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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 5 of 6

Gold Fields Now Wheat Areas

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 2

About 90 per cent, of the old gold fields of this State are now prosperous farming areas, and we owe quite a lot to the miner, who, after…

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Gold Fields Now Wheat Areas

Western Champion · Thursday 9 October 1924 · page 10

About 90 per cent. of the gold fields of the State are now prosperous farming areas, and we owe much to the miner who, turned his attention to…

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Forbes Gold

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1924 · page 2

Mr. Wm. T. Gilchrist showed us yesterday what he contends is the first gold won from the earth in the Forbes district, this year. It weighed…

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The New Gold Find Claims Being Allotted

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 October 1924 · page 1

The allotment of claims on the new gold And on Sheehan's property, Nariah, started last week-end. Constable Hardy, Wardens Clerk,…

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Miners' Strike Threatening. Lithgow

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1924 · page 2

There is a possibility of general cessation of work on the Western mining field. The owners are asked for increased wages for hewing coal…

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Nariah Gold Discovery

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 31 October 1924 · page 1

The need tor a geological examination of the reefs which the Nariah prospector has brought to light, and the character of the country which…

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Coal Industry Serious Position at Newcastle (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

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

Newcastle.—Grave fears are held for the future of the coal industry in the Northern district, and shipping activity at this port, has been…

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Gold in Street Melbourne Find Shopkeepers' Peg Claims

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 10

Nuggets of gold, the descriptions of which vary from a few pennyweights up to 25 ounces, are said to have been dug out by workmen excavating at a…

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Gold Rush Fitzroy Pegged Out Residents Receive Notice

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 1

Hundreds of Fitzroy residents received notices on Wednesday that a mining lease had been applied for which would include the underground…

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Coal Trimmers, Too. Newcastle

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 2

It was learned late last night that the Newcastle, branch of the Coal Trimmers' Union had been instructed to abandon the overtime strike…

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143 Million Gold Marks Germany Pays Reparations (By Wire) Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 4

Reuter's, London, November 16th. —A Berlin message states that Germany in September and October, paid various countries 143 million gold…

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Gold at Nibbler's Hill

Western Champion · Thursday 20 November 1924 · page 15

For some time past a search for the precious metal has been carried out at the Nibbler's Hill, those directly interested being three Parkes…

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The Arizona Tin Mining Company—No Liability

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 20 November 1924 · page 2

AT a meeting of shareholders on Monday night it was decided to form The Arizona Tin Mining Syndicate into a company to be…

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Five Entombed Miners Rescued From Welsh Coal Mine (By Wire) Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 4

An Austral Press message from London on November 30th states that the entombed men were rescued from Dunvant colilery, South Wales…

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Latest Telegraphic. Good Gold Returns at Bribaree. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 2

A battery return of 350 ounces of gold from 180 tons of quartz crushed from the Bribaree Gold Mine was announced yesterday. This is the…

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Bribbaree Gold Best Crushing Return in Recent Years

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 2

The battery return from Bribbaree gold mine of 359 ounces of gold from 180 tons of quarts crushed was announced on Monday. This is the best…

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Relic of Mining Days Fleece Machinery Sold Going to Queensland

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 9 December 1924 · page 4

One of the few remaining relics of the mining days, namely, the winding gear at the old Golden Fleece Mine, is being rapidly dismantled…

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Gold

Cowra Free Press · Friday 12 December 1924 · page 7

The battery returns of 369oz, of gold from 16[?] tons of quarts crashed from the Bribbaree gold mine were announced in Sydney on Monday…

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Coal Miner Candidate. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 December 1924 · page 6

Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Coal Miners Federation, is a candidate for the Macquarie electorate at the next Federal elections…

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Mining Lease at Buddigower Case in Warden's Court

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 12 December 1924 · page 1

B. J. Biggs and P. Ryan, having laid a complaint that the lessees of Mining Lease No. 3064, situated in the parish of Buddigower, had not…

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