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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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Mining Matters

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 June 1907 · page 2

Two and a half tons of copper matte came from the Belara mine on Saturday for transhipment to Germany for final treatment…

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Coal Lumpers on Strike

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 June 1907 · page 2

The coal lumpers who are on strike had a procession through the streets yesterday, followed by a big meeting at the Domain, at which Ben Tillet, the…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 2

Cobar Tharis Copper Mining Company, no liability.—An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the above company was held in the…

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Mining Matters

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 8

Copper prospecting on Mr T F. Crick's land at Bungieboombah is being pushed on vigorously. Messrs. Stewart and Smith have their shaft…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 5

No. 1 South Budgery Copper Mining Company, Limited.—Manager's report 31st May, 1907:—Have driven 19ft. for the fortnight. At 13ft. a new wall came…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 3

The Budgery King shaft is down 132ft., and the manager is now putting in a crosscut to tap the large lode that shows on the surface, and is now in 40ft. An…

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Miners' Eight Hours Bill. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 4

The Yorkshire Minors' Association has censured the Government for its attitude towards the Miners' Eight Hours ' Bill, which is declared to be directly opposed to…

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The Missing Gold. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 4

No trace has been found of the gold stolen from the Melbourne Mint, although the detectives are pursuing their investigations vigorously. They have decided to…

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The Commonwealth Mine. Anticipated Developments

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 June 1907 · page 2

The shareholders of above mine have received the following communication:— "I am instructed to inform you that…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 3

The June dividend of the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company will absorb £60,000 as dividends (7s 6d per share), and will be 2s 6d per…

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Murderous Miners. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 2

Orchard, the approver in the American murder trials, has confessed to farther Crimes at the instigation of the leaders of the Miners' Federation…

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Mount Boppy Gold. Gratifying Results and Excellent Prospects"— Record Profits

The Cobar Herald · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 5

The eighth ordinary general meeting of the Mount Boppy Gold Mining. Company, Limited, was hold Monday, April 8, at the Cannon-street Hotel, E.C…

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Gold Made Like Steel. Surgical Instruments Made of Hardened Precious Metal

The Cobar Herald · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 3

A source of future great demand for gold in the arts and sciences is divulged in Leslle's Weekly, in which Henry Schedd Beardsley relates how…

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The Gold Yield

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 8

Theusualreturn furnished by the UnderSecretary for Mines shows that the gold yeild recorded for this State for the month at'May is 46,O05oz crude, equal to 39,296oz…

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A Smart. Little Coal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

A striking feature with regard to coats is the difference allowed by fashion in the matter of length. The very long and the very short coat are rivals, and it is dificult…

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A Coal-lumper's Strike Incident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 5

A coal-lumper was arrested at midnight, in the act of throwing stones through the window of the foreman stevedore's residence in Lower Fort-street. The man struggled violently, and…

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The Coal Lumpees' Strike. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

While a coal lumper was being arrested last night for throwing stones through the window at the residence of Mr. Healy, foreman stevedore, Lower fort-street, one…

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A Bishop As Sprinter and a Judge As Coal-heaver

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 7

THESE are indeed democratic days when a right reverend bishop thinks nothing of laying aside his dignity to take part in a foot-race, and when a grave and learned…

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Mine Shut Down

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 2

Over 1000 persons are affected by the closing down of the Scottish Mine at Gympie…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 3

The Wellington Copper Syndicate is a now mining venture, and is composed' of Newcastle shareholders, who hold 80 acres on the copper lodes. The lease…

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