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

Mining & the mines, 1924

103 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 6

Bribbaree Mines

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1924 · page 2

In a report on the workings of the Bribbaree mines to December 14th the manager states that the No. 3 shaft has been cut down to a depth of…

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Industrial Trouble At Coke Works & Collieries (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

A new move has been made or is contemplated to settle the Coke workers strike. The Secretary of the…

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Bribbaree Mines

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 1

In a report on the workings of the Bribbaree mines to December 14th, the manager states that the No. 3 shaft has been cut down to a…

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Australia's First Gold Obelisk or Wobbleisk! Hargrave's Bona -Fides Challenged

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 3

The obelisk at Orange to commemorate the first discovery of gold and the names of the discoverers has aroused considerable discussion…

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Nine Mines Idle More Trouble on Coal Fields (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 12

A number of Southern coal mines may close down owing to the coke strike, as about one-third of the average coal output…

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Gold Yield Lowest on Record (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 12

Last year's output of gold in this State makes new low record…

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Australia's First Gold Whose the Honor? Old-Timer's Views

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 3

At about the same time as our article appeared on the first discovery of payable gold in Australia and the names inscribed on the Orange…

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Carcoar Iron Mines Closed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 7

The little town of Carcoar, which depended in a great measure on the employees at Hoskins' iron mine, which has been active there for the…

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Miners' Tomb Bellbird Disaster Re-opening the Pit

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 10

Preparations are being carriedout at Bellbird colliery, Cessnock, for the re-opening of No. 1 mine, which was sealed on September…

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Seeds That Are Worth Six Times Their Weight in Gold

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 7

Suppose your wife were to ask you some morning, as you were leaving for your place of business, to be sure and buy some double petunia…

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The First Gold

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 9

Apropos of recent articles wh[?]ch have appeared in these columns, the following letter, written by Mr. John A. Waddell, of Rockdale, to the…

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The Coal Trade No Possibility of Crisis (By Wire). Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 4

Despite alarmist rumors of the probability of serious trouble in coal mines, extending even to a general strike, it is now stated on…

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Parkes Gold

Western Champion · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 8

How much gold did the early prospector of the field leave undiscovered at Parkes? is the question discussed by John Drayton in a recent issue of…

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Mount Hope Copper Mine. (Mt. Hope, New South Wales.)

Western Champion · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 13

TENDERS are invited for the purchase of the above. The property is comprised of 220 acres of Freehold land, Buildings and Residences there…

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"Self-rescuer for Miners

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 7

A new life-saving device, we are told by "The Coal Trade Bulletin" (Pittsburgh, Pa.), is the latest up-to-the-minute idea for the use of miners…

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Our Serial Story. Hearts of Gold Chapter 1

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 10

"Help--help--Nan--help me--[?]e's--doing for me!" The cry rang out across the chil gloom of the November night, a cry full of anguish…

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Current Topics Mining at Bribbaree

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 6

It is reported that the No. 3 shaft at Bribbaree mines is now down 123 feet, and an opening out of the shaft has been commenced with a cross…

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Our Serial Story. Hearts of Gold Chapter Ii

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 10

"I am not going to take you into very savoury places, Greyson. But you asked me to show you some of the back slums, and especially the slums…

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Mining Boom at Mount Tumlbong

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 1

Mr. A. P. Penman is consulting engineer and Sir Henry Barraclough and Messrs R. J. Browning, W. Hill, L. Burnett, A. H. Pole and…

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Trans-Australian Trip (Continued from a previous issue) Mining Industry

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 March 1924 · page 5

The first rush in Western Australia occurred in the year 1886 and, Strangely enough, was in the most remote portion of the State,…

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