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

Mining & the mines, 1921

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To-day's Wires Mining Disaster Nine Lives Lost. Explosion Near Orange Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 4

What appears to have been a premature explosion of a charge occurred at Hoskins iron mine at Cadia, near Orange, yesterday…

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Disputes at Maitland Collieries Officers Resign in Protest Filling the Vacancies

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 4

A number of officers and Committee of the men in the collieries at Maitland have resigned in a body as a protest against the constant…

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Koorawatha Races. Successful Meeting. Gold Snow Wins Handicap

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Koorawatha Race Club took place on Wednesday in glorious weather. A large crowd were present, amongst whom…

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Condobolin Items of News. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Mining. Fatality

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 3

Quite a gloom was cast over the town on Thursday last, when news of fatal accident occuring at the Tallabong tin mines was phoned in First…

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Latest Cables. America's Attitude. Grave Mining Trouble. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 2

Reuter's Vancouver correspondent reports that Mr. Hughes, Secretary for State, announces that the State Department has sent to Berlin a…

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To-day's Wires Sydney, Tuesday. British Coal Strike Pumping Resumed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 4

Pumpmen have resumed work and are emptying the British coal mines…

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Cadia Mining Disaster

Western Champion · Thursday 21 April 1921 · page 21

Offers of assistance and support for those who suffered through the Cadia mining disaster are coming to hand rapidly. Already there is about £350…

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Electric Lamps in Mines

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 4

There is stated to be a growing use Tor portable incandescent electric lamps in [?] and other places where explosive gases are known to be present, because…

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Hidden Gold

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 6

It is exactly four centuries since Cortez and his handful of Spaniards destroyed the Aztee civilisation in their mad lust for gold. To-day a…

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English Coal Strike

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 1

The fifth week of the coal strike has arrived, and a settlement still seems to be far off, though influences are at work to bring the miners and…

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Coal Doomed by the Coming Age of Oil

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 7

Not: only coming, but already here. We have just entered the epoch of liquid fuel, says R. P. Hearne, writing in "The Sphere" (London). Mr. Hearne…

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Mount Hope Copper Mine

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 4

Mr. D. J. Moloney, of Forbes, who [?]aid a professional visit to Mount Hope last week, infer[?] us that the country between Forbes and…

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Mining Revival

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 2

During the past few days several applications for mining leases near Calarie have been lodged at the C.P.S office, at Forbes. Leases have been…

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Power and Uses of Coal

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 4

The energy contained In coal is enormous. A pound of coal-that is to say, a piece about as big as a man's fist-in combining with oxygen…

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Mining Revival Meeting Falls Through

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 4

On Friday evening last a meeting of those interested in mining was to have been held in the Mayor's room at the town hall. It was mentioned in the…

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A Racing Sensation. "Gold Snow" Taken from His Box But Returns Again

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 1

There was considerable excitement in local racing circles on Tuesday when it became known that the wellknown performer, "Gold Snow," had…

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The Yellow Metal Gold Mining Revival

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 3

Arrived back in Forbes on Saturday last, Mr. C. W. Boddy, better known as Captain Boddy, a title he earned after a lengthy and…

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Nine Collieries Idle Owners' Allegations

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 4

Nine Northern colleries are idle owing to trivial matters. The owners, assert that the miners have embarked on a deliberate…

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Latest Telegraphic. Trouble at the Mines. Payment for Wheat. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 2

Mr A. B. Piddington, Chairman of the Basic Wage Commission, in a lecture at Tamworth, said Australia should work for disarmament and…

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Claim for Rent of Boiler and Damages. Mt. Dudley Mining Co. Defendants. Plaintiff Non-Suited

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 1 June 1921 · page 3

The concluding case are the District Court was entered upon by His Honor, Judge Bevan, at 11 p.m. on Saturday and was concluded just as…

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