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

Mining & the mines, 1918

94 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 5

Late Telegraphic. Dissert Gold Soratohed. Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 2

Desert Gold has been scratched for the Newmarket aud Australian Cup…

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Local Mining. Strong Company Being Formed. a Lighting Offer to the Council

Forbes Times · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 2

The Reliance Gold Mining Syndicate, which has been in existence some 18 months, has been prospecting on a lease at Gassett's Lead,…

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Queen Mary's Needlework Guild. Letter From a Mine Sweeper

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 February 1918 · page 3

Mr. G. W. Halliky, a seaman on one of the mine -sweepers, writes acknowledging the receipt of a pair of socks received through Miss Mary Jay's Sock Fund for…

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General News, Miners' Boycott

Western Champion · Thursday 28 February 1918 · page 11

Some time ago the committee of the Wollongong Agricultural Society carried a motion co-operating with the Cootamundra Society in opposing the…

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German Mines. Off New Zealand Coast. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 4

The mines found or the New Zealand coast appear to be of the same pattern as those discovered off Gabo and are the most powerful, so far as…

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Mining Tenement Forfeited

Forbes Times · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 2

At the local Warden's Court yesterday, before Mr. Holcombe, Mr. D. J. Moloney, on behalf of Mrs. Sarah Field, applied to have mining…

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Romance of Gold

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 6 March 1918 · page 4

For thirty years the memory of a piece of gold-studded ore haunted Richard Greaves, a famous West Australian prospector, who has died…

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Enemy Mines

Western Champion · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 11

The Naval Adviser to the New Zealand Government states that the mines discovered In New Zealand waters are of a known and distinctly…

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Northern Mines

Western Champion · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 4

The official announcement that the State Government has released from its control all the collieries with the exception of Messrs. J. and A. Brown's…

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Nugget of Gold

Western Champion · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 11

Mr. R. H. Cambage. Under Secretary for Mines, has furnished the following statement regarding the discovery of a valuable nugget of gold…

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Mine Host "John Bridge." Annual Easter Invitation

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 2

In good time for those of our readers who are going to Sydney for the Easter, Carnival, John Bridge & Co. Ltd., announce herewith that they…

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Mine Host, 'JohnBridge' Annual Easter Inuitation

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 5

In good lime for those of our readers who are going to Sydney for the Easter Carnival, John Bridge & Co., Ltd., announce…

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Stranger than Fiction. an Echo of the Eugowra Gold Escort Robbery. Weird Whispers From Wheogo. Mysterious Men in the Mountain

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 2

Is it only fancy that in the uncertain light shed by misty moonbeams adown the slope of Wheogo mountain are seen fleeting shadows that seem to be…

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Aggrieved Wheelers. Another Miners' Strike. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1918 · page 3

Minors employed at the coledale colliery, numbering 250, ceased work on account of a wheelers' grievance…

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The Romance of the Rand Mines

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 7

barren land, lacking in all the Up to 1884 there was scarcely a suspicion of gold in the Transvaal, and the country was regarded as a…

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German "Gold Fish." Strong Words from Brisbane. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 5

At a loyalty demonstration of the Protestant League, Brisbane, the Reverend Plane described Mr Ryan. Die State Premier, as a champion…

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Abandoned Mining Fields. Our State Representative asks Questions

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 3

In the State Parliament recently Mr. C. H. Bushell M.L.A. said: I wish to know from the Minister for Mines whether there are large areas…

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Far Better Than Coal

Forbes Times · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 5

An American mining engineer has come to England with an invention for using nitrogen as an energy-producer in place of coal, at a fraction of the…

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Tallabung Tin Mines

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 March 1918 · page 7

Our editor, in company with Messrs. Leifermann, Lovedee and Selk, journeyed out to Mt. Tallabung on Sunday, per Ray Leese's motor…

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A New and Deadly Mine. More Mine-Sweeping Risks

Forbes Times · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 7

The mine as an instrument of de struction has been used by the Germans in a manner consistent with her disregard of laws and international regula…

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