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

Mining & the mines, 1908

104 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 6

Mining. Homeward Bound

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 4

Report for week ending [?] June, 1908:—400ft level.—Extended north [?] total distance, 95[?] reef averages 5in sulph[?]…

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Mining Notes Erins Isle

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 4

A local syndicate has been formed to work the E[?] Isle lease which has been idel for a considerable time Old hands speak well as to the…

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A "Safe" Mine. Explosion Therein. Ten Men Killed

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 7
Also in The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette

The special correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from Midsomer Norton, on 10th May. By an explosion which occurred last…

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Gold Cargoes. Six Millions Shipped in Three Months

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 3

The Union- Castlo liner Carisbrook Castle (writes the "Daily Mail" of 13th April), left Capetown last week with L1,040.082 in bar gold on board for…

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Mrs Langtry's Luck. the Romance of Silver-mining

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 8

The romantic discovery of a silver-mine, while sinking a well for irrigation purposes, on land belonging to "Mrs Langtry" (Lady de Bathe) in Nevada,…

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Reedy Creek Copper Mine

Western Champion · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 13

This mine is close by the v[?] of Murga, 9 miles from Bumbury Railway Station 230 acres of secured land, on portion of which is the Copper Mine…

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Peak Hill Mining. Myalls-peak Hill G.M.

Western Champion · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 16

During the four weeks ending May 16, the profit at Peak Hill was L402 The loss at Myalls was L116, and the expenditure on Thomas' Shaft at…

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Mining Golden Fleece

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 2

Report for week ending 27th inst.:— Eastern Reef, 650ft—Level extended couth 15[?]; total distance,…

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The Wyalong Advocate. Saturday, July 11. The Mines Department

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 4

SOME day, and perhaps before very long, the Minister in charge of the Mines Department will be called upon to reader an account…

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Mining Cobar

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 15 July 1908 · page 2

The Occidental Gold-Mining Co. has declared a dividend of threepence per share payable on June 29th. At Nymagee on the 19th instant an…

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The Hero of the Mine. Coroner's Warm Tribute

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 3

Professor Redmayne on Saturday, 2[?]April, concluded the Home Office inquiry into the causes of the recent colliery disaster at Hamstead, near…

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Sea Coal

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 3

The word coal was, we are told, in use long before, as well as long after, the commencement of the coal trade, with a meaning quite different from that which…

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Killed in a Mine

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 2

K[?]ie, Friday. Thomas Stevens and Thomas Butler were engaged in firing 16 [?] in the Associated mine this morning. The holes were charged,…

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Forbes Mining. Probable Revival

Western Champion · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 14

Says Wednesday's "Times":—The signs are not wanting that in the near future there will be another revival of the mining industry at this centre…

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Miners' Eight-hour Bill

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 6

All the Mines Regulation Acts which have been passed [?]n Great Britain hitherto have been designed for the promotion of safety, but the Eight-hour…

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Mountains of Gold

Western Champion · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 22

According to old legends, exists in the fabled land of El Dorado; but all the gold in this marvellous land would not compensate you for the loss of…

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Harden Gold Mines

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 4

At the Harden Central, the shaft has reached 297ft; at this point the reef is 2ft 6in wide, and very solid. It shows free gold in…

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Mining the Junction

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 4

Developments in the deep ground at the Junction are of a highly satisfactory charnctert Ore of a splendid quality is now being worked at various…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 4

At the Golden Horseshoe, W. A. two men; Jonh McRae (37) and Edward Snell (42) were found dea[?] The men were unloading trucks by…

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