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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

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Mines Close. Water-famine at Cobar

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 3

The Cobar district is suffering from the effects of drought. The failure of mine supplies has already thrown out of employment since December 1000 men in…

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Mine Fatalities

The Cobar Herald · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 4

At a meeting of the A.M.A. held on Thursday last at Broken Hill, the matter of men ceasing work immediately after a fatal accident…

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Queen Bee Copper Mine. Equity Suit & Injunction

The Cobar Herald · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 5

An interesting application was made this week to the Chief Judge in Equity (Mr. Justice Simpson) for an injunction until the hearing…

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Mining Warden's Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 March 1914 · page 4

The following are particulars of cases dealt with by the Mining Warden (Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M.), on Friday last. Thomas Reidy.—Application for the…

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The Great Cobar Mines

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 2

In the letters which have been published in 'The Daily Telegraph' Mr. Blakemore deals at some length with the grade of the ore which was…

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Colliery Strike. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 2

Hebburn and Pelaw Main collieries were on strike yesterday. Nearly two thousand employees are thrown idle…

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Northern Territory Gold

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 1

"The total vale of the gold to be won from the Leo Creek field will be approximately one million sterling." This statement is made in a report…

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First Gold Discovery. Some Reminiscences of Orange District

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 2

Mr. William Henry Hargraves, who is now retiring from the position of Deputy-Registrar in Equity, after 57 years service in the Government, writes…

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Question of Mining Leases

The Cobar Herald · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 6

In Equity (before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Simpson) the matter of Vickety v. Ellis was again mentioned last week before his…

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The Orange "Leader's" Gold Mounted Whip

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

W. Lillyman is the successful jockey to win the gold mounted whip presented by the Orange "Leader" for the jockey who wrote the most winners…

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Mining. Occidental Gold Mining Co., No Liability

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 3

Report of work done at the above mine for the fortnight ending 4th March, 1914. Ore raised.—2104 trucks of ore…

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Cobar Miners

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 6

The agreement under which the Cobar miners have worked for some years has just terminated. No sooner did the end come than the voices of…

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Canaries As Life-savers. Bad Air in Mines

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 3

The enumeration of canary-birds among the necessary implements of the miner might cause surprise, but these pets are life-savers of the first order when their services are…

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A Gold Find

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

A wire from Ballarat says:-- "Two brothers, W. and M. Roberts, who had been prospecting at Daybreak, near Corindhap, with indifferent results for…

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

The Cobar Herald · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 4

Report of work done at the mine to 14th March, 1914 :— No. 2 west crosscut has been extended another 6 feet. Total…

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Mining at Carcoar

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 1

For some time now two trains per day, conveying about four hundred lons of ironstone ore, are being disinc[?] from the Careoar ironstone…

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Rich Gold Find. Reported Near Dunedoo

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 March 1914 · page 4

Mr. Henry Dawson, an experienced prospector and manager of the Golden Hill mine, Birriwa, reports the discovery of a large lode formation on…

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Mining

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 3

The London "Financial Times" is privately cabled to Sydney as having published the following epitome of the Cobar reconstruction…

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strike of Coal-Miners. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 4

Fifty thousand coal miner in Ohio have struck Work for an increue in their wages…

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News from Everywnere Forbes Gold Mine Sold

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 3

It is stated on good authority that Mr. Charles Lennard and party have disposed of portion of their interest in the Golden Link claim at Forbes. The…

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