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

Mining & the mines, 1926

103 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 6

Shortage of Trucks Due to Coal Strike

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 8 June 1926 · page 3

Mr. L. R. Bryant proposed a motion censoring the Railway Commissioners with regard to the shortage of trucks, but on Mr. Henley pointing…

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Local and General MINING

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1926 · page 2

We notice several prospecting shafts going down on the old Grenfell field near the Homeward Bound, and at the first railway crossing. Good…

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Struck Gold

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 June 1926 · page 10

The syndicate that was formed some two years ago in Sydney for the purpose of boring to try and locate the lode from which the gold from the…

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The Coal Dispute Conference This Afternoon (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 1

A conference of parties in the coa1 dispute takes place this afternoon, and if Mr. Hibble insists upon the resumption of work before opening…

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The Gold Rush Chaplin’s Comedy an Autobiography

Cowra Free Press · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 3

That Charlie Chaplia has made in “The Gold Rush,” his new screen feature, his greatest comedy, is the claim advanced by these who have seen it…

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Gold at Forbes

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 2

The syndicate that was formed some two years ago in Sydney for the purpose or boring to locate the lode from which the gold from the "Old…

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British Coal Dispute Cook Predicts Stirring Scenes Safety Men May be Withdrawn (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 1

M.A.J. Cook, in a speech at Doncaster on Mr. Baldwin's statement re uniting the whole of labor said lie expects scenes in the House of…

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Not Yet Settled Another Hitch in Coal Dispute Owners Insist on Settlement Terms (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 1

A hitch has occurred in the resumption of work by coal miners tomorrow. The mine concerned is in the North…

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Mount Morgan Australia's Most Famous Gold Mine

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 4

Almost exactly eight months after the great mine at Mt. Morgan became a [?] inferno, with all boiler fires drawn and no water available, one of…

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British Coal Strike Both Sides Resisting (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 1

British coal owners assert that they can continue their resistance till the middle, of September. On the other hand, owners think…

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Interesting Adelong Gold

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 4

Adelong Gold Estates is the only gold producer worth the name in New South Wales; and it is Victorian owned and administered (says the…

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Gold at Wood- Stock Promising Reef Found by Elliott Bros. and Vaughan.in Same Locality As 87 Oz. Nugget Found 30 Years Ago

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 2

Cr. Don. Elliott was in town this morning and called at the “Free Press” office with specimens taken from a mining show at Woodstock, of…

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Gold Find

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 2

A good find of gold is reported from Woodstock, where two prospec­tors have opened up a reef two miles from the town. Gold is showing very…

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Gold Find in New Guinea Not So Good as Reported (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 1

The Administrator of New Guinea, reports that the gold discovery at Edie Creek, New Guinea, is not so alluring as the published reports…

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Bribbaree Gold

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 19 July 1926 · page 2

The manager of the Bribbaree-Combined Gold Mines, N.L., reports for the fortnight ended July 10: Bonanza: The 150ft. level west from the…

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Gold Nugget

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 20 July 1926 · page 2

A nugget of gold, worth about £40, was found in a load of soil being removed from the City Railway excavations in Hyde Park last week. Geo…

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A Mining Application

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 20 July 1926 · page 2

Henry James Addington applied to the Warden’s Court this morning for an extension of his authority to enter Mr. Goodacre’s property at Woodstock…

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Where Gold-fish Are Reared

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 July 1926 · page 3

The great gold-fish farm of the world is in Indiana, U.S.A., where thousands are reared and exported to England every year. Among the many specimens produced in…

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Gold Stealing

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1926 · page 6

One feature of the investigations by detectives in connection with the murder of Inspector Walsh and Sergeant Pitman, which is likely to have…

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The Gold Boom

Cowra Free Press · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 6

Mrs. Maria E. Shirtley, who died at Bathurst recently, delighted in chatting of the gold boom days at Sofala and Hill End. At the time of…

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