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

Mining & the mines, 1921

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

Mining Stir at Grenfell

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 19 November 1921 · page 2

A[?]other stir in gold mining has been caused lately by the reports of Washings from the Star Gully, where the party—Messrs. F. Fitch and L…

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Gold Find at Grenfell Seeking Old Reef

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 25 November 1921 · page 8

Another stir in gold mining has been raused lately by the reports of washings from the Star F. Fitch and L. MeCabe) are…

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Broken Hill Mine. To be Re-Started. SYDNEY

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 25 November 1921 · page 6

One of the Broken Hill mines, the British, is to re re-started under Judge Edmund's Award, to test whether it can be made pay…

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Mount Mulligan. Miners Want New Award. SYDNEY

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 29 November 1921 · page 4

The miners at Mount Mulligan desire a new Award, and have made application to the Court. They state that they could not…

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Reduction of Wages Miners on Strike. SYDNEY

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 December 1921 · page 6

WELLINGTON—The miners employed in four mines struck work owing to the recent Wages Board decision reducing wages…

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Story of Sonoma Gold. Like an "Arabian Nights" Story. Search for the Master Mind. San Francisco, Nov 29

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 December 1921 · page 11

Details of the Sonoma robbery are slowly being revealed. They sound like a story from the " Arabian Nights." It appears…

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Sonoma's Gold. Only £2 Missing

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 6 December 1921 · page 1

San Francisco, December 1. —The remainder of the Sonoma's gold has been found in a drain pipe…

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Coal Crisis Threatened. Miners Want Nine-day Fortnight Coal Owners Defiant SYDNEY

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 13 December 1921 · page 4

A coal crisis is threatening at Newcastle and Maitland, the miners considering that the Federation is too slow in putting into…

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Big Fall of Coal At Kurri Kurri Four Miners Entombed SYDNEY

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 13 December 1921 · page 4

KURRI KUKRI.—A large fall of coal occurred at the Stanford Merthyr Colliery, burying four miners…

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State Arsenic Mine Closed Down in Queensland SYDNEY

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 16 December 1921 · page 6

The Queensland State arsenic mine has been closed down indefinitely. The Minister for Mines is…

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History of Grenfell. Grenfell As a Goldfield

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 29 December 1921 · page 2

Grenfell in its infancy, like all gold mining towns, was a very big baby. The fact that it was discovered at the time when the alluvial deposits of the…

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