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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

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The Selby Gold Robbery. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 5

The man, John Winte[?] who confessed his guilt in connection with the Selby gold-robbery near San Francisco, has been sentenced to 15 years'…

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Mining on Private Property. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 5

The Full Court yesterday delivered an important judgment re mining on private lands, the rights of the owner of which were questioned. Referring to the…

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Mining Law—Foreign Capital and mismanagement

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 2

As promised in our last issue we are reprinting a report of an interview with the late Louis Janin, jr, prior to his departure for America in 1899. "I have been…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 2

MR J. M. SCOTT, mining broker, Cobar reports:—This week has passed by, without anything special occurring in the share market. If anything, Occidenta's and…

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Cricket. Copper Mine Club

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above club was held on the Mine Hill on the 24th inst, Mr. T. Hagar in the chair. There was a large attendance of…

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A Mine on Fire. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 September 1901 · page 4

The Pinnacles Mine near Broken Hill is reported to be on fire. No particulars have yet been furnished…

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The Gold Yield. Auckland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 September 1901 · page 4

There is a likelihood at present of the gold yield being the largest recorded for the past 28 years…

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Gold-mining Leases

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 September 1901 · page 4

A notification appears in the "Government Gazette" to the effect that rent in due on the following gold leases in the county of Wellington, and the leases will be…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 7 September 1901 · page 2

MR J. M. SCOTT, mining broker, Cobar, reports;—There no change to record in the share market for the week Occidentals, if anything, are a little easier. Young…

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Mining at Stuart Town

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 September 1901 · page 4

Boehme Bros, crushed 26 tons from the Poor Man's Mine for 10 oz. gold not. There is a good supply of water on the field for crushing purposes. Mr. T. Rogers crushed…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 14 September 1901 · page 3

MR J M Scott, Mining Broker, cobar, reports .—Despite the fact of mining dams having sufficient water to carry on crushing operations for an indefinite period, the share…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT writes from Resdown:—After a long silence I am pleased to be able to report a great improvement in the appearance of one…

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Gold Stealing

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 September 1901 · page 2

Two armed masked men entered the battery house of the Beehive Gold mine, Bulwal, Victoria, early yesterday morning. They bound the watchman and stole a…

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Robbery of a Gold Mining Battery. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 September 1901 · page 4

Two armed and masked men entered the battery house of the Beehive Gold Company at Balamwaal yesterday, bound the watchman and stole a quantity of…

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Gold Export. Sydney, September 24

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1901 · page 2

The mail steamer Sonoma, which has left for 'Frisco, took half a million sovereigns…

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Hill End Mining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 September 1901 · page 3

Messrs. Willard and Party have crushed 38 tons from their mine at Red-hill, Tambaroora, which went at the rate of 8d wt, to the ton. The stone being easily got, if a…

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Mine Own Work

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1901 · page 4

I made the cross myself whose weight Was later laid on me; This thought is torture as I toil Up life's steep Ca[?]vary…

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Miscellaneous Pars. Loading Coal in Japan

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 October 1901 · page 6

Captain G. R. Satchell, who was for some time engaged on the Now South Wales coast, is now engaged in the East, in command of the steamship Shirley. Writing to…

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Lives Risked for Money. What Won't Men Do for Gold?

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 October 1901 · page 3

MANY a man will protest his money at the risk of his life. Thousands decline to protect their lives because it would require a sacrifice of a little of their money. This…

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Old Goodrich Mine

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 October 1901 · page 2

The prospectors at the above mine (Burgess and Donnelly) are meeting with great success. The prospects continue to improve as depth is attained, and the returns of trial…

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