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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
73 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 4
The rush on the ridge below the Catholic Chapel, on a channel believed to be a continuation of the old postoffice lead, remains nearly in the same unsatisfactory state as when I last wrote. It has, however, now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The weather since my last both by day and night has been so wa[?]m, and the atmosphere so close, that the very candles refuse to burn in the tunnels. Of course in consequence there has been a great run upon windsails…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two or three parties have hit upon the channel at Dodger's Rush, and their claims promise to be the best yet discovered upon that lead. The washing stuff is from 12 to 18 inches in thickness, and from the prospects already washed promises to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The only mining news I have to communicate this week is casily told, viz., Rooney's party have bottomed their shall, at a depth of 144 feet. At first it was supposed that this arduous undertaking was to be a complete failure, but upon driving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHILE we rejoice that the published statements, as a whole, give every hope that at the Snowy River and its tributaries a productive and extensive gold-field has been found, we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINING NEWS.—Since my last the washing stuff found in the deep shaft sunk by Rooney's party on Mount Doherty has greatly improved, as the dirt now brought up prospects fully 3 ozs. to the load. It is therefore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Things continue, quiet on the various diggings, Numbers have left for the Snowy, but many are on their way back. The last escort took down about 600 ounces, but large quantities now find their way from Tooloom, &c., to Brisbane, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In spite of the excitement—which is somewhat subsiding— about the Snowy River, and the great scarcity of water and general dullness of this gold field, yet our escort continues at about 700 ounces fortnightly. The Canadians obtained a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Wednesday last we were aff[?]ed opportunity of visiting and inspecting the above [?]ines, which are [?]ed on the joint properties of Messrs. someville and Dr. B. O'B[?] on the face of the range, about 7…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During last week the weather has undergone a change, and though the days still continue warm, the very chilly nights prognosticate an approaching winter. Lately we have had several hear frosts, which have blighted the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last week we were favoured with heavy rain, which came in good season, and now all the waterholes are replenished, and piles of washing staff, which had been acoummulating for weeks, are rapidly diminishing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Occasional showers of slight rain, a humid atmosphere, chilly mornings, and casual sonshine, make up the calendar of last week's weather. The consequences are a demand for rough wrap-rascale, warm stookings, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since my last report a new rush has commenced at that already celebrated ground yclept "Dodgers' Rush," where of course we shall have a repetition of the old crafty manœuvring game of parties holding half-acres in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The weather continues most delightful by day, and cold by night; and those amongst us who pretend to be weather-wise foretell that the present hoar frosts will bring on rain. If, in their wisdom, they could…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The most promising ground at present is at Luckie's Sheep Station, near Sugar Hill, on the back road from Windeyer to Mudgee by Redbank Creek. On Thursday last there were 47 miners at work, and the number was rapidly increasing. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dodgers' rush continues still to prosper. Since my last communication, several additional shafts have been bottomed, and have almost all proved payable. When the run of gold which ran parallel with the present lead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →If our aspirations with regard to this colony becoming a truly great country, are over to be realised, it must be by gold-mining and quartz-crushing. So far, its prosperity, its comparative greatness, and its vast…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The weather during the early part of last week was dull, hazy, and rain-threatening, the sun being obscured by day and the moon by night—in fact, one half of her Majesty's lieges here were not aware that we were in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About three years ago a rush took place to Mount Mutton. A number of shafts were sunk, and in many instances long tunnels driven from them, and I believe that, with the exception of one load, which yielded 2ozs,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In our last summary we mentioned the arrival of a party of twenty-one men from Canterbury in the schooner Phantom, at the mouth of the Buller, on the West Coast, in search of gold, said to have been discovered there by…
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