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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
94 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 5
There is nothing new to report in digging matters this week, but in several localities many parties are doing remarkably well —as the ensuing escort returns will show—one party of three at the Mount Welsh shallow sinking have obtained sixty ounces…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →You will have learnt by the Yarra Yarra that the report circulated here that it was the Rialto that had gone ashore on the spit, in Keppel Bay, was incorrect, in so far as the name of the vessel was concerned, and that the unlucky craft was the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In pursuance of the provisions contained in the Act of the Local Parliament, 20 Victoria, No. 29, intituled, "An Act to Amend the Laws relating to the Gold Fields," his Excellency the Governor General, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →November. 6.—On Monday evening, 1st instant, a steady working party, consisting of Messrs. Johnson (2), Travers, and T. Grecian, owning a claim on the same line, bat about 150…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There is no doubt that the present determination to give the Bo[?] River locality a [?]r trial will eventually prove that the aurife[?]s resources of New England are only in their in[?]y. Many portions of these diggings which at one time were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →His Excellency the Governor General, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to appoint Robert Wisdom, Esquire, and Henry Low, Esquire, to be Sub-Commissioners of Gold Fields, and to be officers for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following are portions of the last communication of the Herald's Special Commissioner, who has now returned from the Fitzroy. In our shipping intelligence it will be observed more favourable indications are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I, fear y[?] readers may think me too tedi[?]s in so often alluding to the rush near the post office, but as it is at present the great cent[?] of attraction, I must report the progress being made. One party considerably ahead of the winning claims…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During a considerable time past, the attention of railway managers has been directed to the advantage of some contrivance by which coal may take the place of coke in locomotives. It is essential, that the smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We make the following extremely interesting extract from the leading columns of the South Australian Register, of the 29th November:- We have been favoured with a return showing the colonial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extract from a letter received by the Eagle:- "December 1.—I an glad you received the gold by Simmons, and I suppose you did not think we should get any here; but you will receive by the Eagle a receipt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two years and a half having now elapsed since I last visited the old workings down the river, I took a walk yesterday, to note the alterations that have taken place in the interim, and found the changes very great indeed. Hordes of Chinamen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday evening, the adjourned meeting with reference to the reported discovery of gold in the Paterson district, was held at the Commercial Hotel, West Maitland. Very few persons attended, and what business wat transacted was not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The weather since my last has been delightful, but on Monday evening we had a thundurstorim, accompanied by heavy rain—in several instances sweeping through the houses. I have never seen the country around so rich with vegetation, the…
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