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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 4 of 4

World's Output of Gold

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1911 · page 7

The remarkable increase in the world's gold production in the last ten years, has given ground for much speculation of what will be the result if the same ratio of…

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Gold at Ophir

Western Champion · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 17

It was the Ophir gold field which worked a magic change in the destinies of Australia, and now, after a lapse, of sixty years it would seem as…

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Br0ula King Mine

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 4

It is currently reported that the sampling and tests conducted by Mr. Carey at the Broula King Mine have proved most satisfactory, and that as a result a change…

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Cricket Miners V. Half-holiday

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 2

THE above teams' met on Wednesday afternoon. The Miners won the toss and decided to bat. All this was fixed up out on the mat;…

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Electioneering Gold

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 6

In America everything can be done by means of money. In England nothing can be done without money. The two things are quite different. The first denotes a state of…

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Mining

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 2

THE Long Tunnel mine, Gundagai continues rich with depth. Last week rich ore was discovered in the vicinity. One dish of specimens…

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THE Western Champion and Parkes and Forbes Representative Friday, October 27, 1911 Parkes Mining

Western Champion · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 12

Woodwarde Koh-i-noor battery is at present engaged on a very nice lot of stone, 150 loads, for Messrs Spicer and Glasheen, from Possum Gully, and…

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To Preserve Coal

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 4

Coal left out of doors, exposed to the weather for, say, a month, loses one-third of its heating quality. If a ton of coal is placed on the ground…

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The Lens Miners. a Minister's Knowledge

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 3

The correspondent of the London "Express" wrote on 19th March:— The revolutionary miners of Lens—for the Lens miner calls "Socialist"…

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A Goldfields Sketch. Ropeyarn's Dilemma

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 5

"Good-bye, John. Don't be long. Come back soon to your own chick a biddy, For the winds do blow, Yo-ho, Yo-ho, To take away my sailor…

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A Goldfields Sketch. Ropeyarn's Dilemma

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 10 November 1911 · page 3

"Good-bye, John. Don't be long. Come back soon to your own chick a biddy, For the winds do blow, Yo-ho, Yo-ho, To take away my sailor…

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The Preservation of Coal

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

Experiments have been made in Germany with a view to ascertain the best means of preserving coar from deterioration after it has been…

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The King's Gold Claim. Can Now Be Jumped

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 6

Had King Edward but fulfilled the regulations in force in the Yukon territory, he might now be the owner of considerable quantity of virgin gold…

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The First Canadian Minister of Mines

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 6

The Hon. William Templeman, who is to be the first Canadian Minister of Mines, was born in Ontario of Scottish parents sixty years ago, and entered the…

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Mining Mems

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 4

Messrs Boyle and Rymer, whose crushings have been invariably rich, are putting through a parcel of ore at the Calare mill, and it is expected…

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Wonders of Coal

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 4

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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The Felixburg Goldfields

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 8

The British South Africa Company's mining commissioner at Victoria, Rhodesia, reports that he has just completed the inspection of the Felixburg…

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Mining Notices

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 2

IT is proposed to cancel the undermentioned Gold-mining Leases, and notice of cancellation thereof will be published in the Government…

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