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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Mining Trouble

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 September 1909 · page 2

IT is stated at the Stock Exchange that two Sydney business men have issued a writ against several of the directors of a well - known mining company in this State, and also against a…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 September 1909 · page 4

Our Stuart Town correspondent writes:— The Great Northern commenced crushing on Monday, and intend to…

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The north Pole. Tropical Fossils Found. Fine Coal Seams Located. London

The Cobar Herald · Friday 1 October 1909 · page 5

Professor MacMillan, of Peary's expedition, states that be found a huge rock split open by frosts, bearing an impression of a great…

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Big Gold Discovery

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 5

A big gold discovery has been made at Burrsgate, in the Bega district. It is estimated the are will yield 100ozs to the ton. Ono crushing has reached that amount…

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A Rich Mine. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 4

Startling reports have gained currency at Bega about a gold mine at Burragate. The ore is rich and estimated to produce over 100ozs. to the ton…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 5 October 1909 · page 3

A big gold discovery has been made at Barragate, in the Bega district It is estimated the ore will yield 100 a to the ton. One crushing has reached…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 October 1909 · page 4

The Welcome Jack Co. invite tenders for 75ft of driving west from the old tunnel. The tunnel at the Coronation is now…

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Queen Bee Mine

The Cobar Herald · Friday 8 October 1909 · page 5

The manager of the above reports for fortnight ending 25th September, 1909, as follows:— Stoping has been carried on at No…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 8 October 1909 · page 5

A call of 23 per share on the shares in the Mount Boppy Copper Co. is payable on Wednesday next. A number of shares in the Cobar…

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In a Burning Mine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 5

Thirty miners are imprisoned in a burning mine in British Columbia. Twelve bodies have been recovered…

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Violent Miners

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 October 1909 · page 3

There are no signs of settlement of the trouble at South Clifton, and matters are assuming a more serious aspect. Two men who refused to pay the union fine, were jostled on…

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Mine Employees' Troubles. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 October 1909 · page 2

There is no sign of a settlement at North Cilfton and matters are now assuming a more serious aspect, Two men refused to pay the union fines and they were jostled…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 October 1909 · page 4

At the Coronation Copper [?] tunnel is piercing a kindly s[?] copper lode, the average value aa broken being about 6 per cent. ore…

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Mining. Wellington District

The Cobar Herald · Friday 15 October 1909 · page 3

A crushing of 11 tons from the Federal was cleaned up on Monday for a return of 15 ozs. 17dwis. of smelted gold and there was 10 par…

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A Coal Strike. What It Would Mean

The Cobar Herald · Friday 15 October 1909 · page 7

Great Britain is threatened with almost the greatest commercial disaster it is possible to imagine. Should the threatened war between the coal…

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A Coal Strike. What It Would Mean

The Western Herald · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 7

Great Britain is threatened with almost the greatest commercial disaster it is possible to imagine. Should the threatened war between the coal…

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Loading Coal. a Wellington Invention

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 October 1909 · page 2

An application has been made by Mr. J. H. Nicholas, of Wellington, for a patent for an ingenious contrivance for loading coal into a ship's…

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[?] £50,000,000 Noted Gold Miner’s Death

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 19 October 1909 · page 3

[?] of Bonanza gold mine died last month. After a year’s prospecting he picked up a piece of rock which assayed [?] to the ton on Cripple Creek,…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 19 October 1909 · page 3

Cobar Glanstone Mining Company.—The following are the returns just received from the Great Cobar Limited of the two parcels of ore recently sent…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 October 1909 · page 4

The final results of the Great Northern crushings are to hand. The concentrates or clean material assays 6ozs of gold per ton and 7ozs of silver, of…

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