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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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Notwithstanding the interruption of the mails, occasioned by the late heavy rains, we are enabled to lay before our readers the following reliable information from a gentleman at the present time on the spot. His letter,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The reports from time to time which have appeared in this journal, from this reef, have very naturally created considerable interest amongst miners and the public generally. The enormous yield of the quartz as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first annual meeting of the Coalminers' Association of Newcastle. New South Wales, took place at Groves' paddook, Waratah, on Friday last, the 24th inst. The ground was excellently chosen for such a purpose,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our (Empire's) latest New Zealand pape's give particulars of the discovery of a payable gold-field at the Lindis River, in the province of Otago, New Zealand [?]t pre ent it is not known how far the deposits extend,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Having obtained a return of the number of miners on these diggings on the 7th April, when the census was taken—160 Europeans and 200 Chinamen, 360 in all— and through the kindness of Mr. Sub-Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MAY 27.—Between the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock last night the whole community were roused from their teatables, to the clamorous notes of "roll up" and the shouting of men agitated by some conquest, and crowds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By a gentleman who is now in Grafton we are enabled to report very satisfactory news from the New Rush. The population ia daily increasing, and a great number are doing well; of course there are many persons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The information which we have received during the past week from gentlemen who have visited the reef continues of the most encouraging character. As will be seen from our correspondent's letter, the long-looked-for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It was the belief of the late Dr. Buckland that the supply yielded by our coal fields would be sensibly diminished in no very distant future. Mr. Vivian holds that they are, practically speaking, inexhaustible, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As I predicted in my last that a fall of rain was inevitable, so it came to pass that we did get rain, and although it continued for several days, yet it was so gentle that the accumulation of water in the countless…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In my last I promised to send to you the result ot some of the orushlngs. I now redeem my promise. The first crushing from the Messrs. Fletcher and Co's, claim 23[?] tons, gave 20 ounces, an average of 17 dwts. per ton. Of this stone a great part was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The crushing machine at Ironbark having commenced operations, the public will now have an opportunity of judging its merits. Through the kindness of a person just returned from the reef, I have received the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A gentleman who arrived from Ironbark during the part week informs us that a very rich quartz continues to be obtained from some of the claims. As an instance, Shepherd's party obtained from 391bs of quartz, just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting was held at the School-house, Mount Jones, on Thursday evening last, for the purpose of adopting some plan whereby the evils [?] by the anticipated [?] of Chinese on those diggings should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One day last week, we took train from Newcastle to visit Minmi. In about half an hour we arrived at Hexham, a pretty village, adorning a smiling and fertile agricultural plain on the pleasant banks of the far-streching Hunter river. As we found,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The weather continues exceedingly wet, raining with little intermission both day and night Mail communication has become irregular on account of the swollen state of the rivers. Several accidents have occurred, two of which have resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muck! muck! is still the cry, and rain! rain!—for making more—is the order of some part of every day. The reports from Cameron's Creek are not as yet sufficiently authentic to justify me advising any parties to go there. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HARGRAVES.—The rain, of which we have had a copious supply, has considerably interfered with mining operations, and we have nothing particularly to report. Upon the whole, our miners are doing prety well; perhaps better than those on many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is some three or four weeks since that a train, accompanied with a great flourish of trumpets, delivered coal at one of the staiths of our port: and the sound reaching our ears, we were, as in duty bound, called on to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The reports from the reef during the past week are of a more encouraging nature than those to hand for some time back. A large portion of the quartz which had been thrown up prior to the erection of the crusher, and from which the miners had…
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