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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1849

5 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

The New Gold Country. (From the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1849 · page 2

As a great deal of curiosity is felt in Sydney respecting the recent discoveries of gold in California, we have devoted several columns this morning to extracts from the Polynesian…

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Semi-official Report on the Californian Gold Field. (From the Washington Globe] Quartermaster's Office, San Francisco, California, September 18, 1848

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1849 · page 4

SIR—In compliance with an intimation in my monthly report of June 30, I proceed to give you a hasty account of California as it is seen under the influence of the gold excitement now…

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The Gold Seeker's Manual. (From Punch.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1849 · page 2

A King's College Professor having come forward with a seasonable work under the above title, Punch begs leave to enter, against the learned Professor's volume, his own…

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Latest From California. From the Mines. (Correspondence of the Alta California.) Jamestown, May 13th, 1849. "Stanislaus Diggings," Five miles from the river

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 September 1849 · page 3

GENTLEMEN—Thinking that yourselves and your readers will be gratified by any news of this remarkable and rich region, I devote a little leisure to give you the benefit of my…

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British Extracts. Extinguishing Fires in Coal Mines. Important Discovery. (From Bell's Messenger.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1849 · page 2

The following letter, on a subject of great national importance, has been addressed to a daily contemporary:- SIR—The following successful result of an experiment…

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