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

Mining & the mines, 1916

146 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 8

The War Asquith Still in Ireland. Austrian Ar Raid. German Mine Layer Blown Up. British Success at Vimy. Sydney, Thursday 8.55 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 19

Mr. Asquith continues his conference with prominent citizens in various spheres of Irish life, but has not explained the object of his investigations…

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Gold You Can See Through

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 7

Gold ia an extremely interesting substance in many ways. It can be beaten so thin that a quarter of a million leaves of it piled…

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Reported Gold Find

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 2

A district resident informs us that four applications for authority to enter private property have been made to the Warden in connection…

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Prospecting for Alluvial Gold (To the Editor "Advocate.")

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 3

Sir,—I think it would be wise for the Mines Department to forward a boring machine to Wyalong for the purpose of prospecting for alluvial…

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Maritime Precautions Big Haul of German Mines Martial Law to Continue Monday, 10 a.m

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 2

Owing to leakage of secret instructions given to ships, the Admiralty is forbidding aliens, whether naturalised or not, to have…

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The War No Aliens Wanted. Swedish Mine Harvest. Desperate Fighting at Verdun. the Italians Fall Back. Unrest in Ireland. Sydney, Monday 8.7 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 1 June 1916 · page 8

Owing to a leakage of the secret instructions given to ships, the Admiralty are forbidding aliens, whether naturalised or not, having command of…

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Paling's Gold Medal

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 2

In order that intending competitors may have reasonable notice and time to practice, we wish to say that W. H. Paling & Co., Ltd., piano and…

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Mines in Artois. Failure of Enemy Attacks on the French

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 June 1916 · page 9

Mr. H. Warner Allen, special correspondent of the British Press with the French armies, says the principal objectives of the German offensive in Artois during the last week in…

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The Old Burdett Mine

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 2

Some time ago it was reported that the abandoned Burdett mine, near Canowindra, was to he re-opened, unwatered and worked again. News…

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Mining

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 6

"The Stadium Gold Mine," recently held by Mr D. Gray, has been retaken by Messrs R. Gray and C. H. Dean. Prospects recently secured…

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Carrying Gold at Sea

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 June 1916 · page 7

The specie locker of an ocean steamer is a carefully constructed vault, and is located in the stern, immediately over the crew. It has…

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Horses Shod with Gold

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 24 June 1916 · page 2

Horses were not shod either by the Greeks or Romans. The ancients were content with wrapping fibre cloth round the feet of their horses…

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Gold From Rubbish. a Curious Result of the War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1916 · page 5

One of the most curious results of the war has been the increase in the value of waste, some of which is now worth nearly as much as the new…

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Marriage Customs on the Gold Coast

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 8 July 1916 · page 7

The natives of Western Africa, and especially those on the coast, retain many quaint customs. When a girl has reached her eleventh or…

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The War Activity in Baltic. Britain's Gold Supply. the Russian Advance. Fighting at Longueval. South African Operations. Sydney, Thursday 8.42 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 20 July 1916 · page 21

Copenhagen steamers report increasing naval activity in the Baltic, in the direction of Riga and Alland Islands. Both Russian and German…

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Wellwood Gold Find

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 4

Thus "Mainshaft," in a recent issue of the "Bulletin":—"The discovery of the Lucknow brown reef at Orange has made some local people…

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The Maitland Coal Strike. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 4

An aggregate meeting of the Colliery Mechanics Association was held yesterday evening to consider the position in regard to the coal strike at Maitland…

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Old Gold and Silverwar Fund. Fight! Work! Give!

Forbes Times · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 4

Can we do enough for those men who are doing all they can for us?—they are giving their lives for the country. The very least we can do is…

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"Old Gold and Silver War Fund." Fight I Work II Give III

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 6

Can we do enough for those men who are doing all they can for us?— they are giving their lives for the country. The very least that we can…

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Coal Mining Dispute. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1916 · page 2

The coal mining dispute was debated at a compulsory conferense before Mr Justice Higgins yesterday but no finality was reched…

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