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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

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Reported Sale of Great Cobar and Cobar Gold Mines

Western Age · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

On good authority we learn that the Great Cobar and Cobar Gold (Fort Bourke) mines have been sold. If this is a fact something should be…

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Mine Manager Assaulted

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 3

Charles Cooper, foreman at Mount Boppy gold mines, was the victim of an assault on New Year's Eve by several men, who were in a party which,…

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Mine Manages Assaulted

Western Age · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

Charles Cooper, foreman at Mount Boppy gold mines, was the victim of an assault on New Year's Eve by several men, who were in a party which,…

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Mining Slump

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 6

Mr. Cambage, Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a statement respecting the N.S.W. mineral industry during 1921. It states that up to the…

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Partial Resumption of Work at Mount Boppy Mine

Western Age · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

About 50, men have been put on at the Mount Boppy gold mine cleaning up and breaking ore…

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Bamboo Marvels the Coal of the East

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 7

A recent statement in the Press that bamboo might in the future supply a great part of the world's paper supply created considerable interest amongst…

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Mother O' Mine

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 6

A quaint and picturesque setting representing the Dutch dining room of a metropolitan hotel, which" appears in "Mother O' Mine," Thomas H. Ince's…

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Unemployed Miners in England

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 2

One hundred and seventy-fire thousand miners[?]re said to be unemployed in England, and as least at many to be only half employed, and still no effort it made to bring production…

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Edison "Gold Discovery a Startling Effect

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 7

"Mr. Thomas Edison, the famous inventor, states that in consequence of a discovery made in the last two months it may be possible to make gold…

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Unwatering Occidental Mine

Western Age · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 2

The general superintendent of Mt. Boppy Ltd., (Mr. James Negus) arrived in Cobar last week. Mr. Negus brought a number of the Mt. Boppy…

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Edison "Gold" Discovery

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 3

"Mr. Thomas Edison, the famous inventor, states that in consequence of a discovery made in the last two months it may be possible to make gold artificially," says the "Mail's" New…

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World's Ricthest Gold Field

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 7

The late Mr. Clarke, probably the greatest geolpgist this State ever possessed, predicted tne greater part of alluvial deposits around the Mudgee district. The localities were…

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Occidental Gold Mine

Western Age · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 2

The work of unwatering the Occidental Gold Mine is proceeding without a hitch, under the direction of Mr. James Negus, superintendent of the Mount…

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C.s.a. Mines, Limited

Western Age · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 2

The directors of the C.S.A. Mines, Limited, in a statement to shareholders, point out that the assets of the company are considerably more than…

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Official Correspondence Supply of Explosives for Cobar. "Department of Mines, "February 17, 1922. Supply of Explosives for Cobar

Western Age · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 2

"Dear Sir,—with reference to the above, I beg to inform you that it is understood that the Cape Explosive Works Co., 25 O'Connell-street, Sydney…

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Great Cobar Mines

Western Age · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 2

There is talk of an American corporation re-opening Great Cobar. It sounds incredible; if it is really contemplated, then the new men must…

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Ring Inspires a Novelist Secret of "King Solomon's Mines."

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 March 1922 · page 2

A ring which inspired the principal scene in "King Solomon's Mines," and is of untold age and history, has been presented to the British Museum by Sir…

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Rise of the West the Discovery of Gold

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 March 1922 · page 2

Among those that were from Australia to California by the report of the gold discovery there was Edward Hargreaves, but fortune did…

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Rise In The West. the Discovery of Gold

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 4

Among those that were attracted from Australia to California by the report of the gold discovery there was Edward Hargreaves, but fortune did…

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