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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

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A Gold Rush

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 October 1901 · page 2

A rush has occurred at Moyston, a small township near Ararat, Victoria. Two prospectors, in a few hours, panned out 30 lbs. weight of gold in the vicinity of the…

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Gold Rush. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1901 · page 4

A gold rush has broken oat at Moyston, near Ararat, two prospectors in a few bours panning out 30 pounds weight of gold. A lot of country has…

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Coal at Grafton. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1901 · page 3

Good coal has been discovered miles from South Grafton…

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Ihter-state. Coal Discovery. Sydney, October 15

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 October 1901 · page 2

Good coal has been discovered 26 miles from South Grafton…

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The Mining Industry

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 19 October 1901 · page 4

"THE Australian Mining Standard" publishes an article in which it complains of the neglect of the mining interests of Australia by its…

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Traveller. the Gold Finds in Scotland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1901 · page 4

IT ought to be more generally known than it is, that Scotland occupies a respectable position in the 'list of gold-producing constries; we should…

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Waste in the Mining of Coal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 4

It has been estimated that during the last fifty years not more than 30 per ceat of the coal in the measures mined has reached the place of consumption. Much…

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Mining. Mount Drysdale

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 2

THE Mt Drysdale Mine cleaned up on Saturday last for 961ozs bullion—861ozs being from the Cyanide and 100oz from the Eattery. Early on…

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Fatal Accident. At the Copper Mine. One Man Killed. Two Others Injured

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon at about three o'clock the news of a fatal accident at the Great Cobar Copper Mine spread through the town,…

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Mining Leases to be Cancelled

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 October 1901 · page 2

The following mining leases are to be cancelled by publication in the Government Gazette of 29th instant, unless held under some other title, and will then become…

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The Mining Industry. Should State Batteries be Erected?

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 November 1901 · page 3

The development of the mineral resources of the State, it has often been suggested, might be materially aided by the application of portion of the prospecting vote annually…

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A Rich Mine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 4

The Great Boulder Mine (W.A.) produced gold valued at £339,000 within the past nine mouts, wiping off all tho company's indebtedness…

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Great Cobar Copper Mine Strike of Clamp Hands. Improvements at the Mine

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 2

A STRIKE occurred at the Great Cobar Copper Mine on Tuesday last, when the clamp hands went out on strike. However, the matter was amicably…

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Sketcher. Our Mediterranean Coal Trade

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 4

MR. GURNEY, British Con[?]general at Marseilles, is a firm believer in the reality of American competition in the coal trade…

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A Great Mine. Sydney, November 8

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 2

The Great Bon[?]er mine produced gold of the value of £339.000 within the past nine months, wiping off all the company's indettedness…

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Burwood Colliery Explosion. Syduey

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 5

John Champion, one of the injured men at the Burwood colliery explosion, died last night, this making three deaths in connection with the disaster…

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Visit of the Minister for Mines

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 2

The Minister for Mines, the Hon John Kidd, M.L.A., Mr M'Laughlan, Principal Under Secretary, and Mr Donald Macdonell, M.L.A., arrived…

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Apsley Copper Mining Syndicate

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 November 1901 · page 2

A local syndicate has been formed to work aud develop the Apsley Hill Copper Mine. The shaft is already down 100 feet and it is intended to sink to double that depth to…

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Mines Starting Work

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 20 November 1901 · page 3

The Crown Reef, Durban and Roodepoort mines are starting, with fifty stampers each…

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Mining Matters

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 22 November 1901 · page 2

We hear that Messrs. Chenhall and Patons' mine at Tomingley cleaned up yesterday the battery and cyanide for a very sa[?]sfactory yield, which…

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