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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Mining. Hermidale-nymagee Line. Mr. Carne's Report

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 3

The expediency of constructing a line of railway from Hermidale to Nymagee was further considered on Monday, by the Public Works…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 5

The February bullion yield of the Mount Boppy gold mine realised £11,716 4s 10d. The contractors are at work driving…

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Royal Coal Commission Finds

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 5

The miners' lodges at Newcastle have decided to withdraw all claim from the Royal Coal Commission, thus bringing to an end the Mining Court…

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Fatal Mine Explosion. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 4

By an explosion at Wehrum Colliery, Pennsylvania, sixty-five miners were entombed. Twenty-four miners, mostly Hungarians and Poles, were killed…

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Mining

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 2

The stone from the deep ground in the Federal, which has been put through the battery, has given very satisfactory returns. The shaft is now…

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The Mount Boppy Copper Mine

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 3

From the Legal Manager,— At the request of the shareholders of the Mount Boppy Copper Mine, Father Curran, the well-known…

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Mine Flooded

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 3

An under- ground river in Portugal flooded a mine. Fourteen bodies have been recovered, but 37 miners are still missing. Thomas Galvin, a coal lumper, was killed on…

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A Mining Disaster. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 2

A mining disaster is reported from Cerbago, Portugal, where 14 men have been drowned through the flooding of a coal mine from an underground river…

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Mining Queen Bee Mine

The Cobar Herald · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 3

The manager reports for the two weeks ending 19th June, 1909, as follows:— Mining.—Stoping at No. 2 Level…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 5

Parker's Perseverance Gold Mining Syndicate, Gundabocks,—The mine manager reports :—Main shaft now down 74ft. There is another change…

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Gold Stealing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 5

John McDonald, jeweller, was committed for trial on the charge of stealing a quantity of gold from Augus and Coote…

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Filling Horses' Teeth with Gold

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 6

DENTISTRY has been reduced to such a fine art that even horses now have their teeth filled with gold. Of course, only a very few thoroughbreds have been operated…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 3

On the Bogan River copper mine Tottenham) during the four weeks [?]ded the 19th June one furnace melted 322 tons of ore, and the…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 5

Sale of forfeited shares in the Gladstone Co. on the 19th inst. A meeting of directors in the C.S.A. was held in Sydney on…

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The Coal Commission

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 3

Contrary to expectation, the Newcastle minerslodges, by a very narrow majority, have decided to endorse the recommendation of their executive to the effect that they…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1909 · page 3

The February bullion yield of the Mount Boppy gold mine realised £11,717. Budgery Mines ate to be…

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Nyngan Mining District. Budgerygar

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1909 · page 3

The manager of the Badgerygar mine report that daring the past fortnight the winze from the end of cross-out at the 850ft level has been…

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Mining. Queen Bee Mine

The Cobar Herald · Friday 16 July 1909 · page 5

The manager of the above reports for fortnight ending 3rd July, 1909, as follows:— Stoping carried on at No 2 level on…

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Gold Mining at Farnham

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1909 · page 4

Mr. S. N. Jones, of Farnham, was in town this week in connection with the flotation of a company to take over a gold lease of seven acres near Farnham railway…

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Hepburn Colliery. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1909 · page 4

The dispute at the Hepburn Colliery, which kept 600 men idle for six weeks, has been overcome, sad work resumed…

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