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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1873

521 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 27

MINING. (From of Herald Friday morning.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 August 1873 · page 4

Messrs. Fahey and Co. sold by auction, on Thursday, the plant and other property of the Tambaroora and Sydney Amalgamated G. M. Co. for £1550. At the half-yearly meeting of the Newstead Tin…

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Mining News. Mining Share Market. (From the Evening News, Monday afternoon.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 August 1873 · page 4

The stock and share market has undergone no change for the better since the close of the last week's sales. The following business has taken place: — Peak Downs Copper, 20s;…

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MINING. (From the Herald of Tuesday morning.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 August 1873 · page 4

Old Bushman's G. M. Co.—At a meeting of shareholders, held on the 1st instant, at the Metropolitan Hotel, King-street, the company carried on for some months past under a…

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The Blair Duguid Gold Mine at Bishop's Bridge

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1873 · page 2

The following report of a mining engineer, Mr. E. F. O'Regan, respecting the sinking at Blair Duguid, beyond Bishop's Bridge, seven miles from West Maitland has been handed to us for publication:—…

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Mining News. Mining Share Market. (From the Herald, Wednesday morning.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1873 · page 2

Of the state of the share market we can only reiterate what has been reported almost daily for weeks past—too many sellers and too few investors. The chief change in the market on Tuesday was the…

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MINING. (From the Herald of Wednesday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1873 · page 2

The half-yearly general meeting of the Union G. M. Co. was held on Tuesday. The directors' report and balance-sheet were adopted. It was resolved to prosecute the claim against the promoters, and…

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Tin Mining

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1873 · page 2

THE BENDEMEER TIN MINES.—We learn from a correspondent that the yield from these mines is satisfactory. At the Den, Mr. Hinsch's party alone unearth between four and five tons per week, which…

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Mining News. Mining Share Market. (From the Herald, Friday morning.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1873 · page 2

Another extremely quiet day amongst the dealers in mining shares, few of whom have managed to clear expenses lately. There was nothing done in coal, nor in copper on Thursday except Peak Downs,…

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The Future Coal Trade of the Colony

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1873 · page 4

We find in the Herald of Thursday, in the Wednesday's proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, a remarkably suggestive paper by Mr. James Manning, on the present and future…

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MINING. (From the Herald of Friday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1873 · page 2

Star G. Q. M. Co. (Trunkey).—The half-yearly meeting of this company, which was adjourned from the 31st ultimo, was held on Wednesday. The report and balance-sheet were unanimously adopted,…

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Mining News. Mining Share Market. (From the Evening News, Monday afternoon.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 August 1873 · page 2

The business of to-day presents several changes in the stock and shara quotations. Mining shares continue out of favour, and Rapps gold mining shares have undergone a heavy fall consequent upon advices…

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MINING. (From Tuesday's S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 August 1873 · page 2

A report of the Peak Downs Copper Mining Company for the past twelve months has been printed for circulation amongst the shareholders prior to the adjourned half-yearly meeting, which is to be held…

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Mining News. Copper Mining. Peak Downs Copper Mine Company. Thb Directors' Report. (From the Evening Nows, Aug. 11.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1873 · page 5

[Although it is somewhat unusual to publish a report of a public company before it has been submitted to the shareholders, yet int his case of the Peak Downs Mine the circumstances are so much…

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Mining News. Mining Share Market. (From Wednesday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1873 · page 4

Transactions in mining shares have been limited; and the sales that have taken place show no change upon yesterday's quotations. In gold, Rapps appeared to be a trifle better, and sales were reported…

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MINING. (From Wednesday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1873 · page 4

New Zealand advices, to the 7th instant quote Tookeys at £9 10s. The mining manager of Williams G.M.Co., writing on 9th instant, reports as follows:—"260-feet…

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The Coal Export Question Port Stephens the Finest Coal and Shipping Port in the Universe

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1873 · page 6

A correspondent, a well known business man, furnishes us with an article on the capacity and ments of Port Stephens as a magnificent coal and general shipping port, which is very useful it the…

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Mining News. Mining Share Market. (From the Herald Friday morning.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1873 · page 2

There is little to report of yesterday in the share market. In gold, Carroll and Beards changed hands at 14s 6d, and Grenfell Consols 9s, there being no change in quotations for other companies. In…

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Mr. Mackenzie's Opinion on the Victorian Coal Prospects

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1873 · page 3

The Melbourne Australasian of last Saturday, 16th,says:— There is not much encouragement to the hope of developing coal mines afforded by the…

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Important Coal Mining Case. (From the S. M. Herald's Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 August 1873 · page 3

At the Wollongong District Court, on the 14th, before Mr. District Judge M'Farland, the case Thornton and others v. the proprietors of the Mount Pleasant Coal-mining Company was heard. In this and…

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Anvil Oreek Colliery. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 August 1873 · page 4

SIR,—We have much pleasure (per favour of the Mercury), in announcing to the public that the strike at this colliery came to a satisfactory termination, by Mr. Farthing conceding to the miners'…

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