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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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Mining. the C.s.a Mines Limited

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 4

Main Shaft.—Sunk a further 24ft 6in, giving a total depth of 650ft. 6in.; also timber completed to 639 feet. Ground, bluish grey slate, with small white quartz…

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Queen Bee Copper Mine

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 4

The Manager of the above reports for fortnight ending 11th April, 1908 as follows :— No 2 level.—Stoping carried on…

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A Colliery Episode

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5

Henry Ballam, a minor, employed at Balmain colliery, met with a serious accident to-day owing to a collapse of rock in the worklogs. He had to be carried by his comrades a mile…

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A Mining Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

Henry Ballam, a miner employed at the Balmain colliery, met with a serious accident, while at work this morning. A lot of stone became loosened from the roof above…

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The Macic of Coal Tar. What an Inventor Did

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 7

There is coal tar in everything, we eat more or less, More than [?] drugs are the product of coal tar. A[?] our dress goods are dyed by coal tar…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 2

An application for the suspension of the labour conditions of two leases held by Frederick Pearse at Yeoval was before Mr. W. Burton Smith, Warden…

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Mining. Mount Morgan Mine

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

Mount Morgan Mine, in Queensland, is probably the richest mine in the world. In the 22 years the mine has been working, it has paid £7,029,166…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 3

East Cobar Mining Company, No Liability, report :—The main shaft ia now down a depth of 110ft. Country very hard, but shown splashes of…

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Gold Bond Tobacco

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 8

Lovers of good tobacco will find the famous "Gold Bond" and "Edgeworth" brands shown in all the attractive styles, by the Sydney representatives,…

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21,424 Tons of Gold Dug

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 7

Since the beginning of the 16th century 21,424 tons of gold have been dug from the mines of the earth. Their value is over £2,520,000,000. Of this…

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Mining Machinery and the Tariff

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 5

In the House of Represenatives last night the Senate's request that the duty on Mining machinery be five per cent. general and free to the United Kingdom was Representatives on the casting…

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The Bodangora Mine

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 2

It is reported in town to-day that the M.C. Mine is about to close down, at least for the present. Our information is that 33 men were knocked off…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 4

A sale of mining shares was held yesterday by Mr. W. P. Mitchell at the Club Hotel. Mr. Mitchell announced at the outset that he had…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 3

"All quiet" is the order of the day in the local mining world. Pretty well every claim on the Welcome Jack field is sinking, and until developments are…

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Something About the Mine

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 4

Gold was first discovered in the vicinity of the field over 40 years ago, and we believe that Mr. Nicholas Cooney was one of the original owners…

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Closed Down ! Bodangora Mines Cease Work. Two Hundred Men Thrown Out

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 4

THE news which we published in our issue of Monday last to the effect that the mines at Bodangora were likely to close down, has unfortunately…

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Closing of Bodangora Mines

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 5

The closing down of the Mitchell's Creek mines at Bodangora has resulted in some 200 men being thrown out of employment. It is stated that that for some time the mine has not been…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 3

Things are very quiet on the Welcome Jack field just at present. Work is proceeding steadily at the various claims, but no developments of any…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 3

A Sun top farmer writes:—As we have been having some excitement in mining matters with the finding of good new mines and the closing down…

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A Coal Mine Flooded

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 3

Heavy rain caused the flooding of the Tyneside mine at Greymouth (N Z.) The manager and the miners had a strenuous fight to keep back the water, but it…

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