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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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Gold Guns "Melted" Those of Baroda

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 6

I learn with profound regret (writes a correspondent of the "Westminster Gazette") that H. H. the Maharajah Gackwar of Baroda has melted down…

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Notable Diminution in Gold Yield

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 December 1908 · page 3

The New South Wales gold yield for November shows a marked falling off, while the yield for the eleven months of the current year shows a comparative decrease in…

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The Gold Yield. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1908 · page 2

The New South Wales gold yield for November shows a marked falling off, while the field for the eleven months of the current year shows a comparative decrease in…

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The Proprietary Co.'s Mine. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1908 · page 2

The manager of the Proprietary Mine posted a notification at Broken Hill yesterday that owing to the combined unions not agreeing to meet the company the mine…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 5

The manager of the Federal G. and S. M. Co., no liability, writes as follows under dato of 7th instant:—"I beg to report that the Company…

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Mining. Mount Boppy Copper Mine

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 6

Mine managers report, for period ending 7[?] D[?]c., 1908. Battery: During the last four days run, the battery crushed 72 tons…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 4

The Now South Wales gold yield for November shows a marked falling off, while the yield for the sloven months of the current year shows a…

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The Loss of Energy in Burning Coal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 7

With the coal consumption of many countries in the last ten years having been more than in the preceding century, it is humiliating and appalling…

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Mining. Queen Bee Mine

The Cobar Herald · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 6

Report for two weeks ending 5th December, 1908 :— Stoping his been carried on as usual at Nos 2, 3 and 4 levels and…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 5

Cobar Gladstone Co.—The mine manager reports :—Shaft has been sunk a further 9[?]. 6in., total depth 64ft. 6in. Contractors started on the…

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Breach of Gold Buyers Act

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 5

Charles. Marchbanks, who was prosecuted in the District Court, Melbourne, for selling gold, contrary [?]o the requirements of the Gold B[?]yar's Act, [?]as on Thursday fined £100 with £10…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 December 1908 · page 3

Lord of the Hills (W. Beadman's) near the Wealth of Nations finished crushing 25 tons of stone at the Federal battery last week, the return being 46…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 3

The Stook Exchange will have a despite for Xmas. Half yearly meeting of shareholders in the Freehold on Friday night. All…

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Hints on Practical Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 3

Dynamite should never be stored in tunnels, nor in any place where dampness exists. Although a tunnel may seem dry, all…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 6

Cobar Gladstone Co.—The Mine Manager reports. Shaft has been sunk a further distance of 9 1/2 feet, total depth 64 1/2 feet. Lode in…

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Great Mining Fraud. £20,000 Received Ba Bogus Company

The Cobar Herald · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 6

The New York police have unearthed a mining fraud in which thousands of dupes of unscrupulous men have lost large amounts of…

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