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

Mining & the mines, 1923

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Coal Trouble No Decision Yet (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Night

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 4

The coal conference to-day has not yet reached a decision. LATER The coal conference proved to…

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More Gold Queensland Yield

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 13

Brisbane.— Queensland's gold yield is still on the increase, due to the continuation of more extensive operation mainly at Mount…

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Coal Gas a Scientific Discovery

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 12

London. — A gas engineer at Newark-on-Trent claims to have succeeded in reducing the carbon monoxide in household coal to less…

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Now Black Gold Lustre Dimmed Grammar's Tragedy

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 3

The Great Public Schools' boat race on Saturday was at once a triumph and a tragedy for Sydney Grammar School…

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Dragging on The Coal Dispute (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY. — The coal dispute drags on and besides wrangling, no development is likely until early next week…

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Mount McDonald. Queen of the Hills of Gold

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 1

Thy hands are inert, thy heart is cold, Sad is thy trench-scarred brow; O! beautiful Queen of the Hills of Gold Thy voice is silent now !…

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Great Find at Wyangala Diamonds Sapphires, Rubies, Turquoise and Gold

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 3

This is not romance, but reality. Last Christmas time Cowra's premier mining man, Mr. G. Easdown, was prospecting but Wyangala way…

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Returning to Work Helensburgh Miners (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 4

A mass meeting of employees of the Metropolitan colliery Helensburgh, yesterday decided to resume work on Monday…

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INACTIVE Western Coal[?] Proprietors (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 4

No move has been made by the western proprietors to meet the position created at their mines by the miners' refusal to work on…

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Junction Reefs Gold Mine Taken Over by Mt. Boppy Company

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 3

The Mount Boppy Gold Mining Co., Ltd., has taken over Messrs. Shaehan Bros’ gold mine at Junction Reefs, for development purposes for…

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Latest Telegraphic Premiers' Conference. Coal Mining Position. SYDNEY

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 2

The first preliminary conference of State Premiers was held in Melbourne yesterday. Provided the Federal Ministry agrees to withdraw from…

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Th' Coal King

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 7

Th' coal king sat oopon his throne, A merry soul was he. His hoose was built o' brick an' ston-- As warm as it cad be…

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Rich in Gold Big Ben Mine at Gundagai

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 1

A party of townsmen visited the Big Ben Development Gold Mine, and were shown over the property by Mr. W. Lowes,…

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Boyne Obelisk Blown Up by Mines

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 7

Dublin — The Boyne Obelisk, which had stood for nearly 200 years on the site of the battle of the Boyne, to commemorate the…

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Gold Near Orange Temora Shareholders Jubilant

Cowra Free Press · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 4

Mr. J. W. S. Small, a well known geologist, who was instrumental in forming a syndicate to test some virgin country, in the Orange district,…

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Gold M Canowindra Road Prospectors Seek Permission to Enter

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 3

At Saturday’s Shire Council meeting a communication was received from the Mines Dept., inquiring if there was any objection to Digby and…

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Gold Yield

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 3

The gold yield for New South Walesfor May amounted to 1339 ounces crude, equal to 1136 ounces fine, valued at £4823. The…

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Their Own Cars South Coast Miners

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 14

Time was—and not many years ago either— when a miner was considered to be "flash" if he drove about in his own sulky…

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2 Children Drowned. At Mount Morgan Mine Boat with Hole (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 4

ROCEHAMPTON. — Beatrice and Daniel Phillips, 13 and 11, were drowned in a dam at Mount Morgan mine on Saturday…

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Mining Perils Shafts Must be Filled

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 12

Mudgee.—The danger of old mining shafts was referred to by Warden James at the Rylstone Warden's Court this week, and he…

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