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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
61 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 4
Some time ago a road from Uralla to the Bundarra was surveyed through this gold field, but I believe few, if any, residing here know exactly where it is. I suppose that a plan of the same might be found, tied up with red…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following letter appeared in the S. M Herald, of the 13th:â SIR,âIn your issue of the 10th instant, a letter 14 published from Mr. W. K. Collett, with a report of the Mint, respecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FROM a discussion which took place in the Legislative Assembly, on Friday last, when the Waratah Coal Company's Bill was under consideration, it may be inferred that some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following letter from Mr. Collett appears in the Singleton Times:— "Sir—Since your publication of my letter to the Sydney Morning Herald, Mr. Watt has forwarded a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Robberies of stores, and sticking-up by bushrangers, although of weekly occurrence in the South-Western portion of the colony, are happily uncommon here. Anything of the kind is quite an event, an epoch to date from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nothing astonishes the people here so much as the quantity of gold remitted per escort from the Rocky. Who get it? is often asked, but nobody seems to know, the majority pleading guilty to not contributing their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The weather, which for a long time has impeded mining operations on Maitland Point and at other places where water had to be contended with, has during the past week been more favourable. The result is that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The weather during the last week has been all that could be desired for gold mining, both in wet and dry ground. Roberts, Goode, and Co. were tolerably successful in their claim on Maitland Point last week, 22…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Within the past fortnight vague surmises have been floating about Rockhampton relative to the discovery of a rich auriferous depost in the vicinity, and public curiosity has been greatly excited by the announcement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ESCORT RETURNS.—the following compilation of gold sent down from the Northern districts for the period of eight months, ovidences that the Rooky River still sustains its reputation for being in productiveness the chief…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About three quarters of a mile from Doherty s Hill Mr. Capp and some others sank a prospecting shaft upwards of two years ago, but owing to bottoming on the side of a steep incline, and the water being troublesome, it was found impossible, without…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Chinese who are at work on the front of Mount Jones in considerable numbers have gained an unenviable notoriety by the frequent quarrels amongst themselves respecting their claims and the water supply forslucing. Scarcely a day elapses…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting was held in the school house, on Thursday evening last, for the purpose of forming a company to work on Doherty's Hill Mr. W. Cleghorn was called to the chair. Mr. Leece asked the meeting, as a preliminary question, whether they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first General Meeting of the shareholders of the Waratah Coal Company was held on Tuesday, at their offices, Pitt-street, at three o'olock. Captain Smith took the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Chinese inhabitants are at the present time exhuming the bodies of their dec[?]ed countrymen, for the purpose of exporting their bones hence to China To-day, an eye-witness informs me that the scene in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the 5th November, a meeting of the electors of the Southern Gold Fields was held at Adelong, to nominate a member to represent that constituency in the Legislative Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In mining matters there is nothing new to chronicle, The sluicing parties on the front of Mount Jones and other parts of the diggings are, thanks to the abundance of water, in full activity, and earning very fair Wages. Most of the river claims…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I am informed the miners of Woodsreef are about writing to Mr Wilson the Minister for Lands, in order to have Mr. Da'ton permanently removed from Bingera here, he having during his official visits to this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The sluicing party who for some months past have enjoyed an almost uninterrupted supply of water have, much to their annoyance, been suddenly brought to a stand-still by the last fortnight's dry weather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday evening a meeting of the shareholders of the Phoenix Mining Company was held at the Schoolhouse. 68 shares were represented by those present, and all were of the opinion that as the share-list was…
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