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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

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The Early Goldfields How the Chinese Were Treated

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 3

Mr. William English, the pioneer miner of Hill End and Tambaroora, who died last week at the age of 82, used to tell many interesting stories of…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 5

Mr. Geo. Marshe informs us that Mount Boppy Block 51 has been floated and that registration will be proceeded with at once…

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More Earthquakes. Dominion's Experience. Awful Time in the Mines

The Cobar Herald · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 4

Earthquake shocks occurred at Westport till 8 o'clock on Monday morning. In many places narrow fissures…

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Mining. C.S.A. Mines, Ltd

The Cobar Herald · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 3

At the fifth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the C.S.A. Mines, Limited, held in Sydney on Wednesday, 26th February, 1913,…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 7

A private cablegram received in Melbourne last week, and immediately made public, stated that the output of the Great Cobar, Ltd.,…

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Mining. C. S. A.

The Cobar Herald · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 4

Since this mine was re started some eight months ago progress has been made in development by the mine manager, Mr. C. R…

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The Bodangora Mine

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 2

The efforts to put the Bodangora mine on a payable footing have not met with success, and the mine was practically closed down on Saturday, when…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 2

The law suit between the Broken Hill Junction North Silver Mining Co., and the Broken Hill Junction Lead Mining Co. is nearing its end…

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Mining. THE C.S.A. Mines, Ltd

The Cobar Herald · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 4

Report of work done at the mine to the 8th March, 1913 :— The south drive from west crosscut on the copper vein has been…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 6

The efforts to put the Bodangora mine on a payable footing have not met with success, and the mine was practically closed down on…

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Blackbird with Gold Ring

The Western Herald · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 3

William Best, a farmer living near Ballyconnell, co. Cavan, shot recently a blackbird, which had a gold ring on one of Its legs. The ring in now worn by…

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Mining. Mount Boppy Company

The Cobar Herald · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 8

The year 1912 proved to be a very unfortunate one for the Mount Boppy Gold Mining Co. In April, May and June, milling operations…

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Mining. THE C.S.A. Mines, Ltd

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 2

Report of work at the mine to the 22nd March, 1913:— South drive from west crosscut on the copper vein has been…

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Great Cobar, Limited. Special Report. Mining Engineer's Opinion

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 3

The "Financial Times" (London) in its issue of Tuesday, February 18, publishes a resume of a report by Mr. C. H. Herzig, a…

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Strikes. Southern Coal Miners Mayors Take Action. Wollongong

The Cobar Herald · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 5

The Mayors of Wollongong and North and Central Illawarra met to-day and decided to take action on behalf of the public to effect a…

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Mining. NYMAGEE

The Cobar Herald · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 8

Nymagee, March 12 :—Unwatering of the main shaft is being pushed ahead, and water is now 75ft. below No. 4 level. The shaft…

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The Northern Miners. SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 4

The position on the Northern colliery fields is unchanged. Another Strike Threatened. SYDNEY, Friday…

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Gold at Hill End. Over 20 Ozs. to the Ton

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 8

On Saturday word was received that the Reward Goldmining Co., at Hill End, had struck it rich, and the stone was estimated to go 20 ozs to the ton…

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Mining. THE C.S.A. Mines, Limited

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 5

Report of work done on the mine. The South drive on the copper vein from West Crosscut has been extended 4ft., total distance 16ft…

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Australian Miners' Federation

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

Mr. J. Little, General secretary of the Federated Miners' of Australia, addressed a meeting of members of the Cobar branch of…

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