Visit of the Minister for Mines and Agriculture
ON Thursday last the Hon. Joseph Cook, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, visited Dubbo, mainly for the purpose of advocating the amended…
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Mining & the mines, 1899
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Mining Accidents. [By Telegraph.] C[?], June 9
Owing to an accident at the [?] Copper Mine that morning, a man named W. Williams sustained first ares to both legs. He was [?] to the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Western Herald and Darling River Advocate. Saturday, June 10, 1899. Gold Dredging
THE visit of the Minister for Mines to the scene of the gold dredging operations in the Macquarie River has served to direct attention to the sudden…
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THE researches of the Sydney police into the circumstances surrounding the big robbery of soveriegns from the treasure chamber of the R.M.S. Alameda have not resulted in anything…
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DREDGING aa a means of gold recovery is coming into very general use. The New Zealand example has not only spread to Australia, but to Borneo,…
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Crowhurst and Sons lodged with the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Narromine, on Monday, 264oz of gold, the result of the recent…
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Rapid progress is being made with the Fort Bourke cyanide works, and the Chesney will have a big say in the surely approaching general hum…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Colliery Explosion
LONDON, June 10. -- A terrible colliery explosion has taken place at Halifax, Nova Scotia. One hundred and sixty minors are entombed. Thirty corpses have already been recovered…
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CAPTAIN K. Mo[?] who has just returned from the Transvaal, tells the following story of the monkeys who work for him in the mines:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed in a Mine. Hobart
George Darcey, a prominent footballer, was killed yesterday by a fall of earth in the mine in which he was working…
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IT will be a little surprising oven to lovers of horse-racing to learn that sixteen horses have won on the English turf for an aggregate sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Field of the Cloth of Gold
ROCERT B. NELSON gives a very good idea in ' St. Nicholas' of the magnificent display of Henry VIII., of England, and Phillip I., of France, when they met in…
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Mining operations, in the literal sense of the word, are at a standstill almost. Of course the Copper Mine is not referred to in these remarks…
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IN our report of Monday's Borough Council meeting reference was made to the Lithgow lockout, the consequent cessation of coal supply, and the action taken by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Copper Mine Casualty. Man Falls Down a Pass. Succession of Accidents
The Cobar Copper Mine has been singularly unfortunate during the present year. Accident upon accident has occurred and it does seem as if the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MINING. Cobar Gold Mines. Preparing for Another Start. Under Brighter Conditions a Colossal Concern
Many a longing look hus been cast in the direction of Cobar Gold Mines, better known as Fort Bourke. The incessant noise of the boiler-makers'…
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The Minister for Mines, in reply to a deputation, promised to introduce legislation next session to facilitate dredging for gold, but warned them…
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A DEPUTATION from the Chamber of Mines, introduced by Mr. A. Chapman, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Mines on Thursday in respect to the dredging question. Mr. Price,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate Wednesday, July 5, 1899. the Lithgow Coal Strike
The labour difficulty at the Lithgow, mines is not without a direct commercial interest to these far inland districts. The Lithgow collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. Signalling in Mines. Mine Managers Meet. and Adopt New Code
Some considerable time ago a movement was started by Mr John Hunt to have a uniform code of signalling on mines in this district. At present…
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