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

Mining & the mines, 1912

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Rich Gold Nuggets Victorian Discoveries

Western Champion · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 11

An interesting list of the principal gold nuggets discovered in Victoria Was prepared by Mr. E. J. Dunn shortly before his retirement from the…

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Mining at Turon River

Western Champion · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 13

Mining on the old Turon River is slowly awakening from the dormant condition in which, it has existed for a long period, owing to the dry…

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Mining Disaster. the Latest News. Hobart

Western Champion · Thursday 17 October 1912 · page 21

A message from Gormanston states that 41 of the entombed men in the Mt. Lyell mine have been found dead at the 850ft. level. There is very little…

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The Iodide Mine

Forbes Times · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 4

There arrived in Forbes by Wednesday morning's train Mr. C. H. Kerry, chairman of directors, Mr. G. H. Blakemore director, and Mr J. H. Fawcett, consulting…

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"For Turon Gold."

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 3

Nothing fires the imagination of Australians more than the romance of the gold fields, the herioc days of diggers, when the most adventurous spirits of…

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The Forbes Advocate. Friday, October 25, 1912. Mine Managers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 3

We have before us an extract from the "Australian Mining Standard" under the above heading, and with news of the awful Mount Lyell…

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Fire in Lyell Mine

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 4

When the North Lyell mine was unsealed on Friday last the hope was entertained in some directions that the fire had suddenly burnt itself out…

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Rich Gold Nuggets. Victorian Discoveries

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 11

An interesting list of the principal gold nuggets discovered in Victoria was prepared by Mr E. J. Dunn shortly before his retirement from…

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Rich Gold Nuggets Victorian Discoveries

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 6

AN interesting list of the principal gold nuggets discovered in Victoria was prepared by Mr. E. J. Dunn shortly before his retirement from the position of State…

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Barrier Mine Disaster

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 4

Three miners were killed by a fall of earth at the Broken Hill Proprietary mine on Thursday last. The bodies were terribly crushed…

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Shortage of Miners. Cobar and Co-operation

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 9

A peculiar condition of the labor market appears to have developed at Cobar. The secretary of the Amalgamated…

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Yalgogrin. Mining

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 13 November 1912 · page 2

SINCE the 25th of September 1912, the following applications for authority to enter have been received to search for tin, and granted by…

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The Lyell Mine. Incendiarism Suspected. Hobart

Forbes Times · Wednesday 13 November 1912 · page 2

Heavy rain has fallen at Queenstown, and large quantities of water are running into the North Lyell Mine. This is causing a large quantity of vapour to escape…

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World's Output of Gold

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1912 · page 4

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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Rents on Mining [?]Ases

Forbes Times · Wednesday 20 November 1912 · page 2

It is notified in [?]st Wednesday's "Government Gazette" that rents are due and owing upon the undermentioned leases within the…

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Probable Goldfields Strike

Forbes Times · Wednesday 20 November 1912 · page 3

The secretary at Kalgoorlie of the combined unions committee (Mr G. M'Leod) has issued a circular let ter regarding the industrial…

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The South Coast Miners. Decite Not to Strike. Sydney

Forbes Times · Wednesday 27 November 1912 · page 2

At a meeting of miners held at Bellambi to consider the positon created by the dismissal of Russell it was decided not to strike…

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W.A. Goldfields Trouble. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 4

An ominous forecast of industrial trouble has been received by the Labor Council from the West Australian goldfields…

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Victorian Mine Trouble. Melbourne

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 5

Trouble has occurred at the Central Red, White, and Blue mine, Bendigo, owing to the employment of nonunionists and other troubles…

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Hand-bags. Gold and Precious Stones

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 December 1912 · page 10

In the pocketless age the reign of the hand-bag continues (says the "Daily Telegraph"). But the hand-bag of to-day is not extravagant in size;…

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