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

Mining & the mines, 1915

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Latest Telegraphic. Serious Coal Trouble. Coming Federal Session. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 4

Serious trouble is threatened with the coaling of vessels. The coal lumpers desire the employers to parcel out work so as to make the…

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Forbes Mining. Developments at Hayes' Mine

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 3

It what is known as Hayes' Mine, 2 or 3 miles from town, turns out anything like the anticipations of its under and owner, there are going to…

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Gold at Forbes

Forbes Times · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 2

Towards the end of last year there appeared a liklihood of a big mining revival in Forbes, and a fair area of the ground was pegged out in…

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Coal for German Cruisers. Philippines As a Base

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 10

Reports from Manila dispel any remaining doubt that the German men-of-war have used the Philippines as a base of supply, and that American neutrality has been violated…

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Storing- Coal in Water

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 3

The advantages of storing, quantities of coal under water, where deterioration is much less than in the air, are, according to the "Colonial Journal,"…

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Storing Coal in Water

Forbes Times · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 7

The advantages of storing quantities of coal under water, where deterioration is much less than in the air, are, according to the "Colonial Journal,"…

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Mining in the Depths

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2

Ore is being mined at a depth of over 5000 feet in the Catlin shaft, the deepest gold mine of the Witwatersrand, in South Africa. Considering the small…

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For the Mine Sweepebs

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 3

Miss Mary Jay, a well-known Sydney journalist, is making a special appeal for hand-knitted socks on behalf of. the brave- intrepid men who are carrying…

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Storing Coal in Water

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 3

The advantages of storing quantities of coal under water, where deterioration is much less than in the air, are, according to the "Colonial Journal,"…

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Collieries

Western Champion · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 12

The output of Goal during the year 1914 was 10,390,622 tons, valued at £3,737,761, which is a decrease of 23,543 tons and £32,614 in value,…

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Much Glory, Little Gold

Forbes Times · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 7

Soon after victory had declared itself in favour of the British arms at the memorable battle of Blenheim, the Duke of Marlborough, in traversing the ranks,…

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Mining. Annual Report

Western Champion · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 12

The value of the mineral output from New South Wales for 1914 showed a falling-off compared with the previous year of slightly over…

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Much Glory, Little Gold

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 4

Soon after victory had declared itself in favour of the British arms at the memorable battle of Blenheim, the Duke of Marlborough, in traversing the ranks,…

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Science Notes & News. Japanese Mines

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 7

Through the introduction of modern machinery the output of the mines of Japan has greatly increased in recent years. The Nagasaki district, the most…

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Much Glory, Little Gold

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 3

[?] Soon after Victory [?] in favour of the British arms at the memorable battle of Blenheim, the Duke of Marlborough, in traversing the ranks…

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Lodide Silver Mine

Western Champion · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 14

The directors of the Iodide (Mineral Hill) Silver Mining Company announce that they have decided that operations at the company's mine are…

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German Baltic Fleet. Cut Off by German Mines. Russian Victory in Carpathians. Submarines Still Active. Sydney, Wednesday 8.5 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 20

The German battle fleet was cut off from its base in the Baltic by their own mine field, which broke adrift in a storm. The fleet are…

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Science Notes & News Japanese Mines

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 2

Through the introduction of modern machinery the output of the mines of Japan has greatly increased in recent years. The Nagasaki district, the most…

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The War German Submarine Policy Kitchener and the Miners Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 4

Serious differences are alleged to have arisen in the German Government respecting the use of submarines in attacks on merchantmen…

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Sheep with Gold Teeth

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 4

A remarkable case of a sheep whose teeth were covered with a thin coating of gold is reported from Swan Hill. Joseph Obree, butcher,…

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