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Mining & the mines, 1848

2 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

CREDIT v. GOLD. (From the Daily News, November 10.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1848 · page 4

The entire arguments of the Times on the monetary and commercial question amount to this—abolish credit. If you trade, do so on ready money. If you have made an…

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Extraordinary Gold Discovery in California. (From the Polynesian, July 15.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 December 1848 · page 4

We have received per Euphemia dates from California to the 20th June. Our files of California papers up the dates of their death have come to hand. The yellow fever has taken hold…

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