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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
76 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 4
Our townspeople were thrown into a state of some considerable excitement, by a report that a party of Chinamen working on Bowling Alley Point, Peel River, had obtained from their claim, which is situate near Mr. Sadler's, and about 200 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The weather for the week has been all that we could have wished, both by day and night, with the exception that we are still greatly in want of rain, as the waterholes and dame are almost dry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The weather since my last has continued remarkably fine. The moonlight nights have been particularly beautiful, but for the last two days a cloudy haze has been gathering in the atmosphere, which our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Among the United States extracts in the Melbourne papers we find the following particulars respecting an alleged gold field discovered on some of the tributaries of the Mississippi, descending from the eastern slopes of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →If the present dry weather continue, I fear the want of water will be much felt on many parts of the diggings. Those living on Sydney Flat have already to pay very high to have it carted from Sawpit Gully and the wells below Mount Jones. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The weather still continues as dry as ever, with no prospect of a change. Nothing new to report this week, only that the diggers are rather unsettled on account of some reports brought down from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday morning about 15 shafts were commenced by Chinamen on the slopes below Mount Mutton Upon visiting the ground to-day I found them all busy sinking. One shaft has been bottomed at a depth of about 20 feet. The owners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The great want of water on nea[?] all the gold field[?] has con[?]ed until very l[?]ely. The few showeres that have [?]en gave but temporary relief the ground being so dry as to [?]b quickly what little was caught in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The last has been the most miserable, cold, bleak, bone-chilling week that has ever been experienced on the Rocky, the weather being made up of high winds, rains, snow, sleet, and everything else known as requisite to make a life on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern escort passed through Maitland yesterday morning, on its way to Sydney. It brought a total of 1446 ounces of gold, and £14 in notes from the Rocky River. The following shews the proportionate quantities of gold brought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The late rain, though it certainly freshened the river water a little, has not helped the sluicing parties much, but it appears by the earnestness with which it is coming down this morning (Saturday) that water will soon be plentiful; and even if it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday and Sunday lost we were favoured with some very heavy showers of rain, and at present the waterholes are filled and the gullies running, so that for some time to come we will have a sufficiency of water both for cradling and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following communication and enclosure, with which we have been favored by Mr. Keene, Government Examiner of Coal Fields, will be found of much interest in this district, so studded with coal fields and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Having so many political matters on hand this week, I can't find room for mining matters. MEETING ON SATURDAY NIGHT. According to notice this meeting came off, at 8 o'clook…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A new crushing machine is almost completed, and we shall soon have, or expect to have, quartz crushed at 30s. a ton—a great desideratum; for nothing but cheap power will ever develop the hidden resources of this gold field. We are sadly in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GRAFTON, JUNE 14.—We have received the following communication from a correspondent at the Richmond River, whose statements, we have every reason to believe, may be implicitly relied on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The nomination of candidates for the Northern Gold Fields Electorate took place on Monday, June 13th, according to published notice, at the Mount Welsh G[?]lly Bridge, Rocky River. The morning was rainy,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—Presuming that every reliable information relative to the Northern Gold Fields would be acceptable to the public generally, and to those persons who are engaged in gold-digging pursuits especially, I beg to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GLADSTONE, June 16.—I hasten to announce to you the discovery of an extensive gold field, about forty miles from this flourishing and pretty township. This result is wholly due to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the past week we were shown a sample of gold procured at these diggings, weighing about 25 ounces, and obtained by [?] small party by surfacing. It is of a rough or nuggetty description, and is one of the finest…
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