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

Mining & the mines, 1932

166 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 9

5000 Ounces Gold In Western Australia Worth £3,000,000 (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 1

During last year more than 510,000 [?]unces of gold were produced in West Australia, being worth nearly £3,000,000 to the producers…

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Gold Lure Bendigo Revival Expected Reopening Mines

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 2

Melbourne.—Bendigo is on the eve of a big milling revival. The Central Red, While and Blue Mine—which started in 1912 and paid…

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New Guinea Gold Work of Aeroplanes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 5

A description of the way in which the planes is stimulating gold production in New Guinea was given by Mr. H. L. Downing, a Government…

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"No Case As Bad As Mine" Now 77—and Fitter Than at 50 Has Taken Kruschen for 22 YEARS

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 4

77 years of age, and feeling better than he did at 3[?] And yet he says that during the six years in which he has been watching the papers,…

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Pot Luck! Tramps Boiled Billy Over Gold Hoard

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 3

To discover—too late—that they had boiled their billy over a small fortune of gold, was the heartbreaking experience of twp sundowners in the…

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On Gold. And they earn it. Currajong Miners

Western Champion · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 2

The man who sits in an office thumping a typerwriter all day—even the man who wields a shovel on the sewerage works—…

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Promising Gold Find

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 4

An important gold find is reported from Steward's Brook, an old minig, centre, 35 miles east of Scone, Mr. Towns and a party of well-known…

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Gold Bonus Suspension Supported

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 2

The Director of Geological Survey (Mr. W. Baragwanah) said that, as the gold bonus had served the purpose of helping the gold mining industry over…

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Gold Bounty (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

A meeting at Kalgoorlie, W.A, strongly protested against the reported intention of the Federal Government to suspend payments under the Gold…

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50 Ounces Gold (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

A parcel of two tons of ore from the Baby Endeavor mine at Delegate returned 50 ounces of gold. It is believed that the field will…

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Defied the Council Elrington Miners (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 1

A large meeting of the Elrington Miners' Lodge decided, by an overwhelming majority to resist the Miners' Central Council orders to cease…

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Is There Gold in the Sea?

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 1

There is an appreciable amount of gold in sea water, but not enough to repay the cost of getting it out…

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Gold Thieves Foiled By Brave Woman At Parkes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 4

At the Currajong diggings, at Parkes, there are 200 tons of wash-dirt, which, according to the last returns should go half an ounce to the ton…

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Tunnel Falls Gold Prospectors Killed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 1

Two gold proospectors, C. M. Royds, auctioneer and Ernest Keyte, labourer were killed at Majors Creek near Braidwood, on Friday afternoon…

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THE Western Champion and the Parkes District Representative. Thursday, February 4, 1932. Currajong Gold

Western Champion · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 8

In a recent "Champion" reference was made to Messrs. W. Kable's mining operations at Currajong. They have just received the returns for…

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GOLD! In Lake Forbes Prospectors Panning

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

Figures of several men, crouch-on their haunches at irregular intervals along the shores of Lake Forbes, have been observed…

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Firedamp Explosion In Charleroi Coal Mine

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 7

Owing to a firedamp explosion at a depth of 3780 feet in a coal mine at Bois Longpre, at Charlerof, Belgium, five miners were seriously and two…

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Grenfell Co-operative Mining Co

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 2

A meeting of the management committee of above was held on Thursday night, Dr. Ercole presiding. There were also present about 18…

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State Gold Yield Sharp Increase Last Year

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 5

A sharp increase in the State gold yield for last year is recorded. The production of native gold of N.S.W. origin for 1931 is estimated by…

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UNEMPLOYMENT 60 Miners Dismissed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 6

Adelaide.—Owing to the Federal Government's inability to provide £15,000 for tire treatment plant at Moato, as requested by the South…

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