There's Still Gold Round Forbes?
There is still a bit of "fossicking" for gold going on around Forbes, mostly at the week- ends. The fact that some hundreds of…
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Mining & the mines, 1953
14 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers
Output of Coal in N.S.W. All-time Record for the Industry
The N.S.W. Department of Mines, in a statement issued today, states that the output of coal within the State in 1952 was a record for the industry. It…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parkes Races Gold Cup Meeting
The Gold Cup meeting of' the Parkes Jockey Club was held on Wednesday and yesterday. Results of the racing on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.K. Coal Delivery Plan
A single pipeline, stretching for more than a hundred miles, may one day pump large size coal into London at the rate of millions of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Lure Of Gold: Famous Field Preserved By Photos
Henry Lawson underestimated the power of the camera when he asked wistfully: "Oh, who would paint a goldfield, and limn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forbes Owes Origin to Gold Historical Society Records
ACCORDING to documents that have now become available, the establishment of Forbes as a town can be ascribed to the discovery of gold and the subsequent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forbes Owes Origin To Gold: Thanks To Lecturer
Interest in the address which Mr. C. E. Elphinstone, District Surveyor, delivered to the Forbes Historical Society last week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.k. Coal Exports Up
United Kingdom exports of coal in the first quarter of the year, at 3.18 million tons, were about a million tons higher…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Applications Refused
The Mining Warden, Mr. W, Finlay, refused to grant four application by Roy Littlewood for auhbority to enter in the West…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Big Machinery Now Working at Gibsonvale Tin Mines"
"I have said before that the working of the Gibsonvale tin fields is a big man's proposition. Now big machinery is be ing used This may or may not be the solution of the problem," Mining Warden Mr. W.Finlay S.M. said in the Mining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forbes Built on Gold "German Harry's" Son Recalls Past
IN all the books and articles about the gold-rusb days of Forbes, the reputed discoverer of the precious metal in Forbes, is called "German Harry." No other name was apparently known--at least to those who left…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.g. Thompson Wins Gold Cup Outright
Well Known clydesdale breeder, Mr. A. G. ("Alf") Thompson of Yalgogrin North, won the Coronation Gold Cup outright at last, week's Temora Show…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gibsonvale Tin Lease Mining "Uneconomical"
The mining of a tin lease at Gibsonvale with the present price of tin at £450 per ton was uneconomical, a Weethalle resident told Mining Warden Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Robbery In Territory
It was reported this morning that a big robbery of gold had taken place at Eldorado, six miles from Tennants Creek…
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