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

Mining & the mines, 1915

141 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 8

A Previous Huge Gold Robbery

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 3

The story of the recent great robbery of bullion in the course of transit to Alexandria recalls a similar crime which took place…

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Mine on a Street. Danger to Public

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 5

At the Council meeting on Tuesday night, Alderman Muller called attention to the state of Underwood-street,…

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Storing Coal in Water

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 3

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

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Current Topics. the Brilliant Mine

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 4

Mr F. H. Brook exhibited some splendid specimens of gold bearing stone in Forbes during the week. The stone was taken from the Brilliant…

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CRICKET. Wyalong Goldfields v Young

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 5

A local team journeyed to Young on Friday afternoon last for the purpose of trying conclusions with an eleven from that town…

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Gold for Iron. Germans Revive Ancient Custom

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 4

Reviving a custom of 100 years ago, the German Americans of San Francisco will give gold for iron, in aid of the German relief work (says the Examiner)…

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A Colliery Mishap. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 4

A fall occurred of a roof in the Sneddon colliery, Wallsend. The water got into the pit, flooding the workings. It will probably be…

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The Mine Sweepers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 4
Also in Forbes Times

Miss Mary Jay has just despatched to the Queen, 100 pairs of knitted socks for the mine sweepers. This is the third hundred pairs that has been forwarded…

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Mining

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 4

Since the war broke out, and other work being slack, some of the old mines have been worked in this vicinity…

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The Mine Sweepers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 May 1915 · page 3

Miss Mary Jay has just despatched to the Queen, 100 pairs of knitted socks for the nine sweepers. This is the third hundred pairs that has been forwarded…

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New Submarine. Type That Lays Mines

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 9

Submarines G1 and G2 have been put through . a series of severe engine teats while moored in Brooklyn Navy Yard (says an American paper). These two undersea boats, together with their…

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Australia's Gold Yield

Western Champion · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 20

The gold yield of the Commonwealth during the first four months of the current year, as far as can be determined from returns published…

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The Mine Sweepers

Forbes Times · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 7
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

Miss Mary Jay has just despatched 100 pairs of socks to the Queen for the brave mine sweepers. This is the 4th bale of 100 socks which has been sent to…

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Forbes Municipal Council. Straying Stock Nuisance. Mine on Underwood Street

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 2

The aldermen of the Forbes Municipal Council met on Tuesday night. Those present were Aldermen Sam (Mayor), Reymond, Bates, Muller,…

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A Lost Mining Camp

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 7

Silver Mountain, once a famous mining camp of Idaho for a few weeks, is now deserted except for one citizen, a forest ranger. The deserted town on…

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The Mine Sweepers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 3

Miss Mary Jay has just despatched 100 pairs of socks to the Queen for the brave mine sweepers. This is the 4th bale of 100 socks which has been sent to…

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Germans in a Trap. Shell 28 Years Old. Officer's Coal Cellar

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 9

What price chicken, pork, greens, pate de foie gras,grapes, and plenty of tinned stuff for dinner, not two miles from the firing line? As our Job's comforter says: "It may be our…

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How to Save Coal

Forbes Times · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 2

How to minimise the consumption of coal is a problem that moat careful housekeepers are striving to solve. "Muriel," in the " Weekly Telegraph,"…

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