miner

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 4

The Mining Act, [?] regulations made thereunder consolidate thirteen Acts and 28. sets of regulations into one, and introduced a number of amendments…

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New Gold Find

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 4

During the week some excitement has been caused by the reported discovery of gold by Sharpe and party which (if the specimens shown are any…

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A Good Mine

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 10

MESSRS. CROWHURST AND SONS, of Tomingley, have recently cleaned up for a very satisfactory crushing, and are still on good payable stone. Since…

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Mining News. Orange Plains Field

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 2

THE Ace mine has struck a big lode formation 152ft vertical, a cross has been out in for 60ft, showing bands of good milling ore, with splashes of rich…

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Farmers, Miners, Workers and the Tariff

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 1

While Mr. Carruthers is reducing the railway fares and freight charges by which the farmers derive a great advantage, the Federal Government which is maintained in…

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Mining. True Blue and Brilliant

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 11 September 1907 · page 2

On Saturday we made a visit to the Brilliant and True Blue, as I feel that a great number of our readers will be deeply interested in reading…

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A Golden Outcrop. the Alectown Rush. Sleepy Hollow Aroused. Holding on to the Gold

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 6

"ON and off for 40 years I have been prospecting for gold reefs, and I think I have got it rich this time." The remark was made by Mr. A…

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Newhaven Gold Mining Company, Parkas

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 4

THIS is a continuation of the [?]brated London Mine, (rom which property it is situated in a northerly direction. The following prospecting…

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Report [?]1 the Homeward Bound Mine For week ending 7th September, 07

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 4

MAIN shaft sunk 6ft; total depth from surface, 364ft. Reef averages 7in. mineralised ore of greatly improved quality, North stopes 300ft…

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A Would Be Gold Rush

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 4

The gold fever has caught on at Fifield, and parties in search of lodes containing that valuable metals can be seen daily scratching the ground…

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Miners Threatened

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 16

WE have it on good authority that, on the evening of polling day, a person was collecting the names of miners, who were supporters of Mr. Eden…

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The Deepest Mine

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 14

AUSTRALIA now possesses the deepest goldmine in the world, the shaft of the New Chum Railway at Bendigo, Victoria, having been sunk to a depth…

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Alectown Gold

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT, well-known in the district, writes to say that he "nearly" discovered, some thirty years ago, the gold at Alectown of which there has…

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