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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1911

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Amalgamated Miners' Association

The Cobar Herald · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 5

Mr. R. Hawkins, general secretary to the A.M.A., is in receipt of the following correspondence:— From the secretary of the Miners'…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 4

The Cobar King George syndicate (late Tharsis) appears to be on the eve of striking something substantial. A block of lode…

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Mining. C. S. A.

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

The annual meeting of shareholders in the C.S.A. mine was held in Sydney on December 29th, when the usual reports were…

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Assisting Mining. State Batteries to Be Erected

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 7

The following is a brief outline of the proposal of the Labor Government to erect State batteries in different parts of the State. The prospector must…

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Mining at Hill End. Big Boom Probable

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 2

A much-needed rovival in mining, which is likely to make the field boom as it did in the seventies, is about to take place at Hill End…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 6

Cobar Gladstone Mining Company, No Liability, report for two weeks ending January 7th, 1911:—During the holidays the winch and…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 3

It is the intention of the Great Cobar North, Ltd., to sink the shaft 200ft. further, which will bring the workings to the 1550ft…

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State Coal Mines

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 3

Mr. Elden, Minister of Mines, told a Victorian interviewer that it was proposed to establish State mines in the north, south, and wost of New South Wales, to supply the…

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A New Gold Field

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 3

English and Canadian capital is flowing into the country to purchase claims in the new goldfields in Porcupine Bay, on the borders of Hudson Bay…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 5

The Queen Bee Copper Mining Co., No Liability, reports for two weeks ending January 14th:— Prospecting and development…

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Miners and Employers. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 2

The delegate board of the Newcastle Colliery Employees' Federation has asked for a conference with the proprietors on the question of machine…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 4

The Managing director reports, under date 24th January:—Sunk main shaft a further 8ft, present depth of shaft now 227ft; passed…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 3

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Cobar Gladstone Mining Company, No Liability, was held at Wrightville…

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Hill End Mining

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 2

The Macquarie Goldfield, Ltd., on the southern end of the Hawkins' Hill auriferous belt, is at work at different points on its lenses. It is developing…

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The Coal Strike

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 5

Mr. J. G. Watson gave his decision on Tuesday in connection with the inquiry with respect to the gas strike. He said he was forced to the conclusion…

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Hill End. Wonderful Returns of Gold

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 9

"An Old Miner" writes in the Bathurst Times":— "Seeing the excitement that is being caused now by the revival in…

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Big Mining Scheme. Hill End Leases Amalgamated

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 2

Memories of the fabulously rich crushings taken from Hawkins' Hill are revived after 30 years; of the days when the world rang with the golden…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 5

The new find at the Queen Bee mine, reported in a recent issue, has now widened out to 13ft instead of 6ft.; maintaining the high values…

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A Coal and Coke Investment

The Cobar Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 2

Squatters, farmers, dairymen, and country residents generally, desirous of varying their investments, realising there is greater safety in disposing their…

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Tax on Diamond Mines

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 2

The feature of the South African Union Budget, introduced in the Capetown House recently, by Mr. Hull, was a ten per cent, tax on Cape and Orange Free State diamond…

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