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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
189 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 10
SOFALA, JUNE 8.—The weather is highly favorable for mining operations. The river claims in Sofala Reach are yielding well. Gard's party, last week, obtained 84 ozs,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JUNE 13.—An old hut keeper named Curran who for the last twelve months has been working on the Lewis Ponds Creek by himself, rather successfully, has commenced tunnelling from high…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The weather for the past week has been remarkably fine; warm days and trosty nights. A great many parties were loudly complaining for the want of rain; now their wishes are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A day or two ago, Mr. White, of Belltrees, showed us a sample of gold obtained by him in prospecting about on the new diggings at Stewart's Brook. It was about half a[?]ounce in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOFALA, JUNE 15.—In my last communication I mentioned how prosperously things were going at the Turon—that many of the diggers were making their 10 and 20 ozs. per day—that races…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This week has commenced with clear, frosty weather, which is very different from the mild, soft, weather which we had last week. The late rains have again filled all the holes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday evening the escort from the northern gold fields arrived in Maitland, on its way to Sydney, bringing the following amounts of gold and cash:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is nothing interesting to communicate this week. The floods have made everything dull, and business is completely at a stand. We are all anxiously awaiting the result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To show the confidence felt in the undertaking on the spot, it is respectfully announced—that 50,000 shares are reserved for the locality where the dust exists, or, in other words, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agreeably to promise, I will now endeavour to give, as nearly as I can ascertain, the result of our dry digging operations since the flood. The first and most effectually tried spot has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This place at present has a most desolate and deserted appearance, and numbers are daily leaving; for the last month we have had very unfavourable weather for mining purposes, not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Observing in one of the late issues of the Mercury, a short sketch of the diggings on the Meroo and its tributaries, commencing from the Maitland Bar up to the Devil's Hole Creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ROCKY RIVER.—Many diggers have left on account of the cold weather; bu[?] some hardy ones still remain, and their success still continues good. In the spring doubtless the river…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The heavy fall of rain and snow [?]as seriously impeded the operations of the diggers, and the constantly flooded state of the river has caused them to abandon all hopes of working their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The diggers at this place have taken advantage of the few days fine weather which have intervened since the late rains. Parties are busy in all directions, and some are still very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Turon has again been visited with a heavy flood, heavier than any we have experienced during the present year, and attended, I regret to say, with loss of life. One individual we…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The weather is still very unsettled, but the diggers have taken advantage of the few days fine weather for mining purposes. Most parties are making excellent wages, and some doing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Sunday evening the escort f om the Northern Gold Fields to Sydney, which left Tamworth on the 22nd instant, arrived in Maitland, after an interval of twenty-four days. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JULY 14.—I am again in doubt as to when we shall have any possibility of sending to the metropolis, for Sunday night rain again set in, and it poured in torrents during the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The news of the week is not of very great importance. The weather is still uusettled. Very little work has been done for some weeks past. Nuggetty Gully is at present the…
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