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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 7 of 9

A South African Mine

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 26 July 1913 · page 2

The daily average number of natives employed on the Premier Diamond during 1912 was 13,363, the total wages of which amounted to £551,321. The…

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Miners in Danger. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1913 · page 2

For over three hours the workers in an opal mine at White Cliffs were in imminent peril of being buried. alive by a slip of mullock. They…

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A South African Mine

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 July 1913 · page 4

The daily average number of natives employed on the Premier Diamond during 1912 was 13,363, the total wages of which amounted to £551,321. The…

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Brown's Creek Mine

Western Champion · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 13

The old Brown's Creek mine, near Carcoar, is proving a paying proposition under its new title, "The Golden Springs Mine." Mr. J. W. Roberts,…

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Coal Vend Case

Western Champion · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 11

The appeal of the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth against the judgment of the High Court of Australia in favor of the Adelaide…

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The Colliery Trouble. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 August 1913 · page 5

Mr M'Gowen, as Minister for Labor, has decided to intervene in respect to the colliery trouble in the northern districts…

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Mining at Forbes

Forbes Times · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

The Junction gold-mining syndicate, which has beep sinking a new shaft on a lease of 50 acres at the junction of the Caledonian and…

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Our New Serial. The Double Chance, An Exciting Colliery Story, in which love and adventure are blended with mystery. the Difference Between Gambling and Taking Chances

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 2

A great many, people are inclined to say of many sorts of business, such as the handling of stocks or tho cornering of a valuable tract of real…

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General News. Fire at a Mine

Western Champion · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 11

The engine-house at the Princess Dagmar mine, California Gully, was destroyed by fire on Saturday. The delivery pipe of the air compressor,…

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Gold Pen-point Making

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 7

Metallic iridium, used so extensively for the points of gold pens, is made from the powder, obtained in the wet way from platinum ores, by heating to…

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Goldfields to Dock. Grim Drama of Village. a Grief-stricken Party

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 September 1913 · page 9

Once more, and probably for the last time, the crowded incidents of that tragedy-besmirched afternoon in Bedlington, when precincts of the prim-looking little, hostelry, the Sun Inn. there wan enacted a drama…

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MINING. (Before the Warden)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 8

Alfred H. Capel applied for authority to enter portion 2. parish Plevna, county Cunningham, to search for copper. Application granted for…

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Trunkey's Gold Find. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

It is stated that while the new gold find at Trunkey is valuable there is no justification for a rush…

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Not for Gertie Millar. Strange Transaction Over Two Gold Bags

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 7

Described as a dealer in antiques, William Templeton, 39, of Edgware-road, London, was committed. for trial at Marlborough-street Court on charges of obtaining two gold bags worth £53 7s 8d from Morris Segal, of…

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Rand's Romance. How the Reef Came. Inland Sea Which Cradled Gold

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 7

"Sir Lionel Phillips is one of the shrewdest and most successful among the giants of the South African gold-mining industry; but he has not parted with his imagination, and in a…

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Gold Medal Vehicle

Forbes Times · Friday 12 September 1913 · page 4

Mr. W. F. Gaggin has recently disposed of the fine buggy for which he was awarded the gold medal by the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales…

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The Forbes Advocate, Tuesday, September 30, 1913. Through the Drift. Work at Junction Mine

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 2

"When we bore through this drift we will meet good, firm clay, and after that we hope for gold in large quantities." wish expressed by…

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Gold in a Garden

Western Champion · Thursday 2 October 1913 · page 26

While ploughing in the garden of a farm near Euroa, which his mother had bought for him from the executors of an old bachelor who was…

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The Gold Fever

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 6
Also in Forbes Times

Few who have heard or read of the time when tho gold fever raged in Victoria, and infected the rest of the world, realise the amount of wealth it has been…

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