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Peak Hill Express

Location

Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Oct 12, 1906

Page

14

Copper Lodes Improve Prospect in Dandaloo District Mining

From Our Correspondent reports strong copper finds across multiple mines in the Dandaloo District. Madden and Martell's Alberts property yields a 205 ft depth vein with copper ore up to 20 percent. Orange Plains leases show high grade ore, Lind and Parry reach five feet lodes. Fishpool and Sons prepare 25 tons for treatment despite poor roads and drill a large western shaft. Thack and Party at Ironatone strike a 7 foot wide, high grade lode. Nelson and Parry report rich blue carbonate ore at 50 ft. The field is poised to be among the best once developed.

Madden and Martell Lind and Parry Messrs Fishpool and Sons Thack Party Nelson and Parry Dunwell

Drowning Fatalities in Orange District Floods

Last week floods in the Orange district caused three drownings at Cadia. Hugh Ryan aged 33 store keeper Sid Tompkin aged 20 son of a Cadia storekeeper and Thomas Sara aged 33 miner died while rescuing Sid Tompkin from a submerged horse. A nine year old boy named Gibbons drowned in a flooded creek at East Orange.

Orange District Cadia Hugh Ryan Sid Tompkin Thomas Sara Sidompkin Iia Tompkin Gibbons East Orange

Novel Hearthrug from Old Stockings

Loosen and cut past worn stockings then unravel the wool into little balls. Pass the wool 18 times over four fingers and sew balls onto canvas in alternating rows. Center each ball, creating a mass of curls that resembles a larger cast. Inexpensive and thrifty as washing restores its look.

Roundabout Notes and Oddities From a Distant Era

A composite clipping mixes a hospital tale of a patient nicknamed Murphy with a sharp note on annual magistrate registrations and aging judges. It includes a quip about a doctor’s absurd treatment, a list of magistrates by years on the rolls, and a rural joke about a farmer planning lobsters bringing a humorous twist.

Inte Cobar Syndicate Donates to Lithgow Hospital

The Inte Cobar Syndicate, recently sold to a company, donated £100 to Lithgow Hospital as a charitable contribution.

Inte Cobar Lithgow Hospital

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Dandaloo District R. McLean Club House Caswell Street Peak Hill Tooth’s Highland Club Opticians Nolan, Time & CO George St Sydney TIE Post Office McA Tamney Mcpilail Carrington Fred. Metters & Co George Street UNION Bakery H. Schmidt Euchie Streert John Bakes Ee CornereRe & Caswell Oe Pen Hill Mr. Banes Datnter Roundabout Notes Tie Hosital Murphy Ccceeuenes Department of the Jones New England Jervis Bay
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