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

Mining & the mines, 1927

82 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 5

Tottenham Mining at Tottenham

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 4

Work is suspended temporarily at the Tottenham mines during tho installation of a new 140 h.p. Babcock and Wilcock water tube boiler. With…

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Rich Gold Find 20oz. To Ten (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 1

A creek at Bulawayo is showing 20 ounces of gold to the ton…

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Gold Mining

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 2

"The Advocate" learns that Mr. A. B. Twogood, on behalf of a powerful Orange syndicate, has taken up 25 acres for gold mining purposes, on the…

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In the Armchair. Why Coal Is a Luxury. Mining a Vast Gamble with Nature

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 August 1927 · page 3

About a year ago a North of England daily announced that the search for the lost Cheadle coal seam had at last been abandoned after £70,000 had been spent…

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Tottenham Mine Closes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 2

Advice has been received at the Mount Royal Copper Mines, Tottenham, from the Port Kembla Smelters, that they are unable to receive any…

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Industrial Mission Evidence Worth its Weight in Gold (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 1

Members of the Australian Industrial Mission, who returned to Sydney from America yesterday, were disinclined to talk about their experiences…

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Tin Mining Venture

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 6

Mr. Ted Gentle reports having visited the Tallabung tin field during the past week. It is situate 45 miles west of Condobolin. The present field is…

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Closing of Tottenham Mine

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 7

Advice has been received at Mount Royal Copper Mies, Tottenham, from the Port Kembla Smelters that they are unable to receive any further…

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New Britannia Mine

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 6

Under the name of the New Britannia, mining operations should commence in earnest in a couple of weeks, a half a mile or…

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Edie Creek Richest Goldfield Since Coolgardie (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 1

According to a recent arrival from New Gulnea, Edie Cr[?] is the richest goldfiedl discovered since Collgardle. Some of the lodes yielded 32 ounces…

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A Mining Boom

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 6 September 1927 · page 2

Practically the sole business before Mr. J. B. Scobie at the Court House this morning was in the Warden’s Court, when a number of…

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Young Show. Another Gold Cup for Grenfell

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1927 · page 2

Following on his meritorious wins at Bathurst and Grenfell Shows, Mr. W. W. Ingrey, of Yarraglen, Grenfell, on Tuesday scooped the pool in…

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Scott Gold Cup Winner

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 3

Mr. W. W. Ingrey’s (Grenfell) ram which was awarded the Scott Gold Cup from among a dozen competitors, at this week’s Young Show…

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Nugget of Gold Worth £650 (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 1

A nugget of gold, weighing 377 ounces, valued at £650, has been found at Edie Creek…

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JOHN T. LANG Premier and Gold Brick Merchant

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 8

The Sydney "Bulletin," one of the leading newspapers of Australia, and one of the most impartial, has this to say in its current issue of the…

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Payable Gold? Wombat Prospectors in High Hopes A Rapidly Widening Seam

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 4

After working for ten weeks on a shaft near the old "New Chum's" claim, at Wombat, Messrs Walter. Masters, G. Sam and B. Sheedy have…

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Heroism in Mines

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 September 1927 · page 3

Never yet was there a mining disaster of any magnitude without several instances of individual gallantry in saving boys alone (says a writer in…

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B.H. MINES Work to Continue (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 1

The Supertintendent at the Junction North Mine, Broken Hill, states that mining operations there will be continued while the manager of the…

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Gold Mining Commenced

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 2

It is interesting to note that the opreations of the New Britannia Gold Mining syndicate were commenced on Monday. There were indications' of…

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Willis Works in a Mine When Only Ten Years Old

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 2

Speaking in Cowra recently Mr. A. C. Willis, Vice-President of the Executive Council, said he had the misfortune to lose his father when only…

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