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

Mining & the mines, 1912

161 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 9

An Old Goldfield. to Be Revived. Famous Bonanza Mine

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 3

The purchase of the old historic Lucknow mines, the Aladdin's Lamp and Wentworth Proprietary, and all the freeholds, plants, buildings etc.,…

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Victorian State Mine. Melbourne

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 2

The Victorian State coal mine has been closed down, owing to the abolition of the second shift, and the dismissal of about 350 men…

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The Coal Strike. COAL FALLlNG. London

Forbes Times · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 4

The outlook in the great coal strike is more promising. Coal in London has fallen 3s 6d per ton, The South Wales miners by…

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The Courrieres Mine. Causes of the Disaster

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 4

Writing from Paris on the night on 14th March the correspondent of the London "Dally Telegraph" reports:— Pending the results of the judicial and…

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The Gold Medal. Messrs F. Rath & Co.'s Success

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 5

Messrs F. Rath and Co., the well and widely known coachbuilders, of Forbes, were awarded first and special prizes and gold medal at the…

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The Gold Medal. MESSRS F. RATH & Co's. Success

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 5

Messrs F. Rath, and Co., the well and widely known coachbuilders, of Forbes, were awarded first and special prizes and gold medal at the…

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Bobadah Mine Closed

Western Champion · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 15

The Bobadah Mine has closed down for the want of water, and practically all the men employed in or about the mine have left the town, and it…

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The Gold Medal. MESSRS F. RATH & Co's Success

Western Champion · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 10

M e r F. R[?]th and On, [?] welland widely known conch[?] de[?]s, of Forbes, were [?]ded first [?]peci priz sand gold medal at the Royal…

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Football Chatter. Goldfield v Ariah Park

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 2

THE Goidfield team left West Wyalong on Saturday last per Murray's [?] tor bus and Swartz's motor car for the go ahead town of Ariah…

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The English Coal Strike. Local Subscriptions

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 2

FOLLWING is a list of subscribers to the movement instituted by Mr S. Wilson, of Lake Cowal, for the relief of those affected by the recent…

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Wyalong Mining

Western Champion · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 27

A great many persons outside of Wyalong (says the "Star") think that the local reefs have petered out, and that practically no gold is being won…

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Melrose Mining

Western Champion · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 17

Mr. C. S. McPhillamy's Mineral Hill mine, Melrose, continues to give splendid returns. One hundred tons of ore, the returns from which have just…

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Used the Wrong Coal

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 6

Up Lochfyne some time ago an old fisherman with a sense of humor in better working i order than his conscience, came on a dead fish called a "stenlock," or coalflsh…

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Mining Fatalities. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 4

During the past week six miners lost their lives in the Mount Elliott district, Queensland…

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In Quest of Gold. the Murchison Field. a Story of Discovery

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 6

There lives at Mt. Lonarch, some 10 miles out of Avoca, an esteemed settler named Mr A. W. Johnson. He had business in Maryborough during last week…

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State Coal Mine. Melbourne

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 5

Work has been resumed at the State coal mine in Victoria…

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Coal Vend Appeal. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 5

The appeal in the coal vend prosecutions will be taken on July 29…

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New Gold Discovery

Western Champion · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 16

A very promising reef has been unearthed on the Back Trundle road about 20 miles from Parkes by Young and party, who have been prospecting…

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Phenomenal Gold Yield. a Melbourne Sensation. Melbourne

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 4

The phenomenal return of 343 ozs. of gold from 11 quarter fathoms of wash dirt, puddled at the Central Cathcart mine, Victoria, provided a…

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New Gold Discovery

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 6

A very promising reef has been unearthed on the Back Trundle road, about 20 miles from Parkes, by Young and party, who have been prospecting…

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