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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

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A Tiny Piece of Gold

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 7

Tis but a tiny piece of gold more precious than to-day, It tells of childhoods happy days row long since passed away,…

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Rich Gold Discovery

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 May 1901 · page 5

A rich gold discovery has been made near Olary, South Australia, the assay giving 10oz. to the ton…

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A Romance of Coal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1901 · page 3

Joseph Davies, who began life as a sawyer and carpenter, and whose honesty and industry carried him on to wealth as a railway contractor, sank all his money…

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The Coal Tbade. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1901 · page 4

A conference of coalminers has considered the export tax on coal, and decided not to recommend a strike…

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The Coal Export Tax

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 15 May 1901 · page 3

In Committee of Ways and Meane of the House of Commons, the proposal of the Government to place an export tax of Is per…

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The Belara Mine

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 May 1901 · page 3

Matters at the copper mine are beginning to make a stir. On Monday last Messrs Berryman and Treasure despatched to Cockle Creek Smelting Works for treatment…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 2

On Friday the Occidental mill and cyanide plants were cleaned up for 1115oz, valued at £8500. Mr J. M. Scott, Mining Broker,…

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Gold for San Francisco. Sydney, May 21

The Western Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 2

The steamer Ventura took 100,000 sov[?] [?]igus for San Francisco…

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District News. Bodangora and District. Matters at the Mine

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 May 1901 · page 5

Messrs. P. and Tom Magee have delivered one of the new boilers for the M.C. Mine. It was loaded at Geurie railway station, on Mr. P. Magee's large waggon. The boiler…

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MINING. Gilgunnia

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 2

Since last report the Battery has been busy. The Dream crushed 83 loads for 173oz smelted gold. Duncan and O'Keef crashed 6 loads for 4oz 10…

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Serious Mining Accident. Six Men Killed. Sydney, May 24

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 2

A fall of earth has taken place in the South Mine at Broken Hill. The accident occurrcd at the 400 feet level Six men were killed, viz., John Prideaus, Henry…

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The Bodangora Mine

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 May 1901 · page 2

It ia satisfactory to report that the cloning down operations at tho M.C. Mine are not nearly of so serious a nature as at first thought, although, unfortunately, a good…

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Mining Fatality at Broken Hill

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 May 1901 · page 2

A fall of earth took place at the South Mine, Broken Hill, on Friday. The accident occurred at the 400 feet level. Six men were killed, John Trideaux, H. Downes…

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The Colliery Accident. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1901 · page 3

The manager of the mine at Caerphilly considers there is no hope for any of the men entombed, since the coal dust mast have fired, consequently the flames…

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Disastrous Colliery Explosion

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 7

A cubic message from London, dated Sunday, says that an explosion has taken place in a colliery at Caerphilly, in Glamorganshire, Wales, with the result that 70…

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Hill End Mining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 4

Carver and party, of the Consolidated, cleaned up on Saturday, having put through 70 tons of lips for 11¼ oz. Sutherland and Sulivan, at Chambers' Creek, have…

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Bodangora and District. The M. C. Mine

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 5

The shortening of hands at the M.C. Mine—the eventful day for Bodangora— has come and passed. Friday, the 24th, was the day and about fifty were discharged…

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The Mining Accident at Broken Hill

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 7

The men of the relief party, who had spared no sacrifice to push on the work of rescue, had the satisfaction of getting all the timber in shortly after mid-day on…

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Colliery Disaster. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 6

An explosion occurred in a colliery at Dayton, Tennessee, U.S.A., yesterday. 21 lives were lest Nine men who esc[?]ped were severely burnt…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 2

We hear that a find of opal in the Cobar Mining District has been reported. The Occidental mill has cleaned up…

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