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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1856

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1856 · page 2

We have been favored with the following extract from a letter repeived by Messrs. Levien and Hastings, from the Rocky River, dated May 20, 1856:—…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1856 · page 2

We are favored by the relatives of Daniel Tynan, the young man who was recently stabbed at the Rocky River, with the sight of a letter written by him to them. They feel rather indignant at what they regard…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Northern Escort

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1856 · page 2

The escort arrived in Maitland on Sunday evening, bringing with it 2901 ozs. 19 dwts. of gold dust, and £212[?] in notes. The whole of this is from the Rocky diggings, and if the products of the Hanging Rock, where…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, December 2, 1856. the New Gold Fields System

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1856 · page 2

Notwithstanding the apparently objectionable character of the gold export duty, as a tax on the export of produce, it seems to us that the diggers, as well…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River. (From our Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1856 · page 2

ROBBEUT OF £600 WORTH OF WATCHES AND JEWELLERY.—On Thursday evening last, the 20th instant, between the hours of eight and ten, some burglars broke into the stores of Mr. Jonas, on Singleton Flat,…

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The Northern Gold Fields. Hanging Book. (From On Corretpondent of S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1856 · page 2

NOVEMBM 27TH, 1856.—Our diggers are again beginning to put on the lively appearance of former days; numbers are flocking in from all quarters, but more especially from the Rocky River. A large party…

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The Noetherm Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 December 1856 · page 2

One of our townsmen has tbe following trief note from a business correspondent at the Rocky:- Rocky River, 8th Dec., 1858…

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The Northern Gold [?]Ields. the Rockt River

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1856 · page 2

We are favored with the me of a second letter from Mr. J. H. West to Mr. D. Meiklejohn, of Morpeth. It gives distict and vainable information, although not so encouraging…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 December 1856 · page 2

Our correspondent writes, dating Rocky River, 15th December: "Gold fell on Friday to £3 13s. per ounce, and a still further reduction is expicted. On Friday night Mr. Jones, of the Circus Royal, assisted by…

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The Northern Gold Fields. (From the Armidale Express, Dec. 20.) the Rocky River. (From our Special Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 December 1856 · page 2

The weather now seems quite settled, the days boing sunny, with gentle breezes sufficient to cool the air: the nights are rather cold, particularly towards the mornings…

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Primitive Methodist Chapel, Four-mile Creek Collieries. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 December 1856 · page 2

That form of Christianity designated Primitive Methodism, first established in the early part of the present century, among the working classes of Britain, by a small band of their…

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The Northern Gold Fields: the Northern Escort

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 December 1856 · page 2

The escort arrived in Maitland on Sunday last, from the Recky River diggings, bringing with it 3487 ounces 7 dwts. of gold The average fortnightly returns from these diggings…

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