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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1911

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Big Shipment of Gold. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 4

It is reported that gold bars valued at £6,000,000, portion of the Dowager Empress of China's wealth, was secretly shipped to England…

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Coal Vend Prosecutions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

In the High Court on Friday, before the Coal Vend prosecutions were resumed, Mr. Knox made application for an injunction to restrain the…

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Gold Medal Port. of the Famous Grodna Wines

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 8

The export wine judges at the Royal Show, the first authorities and connoisseurs in the Commonwealth, pronounced the pure Australian port…

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John Haynes and Coal-vend Case

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 5

John Haynes, editor of the "Newsletter," giving evidence at the High Court in the coal vend case, admitted having received £50 for writing an article, which appeared in an…

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Gold Medal Port. of the Famous Grodna Wines

The Western Herald · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 10

The export wine judges at the Royal Show, the first authorities and connoisseurs in the Commonwealth, pronounced the pure Australian port…

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Stuart Town Mining

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 4

Mr. S. Jones (manager of the recently amalgamated Beehive and Great Northern mines at Stuart Town and Farnham respectively) was in Orange last week…

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Sale of Mining Plant

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 2

All important sale of milling machinery, plant, etc., will be conducted by Messrs. Bedford, Taylor, and Weston, Ltd. on Wednesday Hist May on account…

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Auction Sale Notices. Sale of Mining Plant

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 3

An important sale of mining machinery, plant, etc., will be conducted by Messrs. Bedford, Taylor, and Weston, Ltd. on Wednesday 31st May on account…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 5

The Secretary of the Boppy Boulder Gold Mining Co. reports under date April 29th :- Since the report of 10th April the north…

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When Gold Will Be Dirt

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 5

Thomas A. E[?]lison, in an interview, makes some remarkable predictions of new inventions that will be given to the world before the end of the…

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Sensational Gold Find. Trunkey

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 4

A rather sensational gold find has been made at Betsey's Flat, about five miles west of Trunkey. Upwards of £100 worth of gold has been washed…

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Mining. C.S.A. Mines Limited

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 3

The C.S.A. Mines Limited report on work done at the mine:-Since last reported the south off No. 5 has been driven 7 feet, a total distance…

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Bonnie Dundee Mine

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 3

The crosscut is now in 28ft. and from the class of country encountered and the soakage which is gradually increasing, there is every…

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Gold at Trunkey

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 2

Good gold is stlll being found at Betsy's Fiat, about five miles from Trunkey. The country is pegged out for miles, but miners are advised not…

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Rich Gold Find at Trunkey

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 4

A RATHER sensational find had been made at Betsey's Elat, about five miles west of Trunkey. Upwards of £100 worth of gold has been washed from about the grass roots. The…

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Auction Sale Notices. Sale of Mining Plant

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 6

An important sale of mining machinery, plant, etc., will be conducted by Messrs. Bedford, Taylor, and Weston, Ltd. on Wednesday 31st May on account…

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The Gladstone Mine

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 4

The fact of shares in a claim containing the rich stone which has been proved to be in the Gladstone being so consistently and…

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Miners Organised. FEDERATION 12,000 STRONG

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 5

The metalliferous miners of Australia whose representatives have been conferring in Sydney are to say by ballot whether they accept…

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Mining. the Queen Bee

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 5

The Queen Bee Copper Mining Company, No Liability, report for fortnight ending 6th May: Main shaft Timbering completed. Total…

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Interesting to Miners

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 3

Mr. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Department of Mines:— "With reference to your letter of…

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