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

Mining & the mines, 1911

78 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 4

An Ancient Mine

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 4

The Kopparberg Mining Company of Sweden, was founded in 1225 A.D. According to the old account books and other interesting…

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The Nevada Thrill Miners' Experiences. Entombed for Weeks

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 3

After the awful experience of forty-six days' entombment 1,000 ft. beneath the surface, three miners named Bailey, Brown and MacDonald, have…

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"Speed and Gold." the Motto of To-day

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 4

According to Mr A. V. Tempest, who writes in the "Nineteenth Century" on the decay of manners, we become less courtly, less polite, and less obliging…

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A Coal and Coke Investment

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 8

Squatters, farmers, dairymen, and country residents generally, desir[?]s of varying their investments, realising there is greator safety in disposing their…

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A Coal and Coke Investment

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 5

Squatters, farmers, dairymen and country residents generally, desir[?]s of varying their investments, realising there is greater safety in disposing their…

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Mining Letter

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 2

MINING matters are naturally dull after Xmas. for a while at least. It takes the owners, managers, (in fact from the head "sherack" down…

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A Coal and Coke Investment

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 6

Squatters, farmers, dairymen, and country residents generally, desirous of varying their investments, realising there is greater safety in disposing their…

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Bagful of Gold. for the Asking. Judge's Perplexity

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 3

Puzzled, after spending several hours on a case, his Honor Judge Willis, at the Southwark County Court on Tuesday, said it was very suspicious, and…

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First Gold Discovery

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 8

Mr L. A. Tom, of Corambo, writes : "I have seen occasionally in different papers misleading reports regarding the above discovery--the last being in…

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The Mines Department

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 11

It is about time those responsible in the Mines Department for lodging objections to land applications took a Common-sense view of things. That…

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A Coal Miner's Lungs

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 3

In the museum connected withthe Edinburgh University is an,exhibit that is a striking object lesson of the value of fresh air. A professor has secured the lungs of…

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Melting Point of Gold

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 4

It is so easy to obtain gold in a very pure state that its melting point is a fact of much practical Importance, because it serves as a basis…

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Notice to Applicants for Leases for Mining, etc

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 6

Rents are due and owing upon the undermentioned gold-mining leases in the B[?]hurst Mining District, and if the same be not paid within thirty…

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The Twilight Mine

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 4

[?]S for me I was just one of the thou­sands that came West to grow…

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Colliery Warnings

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 4

It is an interesting fact that a fall of the barometer exactly preceded the ex­plosion in the Welsh colliery, which, so far as can be gathered, was due to gas…

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Gold Dust

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 4

A wrong is always worth forgetting.A white lie may be as hard to wipe out as a black one.People who scatter sunshine cannot live…

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Bagful of Gold. for the Asking. Judge's Perplexity

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 3

Puzzled, after spending several hours on a case, his Honor Judge Willis, at the Southwark County Court on Tuesday, said it was very suspicious, and…

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The King of Spain and the Gold Watch

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 3

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

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Cricket. Goldfields v Country Team

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 2

THE long looked for cricket match between a team selected from the Association, and a combined country team selected by Mr Donald…

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The King of Spain and the Gold Watch

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 7

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

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