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

Mining & the mines, 1930

303 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 16

Echo of Rothbury Four Miners Intimidated (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 August 1930 · page 1

The Minister for Mines states that four Rothbury volunteers who obtained work on the Sydney Harbor birdge were icompelled to leave work because…

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Cowra Win “Jack Hore” Gold Cup Canowindra Defeated in a Very Hard and Keen Game Maizey and His Men Play Sterling Football Canowindra Coming After Their Prized Trophy on Sunday Next Public Subscribe Upwards of £40

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 19 August 1930 · page 2

COWRA PIONEERS reached the pinnacle of achievement as far as South-Western football is concerned, by lifting the “Jack Hore” Gold Cup. from Canowindra on Sunday. The scores were 12 to 9, Jack Dukes scoring tw[?] tries and…

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Miscellaneous Gold Chains From Tombs. Hungarian Relics for London. 2600 Years Old

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 21 August 1930 · page 6

Objects discovered in tombs in Hungary and insured for £60,000 have been taken to London by a high official of the Hungarian National…

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Gold Mining Is It a Defunct Industry? Vast Tracts of Auriferous Areas Untouched. No. 3: GRENFELL.(Continued from a previous issue)

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 6

Proceeding onwards to the southern end of the dyke we come to the Golden Point and White Rose reefs, which miners assumed to be the…

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Football “Jack Hore” Gold Cup Match. Cowra v. Canowindra. Teams for

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 2

Canowindra will visit Cowra on Sunday next and endeavor to wrest the “Jack Hore” Cup from the Pioneers. Both teams are confident of…

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Mining Battery

Western Champion · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 7

Mr. E. C. Best, M.L.A., forwards the following copy of a letter received from the Minister for Mines:— "Dear Mr. Best,—I have to acknowledge…

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Lucknow's Gold. Will Old Times Come Again

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 1

For years and years miners have been searching for the lost vein at Lucknow, near Orange, but, as told in a recent issue, it remained for…

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The Jack Hore Gold Cup Goes Back to Canowindra 4,000 People Witness Disappointing Match.THE Winners Easily the Better Team on the Day. a Record Gate for Cowra

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 3

Easily Cowra’s record crowd for a football match assembled on the recreation ground on Sunday last for the purpose of witnessing the first game on the local ground for the coveted Jack Hore Gold Cup, which the locals had won from Canowindra on…

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Gold Valor Medal

Cowra Free Press · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 2
Also in The Forbes Advocate

A gold valor medal, commemorating the trans-Atlantic flight, was presented to Wing Commander Kingsford Smith by Mr. Eben…

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Won Back the Gold Cup

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 12

After losing it a week previously, Canowindra won back the Jack Hore Memorial Gold Cup by defeating Cowra, 13 to nill. About 350 people…

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Gold Mining Is It a Defunct Industry ? Vast Tracts of Auriferous Areas Untouched.no. 3: GRENFELL. (Continued from a previous issue)

Cowra Free Press · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 6

The greenstone dyke previously referred to in last issue is intersected by a very large number of gold bearing veins, which are separated by…

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Honoring Weissel. Another Gold Cup

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 1 September 1930 · page 2

The most valuable gold cup in the State for football competition, is the Eric Weissel trophy, which has just been finished and is now on…

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Mining Report

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 4

The secretary, W. H. Bentley, reports as follows in reward to South Lucknow Extended Gold Mining Co., N.L.: Tunnel has been driven 70…

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The Gold Cup Temora's Second Victory Canowindra Defeated

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 1

Temora footballers on Sunday succeeded for the second time in lifting the Jack Hore Gold Cup from Canowindra, the original holders. The…

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One Big Union Rejected by Coal Industry (By Wire) Sydney, Monday evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 1

The Miners' Aggregate meeting of Craft Unions at Cessnock turned down a proposal in favor of one big union of coal employees and instead…

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Gold Valor Medal

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 6

A gold valor medal, commemorating the trans-Atlantic Flight, was presented to Wing Commander Kingsforth Smith by Mr. Eben Griffiths on…

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Visit of Mining Official

Western Champion · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 9

Mr. Pearson, an official from the Mines Department, arrived this morning to investigate the claim made by the Municipal Council, on Mr. G…

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Small Gold Strike Orange Activities

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 8

That there is still plenty of gold to be won in the Orange district has again been demonstrated by three diggers who have unearthed S[?]ounces 2…

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