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

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Broken Hill Mines Owners Proposals Rejected (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 1

At a mass meeting at Broken Hill the Workers' Industrial Union rejected a proposal of the mining companies for a reduced wage and…

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A Pair of Pants. "Mine Thinkit they didn't Fit."

Western Champion · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 16

At the Police Court yesterday Arthur Burge was charged with having a pair of trousers in his possession reasonably suspected of having been…

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£30,000 MINE Closed After 40 Years Romance of Mount Morgan

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 7

On New Year's Eve there was written one of the most important obituaries of the year. At midnight, Mount Morgan, which…

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Rich Gold Find In Abandoned Shaft Enght Ounces' t6 the Ton

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 3

Rich deposits of gold have been discovered in the abandoned shaft of the old Lady Belmore mine at Hawker's Hill at Hill End (N.S.W.) and…

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Gold Quartz. Still Being Raised at Bribbaree. Mining Affairs Slack

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 2

Mining in the Young mining district is very slack and there are no prospects of an improvement. Gold is still being raised at…

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Unt Isa Mines £4,000,000 to be Spent In Development (By [?]Re) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 1

It is proposed to spend £4,000,000 in developing Mount Isa mines in Queensland…

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Rich Gold Find

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 1

Rich deposits of gold have been discovered in the abandoned shaft of the old Lady Belmore mine at Hawker's Hill at Hill End (N.S.W.) and…

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Australian Preference Letter from U.S.A. Shows Needs "Fine Time Around the Gold Mines" We Must Boost Australia

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1

While the "Advocate" has not specially featured tho need for Australian made preference, it has, nevertheless, always been a steady…

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Mine Explosion Man's Frightful Injuries (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1

Cecil Pickans was frightfully injured at the 925ft level of North Lyall mine, Tasmania, as the result of an explosion…

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Youthful Gold Hunters Boys' 150 Mile Trip in Canoe

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 8

Probably one of the most romantic and adventurous canoe voyages on record in Australia was that undertaken by two Goulburn boys, Arthur…

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Increased Royalty On New Guinea Gold Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 1

A statement published at Canberra refers to the increasing amount of royalty payable on gold, won in the territory of New Guinea, as being…

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Diamonds! Romance of Kimberley Mines. £200,000,000 Worth of Diamonds

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 6

More than £200,000,000 worth of diamonds have been taken out of the Kimberley mines during the last 58 years. This statement, made by one…

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Miners' Meeting. (Western Newspapers' Service) ' CESSNOCK

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 2

T. Hoare, district President of the Miners Federation, addressed a meeting of miners at Kurri Kurri this afternoon, and at Cessnock to-night…

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Mine Disaster. (Western Newspapers' Service). VANCOUVER

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 2

A late report From Timmias, Ontario, states that the fate of the forty miners trapped in the Hollinger Gold Aline is still unknown. Twelve men were…

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Colliery Explosion Further Fatalities (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 1

A London message states that during an effort to locate a body a miner was killed in the Haig Colliery explosion at Whitehaven on…

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Peace in Industry Owners and Miners' Conference

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 6

Newcastle.—It is likely that mine owners and miners' officials will meet in conference with the object of stabilising the industry…

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Gold !

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

The original vendors of the Bald Hill mine forwarded 18 lbs. of stone to Sydney for treatment and assay; The nett return according to the…

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More Gold Mining

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 4

A progress report from the New Britannia Gold Mining Syndicate states that the shaft has. been sunk 30 feet, and the crosscut driven 17…

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The Colts' Dance Successful Function Alex Tapp Memorial Gold Cup, Handed Over

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 6

On Tuesday night last a very successful function was held at the Masonic Hall to assist in raising funds for the purchase of the Gold Cup to…

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Local and District Gold Medalist

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 3

We tender our congratulations to Master Colin Anderson (son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Anderson, of this town) upon winning a handsome gold…

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