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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

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Wellington As a Mining Centre

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 2

Wellington as a mining centre is beginning to loom large. Copper, gold, and silver properties are opening up all round, while many think that the…

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The French Mine Explosion. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 2

The explorers engaged in the [?] work in connection with the recent mining [?] in France estimate that 150 enlombed misers lived several days after…

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The Kaiser Gold-mining Company

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 4

In this issue will be found the prospectus of the above company. It is solid reading, but interesting. Mr. A. McDonald's report embodied in it is a…

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Electioneering Gold

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 7

In America everything can be done by means of money. In England nothing can be done without money. The two things are quite different…

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The Couerirres, Mine Disaster. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 4

A miner named Berton, who has been rescued from the Courrieres mine, Nana, at tho 331 Metre level, is in fair health, and able to walk. He suffered less than the…

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Imperial Bushman's Mine

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 2

Mr. Edwards, the legal manager and secretary of the Imperial Bushman's mine, about eight miles on the Orange side of Euchareena came to…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 6

The North Nymagee was expected to start sinking the new main shaft this week, the contract being 160ft. of sinking and the dimensions 12ft: x 4½ft…

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Potash Mine Bought by Prussian. Government

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 7

The "Financial News" (London) says that the Prussian Government has made an offer, subject to the sanction of the Prussian Diet, of L1,500,000 for the…

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The Federal Mine

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 4

The mine manager reports under date ending the 12th inst., as follows.—"Junction Reef.—Shaft sunk to a depth of 33 feet. Reef a foot to 18…

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Parcel of Gold From Jawbone

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 4

The wash-up at Jawbone is panning out well, and the miners are reaping the benefit of months of toil during the dry weather. Thousands of tons…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 5

A parcel of opal obtained in Mayes and Hawson's claim, Turloy's-hill weighing 21oz., sold for £340, an average of £16 per ounce. Ono stone of pure opal,…

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Mining for Turquoise in Old Arabia

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 7

Prof, Petrie, in a recent address, told his story in reference to the Sinai distriot in Arabia which is so closely related to the Old Testament days. A short time ago…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 2

The contractors at the Canbelego Silver-lead Syndicate's mine have just completed the shaft to a depth of 100ft., and tenders have been culled for a…

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Mining News

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 8

We extract the following items of mining news from the PEAK HILL EXPRESS:- THE PROPRIETARY. During the month ending March 24th…

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Colliery Accident in Wales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 3

Five men were killed and seven injured on Saturday by a colliery accident in Wales…

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The Acv. [?] of the Mining Engineer

The Castlereagh · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 2

John Sineaton in 1752 was the [?] who ever styled himself a [?] and in the 150 years [?] has over been growing…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 5

Mr. Marsha has handed us the following assays received from Messrs. S. S. Vale and Son:—Cobar Peak Silver Mining Co., N.L.—No. 1 sample—3dwts…

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Mining Jots

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 6

Paddy Bodkin's prospecting claim of some 4½ acros, situated about half-a-mile west of the Mount Drysdale Company's mine and joining the…

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Federal Gold Mine

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 6

The mine manager reports under date 4th May as follows:—Junction shaft down 50 feet—last 30 feet on the underlay to the east…

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The First Gold Discovery

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 4

Speaking to a miner of many years experience in this district he told us ("Western Advocate") anent the first discovery of gold that it was a…

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