A Mining Township Destroyed by a Bush Fire
The Gipps Land Times of Dec. 29, quoted in the Melbourne Argus, gives a fearful picture of the tremendous bush fires which ranged in the Gipps Land ranges on Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1869
33 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
The Thames Gold Fields, New Zealand. (From the Thames Advocate.)
The land that was thought dear in one lump at £2500, yields an annual rental of more than £7000; and the frontages that would not let at any price are often eagerly bought at £1 to…
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A dreadful colliery sxplosion occurred at Hindley, near Wigan, on the morning of Thursday, November 26th, by which no fewer than sixty-one unfortunate beings instantly lost their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Discovery at Havelock. Wellington, February 22
Gold has been discovered at Havelock Terrace, near Wilson's, Marlborough. Prospect of three ounces to the dish. There has been a great rush to the spot, and Havelock is…
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Saturday last was the second anniversary of the most fatal catastrophe known in the mining history of the world. Two years ago the explosion at the Oaks colliery resulted in 360 persons…
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Some short time back, we heard that the Waratah Coal Company, Newcastle, had met with a piece of good fortune, having been enabled to purchase another lot of coal-bearing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Than a Million From One Mine. (Abridged from the Ballarat Star, March 16.)
We visited Clunes a day or two ago, for the purpose of inspecting the works of a company whose gold receipts have, probably with one exception only, been larger than those of any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South African Gold Field. (From the Melbourne Argus, April 8)
By the schooner Bella Rose, which arrived from Port Natal yesterday, we have news from that colony to the 25th of February. We give in another column the few items of information…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The English Mail. Arrival of the Branch Steamer at Adelaide. News to March 19. the Queen Well. Release of Fenian Prisoners. Steamer Explosion and Loss of Life. Disendowment Bill Read a First Time. Lord Russell Dead. Gales, Wrecks, and Floods. More Gold in Scotland. Difficulty Between France and Belgium. Progress of Revolution in Spain. President Grant Inaugurated. Alabama Treaty Rejected. Wool and Tallow Depressed. Mercury Office, Wednesday morning
We have received the following telegram from our Sydney correspondent:— The Rangatira arrived at Glenelg at midnight…
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We see by the Armidale Express of Saturday that a vigorous agitation has commenced on the Rocky River diggings, for an inquiry by Government into the working of the Gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Woolgarlo Lead Mining Company (Limited). Capital, £30,000
In 30,000 shares of £1 each, with power to increase it to £40,000; of which 20,000 fully paid-up are reserved for the original proprietors, and 10,000 preferential are now offered to the public…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold[?]brough, Burt, and Co.'s Report
Fat Cattle.—The market this week has been well supplied with all sorts, and prices have given way. We quote best bullocks at 20s per 100 [?]bs. We sold a draft from Milton, near Gladstone, at an average of £7 per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Discovery Close to Armidale
Our occasional correspondent, writing from Armidale on 4th June (Friday last), informs us that a discovery of gold has been made at M'Intyre Flat, on Mr. Dumaresq's run, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrival of the Suez Mail. News to 12th May. Irish Church Bill Passed Committee. Disqualifying Bill Mayor of Cork. Prince of Wales in Greece. Religious Disturbances in Ireland. Spanish Crown—prince Aosta. the Queen Going to Ireland. Demand for Australian Meat. Great Fire in Southwark. Disastrous Colliery Explosion. Wool Sales Quiet
Late on Saturday evening we received the last of the following mail telegram from our Sydney telegraph[?]gent On Sunday we received rom him, by steamer and rail, copies of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Greta Coal Field
We have been favoured by Mr. Vindin with a sight of the plan, and reports of W. Keene, Esq., to the Department of Lands, in reference to the valuable coal seam, opened out by him, in Anvil Creek, at Greta, in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gold Fields of the Extreme North. (From the Rockhampton Bulletin, June 15.)
Mr. Hodgkinson, of the firm of Hodgkinson and O'Meagher, who returned by the Diamantina on Sunday, has furnished us with the following particulars of his trip north. On his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Meeting of Ownees of Coal and Kerosene Mines, Neae Bowenfels. (From the Herald's Correspondent.)
A meeting of the proprietors of kerosene shale and coal mines, and other gentlemen interested in the mining business of the district, was held in the schoolroom at Mr. Higgins's Main Camp,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peak Downs Copper Mine
The steady progress in the development of the Peak Downs Copper Mine (says the Telegram, of the 22nd ultimo), which must be perceptible to the most unobservant visitor, is a most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of Two Gold Ships by Fire. (From the Home News, May 21.)
A telegram was received on the afternoon of May 17 from Queenstown, announcing the total loss of the homeward bound ship Blue Jacket, Captain White, master, by fire, accompanied, it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trunkey Gold Fields. (From the Herald's Special Reporter) Bathurst
I have just returned from Trunkey Creek, where I saw all the reefs—of which the five on Crooked Tree Creek are the chief. The stone looks very well, but nothing specially…
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