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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
68 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 4
I have heard of some gold being struck in a gully leading from Mount Welsh to Maitland Point, but beyond the bare fact, that 8 or 9 dwts. to the load in about 30 feet sinking was obtained, have heard no further. Several of the Chinamen have come…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ROCKY RIVER —The weather is much impeding the progress of the tunnelling in the Phœnix shaft. The tunnel is now in twenty feet, and a small one to facilitate further driving, thirty feet more. The weather is unbearably hot; in consequence,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The S S Aired[?]e arrived in the Manukan yesterday afternoon, bringing later dates from Hokitika and Nelson. The following is from, the Colonist:— Now rushes are reported at the Kaniero and Totara,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Isaacs, instructed by Messrs. Norton and Barker, applied on behalf of defendants for a rule nisi for a new trial of the above case. It wes an action for damages said to have been occasioned to the plaintiffs by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Pheonix shaft the water is still very heavy, and pours down at the end of the main drive. The tunnel which I mentioned last week, having been driven 30 feet ahead, did not lower the water, the sand coming through the hole where…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By the Barwon (s.), via Nelson, we have some days later from Hokitika, and the Grey River. The Nelson Examiner of 28th ultimo says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Of all the material interests of the colony none, perhaps, should beheld of more importance than its iron works. To po[?]ss an unlimited supply of superior iron that can be cheaply manufactured, and is easily accessible, is one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR-Your issue of yesterday contains a letter from Mr. Richard Bimpson, of the Denison diggings, animadverting upon a paragraph written by me concerning the Mount Royal gold fields, which appeared in the Maitland…
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