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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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The claim on Sydney Flat which was said to be so rich wis a hole deserted by three different parties in succession, as not being payable; but a fourth happened to be more fortunate, having washed from about 120…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have been favoured with the following extract from the letter of a correspondent at the Rocky River diggings, addressed to Mr. Alfred Levien, Maitland, dated 5th January:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →With the exception of the report of tho races, there is no news ot much interest from tho Rocky. From so much time having been sjtent in celebrating the Christmas holidays and attending the races, it is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whereas it is expedient to provide for the better regulation of Mining Companies on the system known as the Cost Book System: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The principal item of news from the Rocky this week is the fact of a preliminary meeting having been held at Mr.Allingham's inn on Thursday last, for the purpose of considering the propriety of organising…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since Christmas these diggings have been exceedingly dull—both in mining and business matters; so much so, that numbers are leaving daily, but whether they get to better quarters in other localities is very doubtful, as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is hereby notified, for the Information of parties Interested, that the days of arrival and departure of the Rocky River Gold Escort will, from the present date, [?] as follows:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday we had the pleasure of seeing a parcel of above six hundred ounces of gold from the Hanging Bock diggings, brought down by Mr. Hemington, with one or two other gentlemen. It is a matter of regret…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I have given you very little news of late from this quarter, for the plain reason that there has been little to report. The old favourite spots are losing their [?] celebrity, and I am sorry to say their population…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Among the remarkable phenomena of this progressive age there are none more pleasing to the philanthropist and the politician than that expansion of mind—that increased liberality of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We are obliged by Mr. Levien with the following extract, from a letter dated Rocky River, February 19, 1857:- The weather for the past two or three weeks has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We, as well as the inhabitants of Armidale and its vicinity, have been, for a very considerable period— particularly since the death of the [?]ate Mr. Fellowes— labouring under a most inconvenient, harassing, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whereas it is expedient to levy a duty upon gold in New South Wales: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Affairs generally are very dull here at present. For some, time past it has been a common practice with the diggers to leave as they finished their claims, some for the Mitta Mitta, others for the Hanging Rock, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In my last I called your attention to the very great neglect of public business, both at this place and at Armidale, owing to the scarcity of magistrates; and so very many of these cases coining on for hearing,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have received information that on Monday evening last, at a meeting held on the Rocky, for the purpose of allotting shares in the new mining company in formation for the purpose of tunneling Mount Jones, about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It was in agitation here a few days since to form a company for the purpose of [?]lling or otherwise giving Mount Jones a thorough working. Miners and others were particularly sanguine about it, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whereas it is oxpedient to amend the laws relating to the goldfields: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maiters are tame enough at these diggings at present, and as yet I cannot report any good tidings from the many prospecting parties out. I have seen several who were in search of those who were said to be getting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. Dickson and Co. have favored us with the following extract of a letter from one of their correspondents at the Peel River:- Pvel River, March 23,1857…
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