The Gateway to the Goldfields
Bathurst was the golden, gateway to wealth then, and for long years later, and it was the enormous demand for the necessaries of life on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1937
185 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 10
The First Goldfield Town
It was far back in gold-discovery-year that Edmund Webb, a young and pushing Englishman, opened a small general business in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Production
Since 1933, the value of gold production in Australia has increased 31,000 ' men were employed in the 31,000 me nwere employed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →30 Hours Week for Underground Miners Newcastle Miners' Claims (By Wire) Sydney
Aggregate meetings throughout the Newcastle district yesterday approved of a new log of claims, which includes a 30 hour week for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Authority Granted to Enter Lands for Mining Purposes One Objection Lodged
Lengthy and interesting proceedings were heard in the Warden's Court West Wyalong, when Mark Milstein. mining expert and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warden's Court Cancellation of Gold Lease Recommendation to Minister
George Henry Newnham, for whom Mr. H. Moloney appeared, made an application to Mr. M. J. Ryan, Mining Warden, at the local…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gold Output
Australian gold production in February was 108,411 fine ounces, valued at £960,830. There was thus an increase of 17 per cent on the January…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Fools Gold" Hoax for Amateurs
Iron pyrites, a yellow mineral that. looks very much like gold is known to miners as "fool's gold," and is used by them to hoax amateurs and novices…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Won a Gold Watch
A gold wristlet watch which the Forbes Football Club had to dispose of last season in connection with the sports queen competition was decided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Gold Yield Increases
The Victorian gold yield for March was 13,782 oz. fine, valued at £104,345 in Australian currency. Compared with the March return…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£725 Profit Wagga Gold Cup Meeting
Although the statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with Murrumbidgee.Turf Club's Wagga Gold Cup meeting will not be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boom-time Gold Serial Story
In this issue we commence a serial story which has had a wonderful success and, the book publication has run into its second edition. We have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boom-time Gold Thrilling, Exciting, Amusing Chapter 1
Donald McPherson was a dour Scot. Tall and gaunt without an ounce of superfluous flesh on his sparse frame, he was as tough as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fans Were Disgusted Cowra Takes Gold Cup Orange's Poor Exhibition
Thus Orange "Leader": Cowra sent over a team of 'crocks,' but still they soundly thrashed' Orange to the tune of 13 points…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Fame that isTuena's Scene of First Important Gold Strike. Echoes of 1851
Recording his trip through the Turnkey-Tuena district recently writer in a contemporary states that Tuena was the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boom-time Gold Thrilling, Exciting, Amusing Chapter Ii
A week passed and Jimmie was enjoying his coffee and a cigarette in the library after dinner. He was now the owner of Yanalta station and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boom-time Gold Thrilling, Exciting, Amusing Chapter Iii
Jimmie waited until the inquest was over before he made any move in the matter. The proceedings went off more smoothly than he anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →18 Months' Gaol Gold Cup Robbery
At the N'arandera Quarter Sessions before Judge Coyle, on Monday, Leonard Albert Simmons was charged with stealing a watch, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boom-time Gold Thrilling, Exciting, Amusing Chapter V
A little later Jimmie was feeling a new man. He was shaven and his clothes had been pressed while he was having a bath at Crawford's club…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dismissed Barman Hotel Declared Black By Corrimal Miners (By Wire) Sydney
Because the proprietors of Corrimal's only hotel refused to reinstate a dismissed barman, the miners declared the hotel "black," and will…
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