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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 5

The adjourned first annual general meeting of the No. 1 South Budgery Copper Mining Company, Limited, was held at the Commercial Hotel…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 8

An extraordinary general meeting of the Girilambone Mining Company was held yesterday for the purpose of considering the advisability of issuing…

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Mount Hope Copper Mine

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 8

The Mount Hope Mines, No Liability, New South Wales, have already produced over £400,000 worth of fine copper. The mine, which is…

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Mining Matters. the Kaiser Under Offer

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 3

Wm. Anderson, on behalf of the syndicate controlling the Kaiser mine, near Bodangora, applied to the Warden on Friday for suspension of labour…

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Mining Casualty in France

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 3

Several minors have boon killed by an explosion of firo-damp in France…

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A Mining Disaster. London. Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 2

A terrible explosion has occurred in a coalmine at Roden, in Rhenish Prussia. The corpses of 164 miners have been recovered, but 425 men are entombed in…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 5

Mount Boppy Blocks, Ltd.—Report for fortnight ended 26th January :—Plat and crosscut at 200ft. level completed. Contract for additional…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 8

Girilambone mine during the past week milled 12O¾ tons carbonates for 17½ tons concentrates, leached 55½tons tailings for 18½ cwt fine copper…

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The Virginia Mine Disaster

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 4

Indications point to the probability that the eighty men entombed in the Virginia mine are dead…

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The C.s.a. Mines, Limited, Cobar

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 8

Report of work done for week ended 20th January :—Main shaft—Shaft has been sunk a further 17ft. 6in., miking total depth 330ft 6in, ; ground…

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Mining. Louth Road C.m. Co

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 3

The mine manager reports the following work done for the fortnight ending January 26th :—Erected whip pole and raised the brace another 5ft…

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Mining Matters. the Goodrich Mine

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 2

As with most other old workings, activity is being displayed at the Goodrich mine, about 4 1/2 miles from Yeoval. The lode was discovered in 1868, and…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 6

Great things are expected from the copper mines at Orange Plains, in the Dandaloo district. The December output of the Great…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 4

The Queen Bee Co. declared a dividend of 1s 6d at the meeting of directors on Wednesday night. The manager of the Little Budgery…

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Wellington Champion Copper Hill Mine

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 5

Matters in connection with the above property are wearing a decidedly bright appearance, As reported in our last issue, a vein of…

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The C.s.a. Mines, Limited, Cobar

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 6

Report of work done for week ended 27th January, 1907:—Main shaft-shaft has been sunk a farther 12ft. 6in making total depth 343ft. Ground…

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Mining Matters. the Omega Mine

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 February 1907 · page 3

Twelve months ago next Saturday Messrs. J. W. Marshall and E V. Hare took up the working of the old Yarragal syndicate's copper mine on…

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Belara Copper Mine

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 February 1907 · page 3

Of the Belara copper mine, though one of the oldest of any pretension in the district, little seems to be known of it, in spite of its many vicissitudes and…

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The Poseidon Gold Field

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 February 1907 · page 4

Another nugget, weighing 250 ounces, was found at the Poseidon gold field on Monday. Over £2000 worth of gold has now been won by the…

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West Australian Gold Yield

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 3

The dividends paid by the West Australian Gold Mining Companies last year amounted to £1,[?]92,000, making £16,214,000 to date…

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