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

Mining & the mines, 1918

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Unskilled Labor in Mines Amendment of Act Sought. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 4

The State Industrial Act will not be recognised by the northern miners until the Coal Mines Regulation Act is amended. The miners…

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Poetry the Mine-sweepers

Forbes Times · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 2

Out on the deep, The rolling deep, A mine-sweeper lurches and cleaves; Her bow abreast…

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End of a Famous Mine

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 1

The Great Fingall gold mine at Day Dawn (W.A.) is being closed down, and another tragedy in the mining history of the West, is now practically an…

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Gold Mine at cowra

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 4

News has reached West Wyalong that Charles Nicholson and party, have opened up a very, rich find about six miles from Cowra, on…

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A Floating Mine. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 5

It was reported recently that the lookout on a vessel which arrived in Sydney from an Eastern port sighted an object resembling a mine…

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Late Wires. Mines in the Pacific. Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 4

It is reported that recently the lookout on a vessel which arrived at Sydney from an eastern port, sighted an object…

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New Coal Find

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 2

Au outcrop of antracite coal has been discovered at Cloncurry, Mt. Cuthbert line, Queensland…

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The Forbes Times. Friday, May 10th, 1918. Local and General Rich Gold Find

Forbes Times · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 4

An advice from Cowra, dated Monday, says:—Charles Nicholson and his son have opened up two reefs soft apart both carrying, gold. One is…

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Coal at Urana

Western Champion · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 19

In connection with the Coorabin coal mine near Urana, the supervising officer of works has received the sanction of the railway authorities for the…

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The White Crystal Mine

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 2

Share-holders in the White Crystal tin mine at Ardlethan are excited over the discovery of a new and mammoth formation of ore in…

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Gold at Gundagai. Rich Find Reported

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 May 1918 · page 2

At the Long Tunnel Mine on Saturday morning, phenomenally rich ore is reported to have been struck at the 325 feet level. This…

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Manganese Mine

Western Champion · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 11

When Father J. Milne Curran, the well-known geological erpert, visited Mr. A. Egan's manganese mine, on the Eugowra road he reported that he…

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Mining-at Fifield

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 May 1918 · page 3

The platinum rush at Fifield remains at much the same stage. The price being paid at present is £18 per ounce—£11/10/- down; and…

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Gold Find at Cowra

Western Champion · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 17

What is claimed to be a valuable? gold find has been discovered on Mr. J. Bryant's and Mr. Shelley's properties, on the Morongla road, six miles…

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The Periscope Mine

Forbes Times · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 7

The Huns, I am told (says a writer in the "Evening Standard"), are again making extensive use of the so-called "periscope mine,' an ingenious device…

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An Arctic Coal Mine

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

According to "La Nature," the most northerly coal mine in the world is that of the Arctic Coal Company (an American concern) at…

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Lucky Miners

Forbes Times · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 2
Also in The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette

The Minister for Mines at Perth has been informed that three miners obtained gold valued at £2600 from 84 1bs. of stone at Mount Magnet…

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Department of Mines, Sydney, May 28, 1918

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 2

Sir,—In reply to your representations relative to a suggestion by the Burrangong Electorate Labor Council, that this Department might wholly or…

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The Cowra Gold Find

Forbes Times · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 8

The gold find, six miles from Cowra, near the Morongla road, reported in the Guardian last month, has not fizzled out—not by any means. In fact…

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