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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

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The Price of Coal. Sydney, August 20

The Western Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 3

The Lambton Coal Company has decided to reduce the selling price of coal. Serious consequences are feared…

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Cobar Mining News

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 3

ON my rounds this week I visited the following claims, commencing at the southern end : -- [?] North Peak. -- Alter a casual glance at one or two shafts and a look at seme of the quarts now at…

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Collieries Commission Sydney, August 27

The Western Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1895 · page 3

The members of the Royal Commission on Collieries held their first meeting yesterday, when Mr. Fegan, M.P., was examined…

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Cobar Mining. (Leader.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1895 · page 3

LITTLE fresh has is to be reported in connection with, our leading industry. Owing to the entire failure of the water supply all the mills are closed,…

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Another Mine on Fire. Sydney, August 27

The Western Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1895 · page 3

The Seaham colliery was discovered to be [?] on Sunday afternoon. After vain [?] extinguish it, it was decided to [?] cally seal the shafts. This was…

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Fatal Mining Accident at Cobar

The Western Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1895 · page 2

On Tuesday evening last (says our Cobar contemporary) a melancholy fatality occurred at the Cobar Copper Mine Fourman were working in an open quarry or…

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Gilgunnia Goldfield

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 August 1895 · page 3

AT the Tarcombo mine some splendid stone has been struck during the week. Specimens brought to the surface were exceedingly rich in gold. No. 1 south have now a nice leader in the eastern drive…

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Accident at the M'evoy Mine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 3 September 1895 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Another [?] dent occurred at the M'Evoy mine, Eldorado, afternoon, when soon after mid-day there was [?]damp explosion the noise being heard in [?]…

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Bona Fide Gold Mining

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 September 1895 · page 4
Also in The Western Herald

THERE are evidences not only in this district (says the Orange ADVOCATE) but throughout New South Wales, of a revived interest in gold mining, we…

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Mining at Cobar

The Western Herald · Wednesday 4 September 1895 · page 4

The stress and strain of a disastrous drought is fast bringing things in the mining world, as it has long since brought those in the pastoral, to a…

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Mining. Another Good Find. Cobar, September 6

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 September 1895 · page 2

Splendid gold has been found at The Peak, a distance of about 4 or 5 miles from Cobar…

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Mining at Mount Browne. a 25-Ounce Nugget

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 September 1895 · page 2

The washing referred to by our Mount Browne correspondent of the Hard Up party at the One-mile aa about to take place, turned out very well, 36ozs. being obtained…

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Mining. Sydney, September 10

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 2

Splendid gold has been struck at Adams' claim, harden, which is expected to go 300 ounces to the ton…

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Telegrams. International. a Mine on Fire. London, September [?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 2

Osceola Copper Mine, Michigan, America, has caught fire, and the whole of the Working are ablaze. 30 men are entombed…

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Reserving Land on Goldfields

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 2

THE Minister for Mines and Agriculture has asked for a report with respect to representations made in a contain petition relative to the…

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Western Mining

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 4

ALL the principal mining centres in the west are very dall, owing to the want of rain for crushing purposes. Large quantties of payable rock are…

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Discovery of Payable Gold

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 2

NEWS which has reached town of the discovery of alluvial gold on the Mudgee road via Goolma has induced several. Dabbo residents to take…

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Reserving Land on Goldfields

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 4

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture has asked for a report with respect to representations mode in a certain petition relative to the reservation…

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Cobar District Mining

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 20 September 1895 · page 3

IN spite of the continuous dry weather mining matters this week are particularly lively, Several of the Fort Bourke properties are about to change into other channels let us hope for the better…

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