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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
89 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 5
One of the honorable members for Sydney (Mr. Parkes) has obtained leave to bring in a bill to regulate the sale and delivery of coal from collieries and coal pits in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Several parties have set in at Madgwick's Ridge, some sinking afresh, and others going into the shafts already sunk One party got £9 per man during the week, out of one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A number of men are arriving on these diggings weekly, and most of them commence digging in Happy Valley. Last week a party of men got £19 per man, and a great many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Those persons mining on the Peel River are doing exceedingly well There is a meeting to be held at Mr. Odenhiner's next week relative to the right of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. T. Haydon has just reached Maitland with 800 ounces gold from the Hanging Rock. This Quantity he bought at different parts of those diggings in one day, the larger portion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since my last communication a great many new comers have found their way to these diggings, averaging about ten per diem. As many as thirty have arrived in one day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whereas the coal deposits of New South Wales are now being actively sought after, and many of the known seams are extensively worked to satisfy the increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Palmer's Flat we hear is turning out well, but the diggers from some cause or other do not give publicity to the amount of gold they are getting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is a great stagnation in mining operations just now, owing to the scarcity of water, occ[?]sioned by the long continued dryness of the season…
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