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

Mining & the mines, 1913

166 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 9

Submarine Mine Mystery

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 9

The Newcastle steamship Elmsgarth, which reached Swansea from the Black Sea, reported that the captain was informed by the British consulate at Constantinople that two submarine mines had been lost in the…

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A New Mining Field

Western Champion · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 33

Ever since the days of Lambing Flat it has been the opinion of prominent mining magnates that the country in the Young district, is rich in…

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Junction Gold Mining Syndicate

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 4

At the first regular meeting of shareholders in the above, held early in the week, it was decided to sink with boxes on the syndicate's claim,…

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Northern Coal Strike. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 4

There are now six collieries idle in the Newcastle district, owing to the strike…

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Cobar, Copper and Gold Field Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 5

The report on the Cobar Copper and Gold Field, Part. L, by E. C. Andrews, B.A., F.G.S., Geological Surveyor, has just been issued under the direc-tion…

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Cobar Copper and Gold Field Report

Forbes Times · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 7

The report on tha Cobar Copper and Gold Field, Part. I., by E. C. Andrews, B.A., F.G.S., Geological Surveyor, has just been issued under the…

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Discoverer of Mt. McDonald Mine Dead

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 2

Another old district identity has passed away in the person of Mr. J. McDonald, whose death occurred recently at the residence of Mr. J…

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Cobar Copper and Gold Field Report

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 3
Also in Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder

The report on the Cobar Copper and Gold Field, Part. I., by E. C. Andrews, B.A., F.G.S., Geological Surveyor, has just been issued under the…

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Discoverer of Mt. M'donald. Mine Dead

Western Champion · Thursday 3 July 1913 · page 23

Another old Sunny Corner identity has passed away in the person of Mr. J. M'Donald, whose death occurred on Friday morning at the residence of…

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Nationalising Mining. London

Forbes Times · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 4

Mr. Stephen Walsh [Labor] has introduced a bill in the House of Commons to nationalise mining for coal and other industries…

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The Coal Gentleman

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 7

"I want somebody to show me where to unload this coal," said the grimy-looking man at the-kitchen door. "You needn't ask me about that,"…

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The Tinny West. Proposed Government Battery for the Lachlan District. Deputation to the Minister for Mines. Mr Edden gives Favorable Reply

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 16 July 1913 · page 2

A LARGE deputation of person interested in tin mining in the districts of Wyalong, Yalgogrin, Conapaira, Mulyan, Corella, Blairgowrie, and…

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The Felixburg Goldfields

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1913 · page 5

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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Keeping up the Gold Reserve

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 23 July 1913 · page 2

IN the last Parliament the Fisher Government got a bill passed enabling the Government to reduce to 25 per cent the amount of gold held…

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Thirty Hours in Mine. a Wife's Suspense

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 July 1913 · page 9

An experience which does not, happily, fall to the lot of every miner was that of William Davies, an aged collier of Coednant, in Wales, whose strange disappearance in the…

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Keep-it-Dark Mine Purchase of Air-compressing Plant

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 23 July 1913 · page 3

THE Manager of the Keep-it-Dark Mine, Mr A. A. Duncan, has just completed negotiations for the purchase of the small…

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A South African Mine

Forbes Times · Friday 25 July 1913 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The daily average number of natives employed on the Premier Diamond during 1912 was 13,303, the total wages of which amounted to £551,321. The…

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Mining News

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 July 1913 · page 4

The little gold mine, at Barker's Corner has been yielding splendid results all the week to its fortunate investors, and fossickers have been…

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