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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1877

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The Gold Returns for 1876

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1877 · page 4

Mr. Elouis, deputy master of the Sydney Mint, has favoured us (Herald) with statistics of the business done in his department during 1876. The figures show that in the gold yield…

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The Skipton Coal Discovery

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1877 · page 2

The following report by Mr. Krause, geological anrveyor, on the alleged discovery of coal at Skipton, has been received by the Victerian Minister of Mines:…

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The Running for the Glen Innes Gold Cup. (From the Glen Innes Guardian, Jan. 27.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1877 · page 6

The Glen Innes Gold Cup, of 1000 sovs., with a sweep of 15 sovs. each added; 1½ miles. This was the event of the meeting, and upon its issue depended the fate of a very large per…

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Serious Colliery Accident. (From the Newcastle Pilot of Thursday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1877 · page 10

An accident happened yesterday forenoon in the Waratah New Tunnels, whereby a minwe[?] named Thomas Ryles was seriously injured by a fall of coal. We learn that the injured man…

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Vegetable Creeks Tin Mining Company (Limited.) Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1877 · page 3

On Monday afternoon the fifth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company (whone mines are in New England) was held at the office of Mr J. T. Teg[?] High-street, West…

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The Directors of the Vegetable Creek Tin Mining Company (Limited.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1877 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—I am glad to be able to report favorably upon the progress of the Company's mines during the past half-year. In accordance with the advice I gave you in a…

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The Mount Royal Gold Field. (From our own Reporter.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1877 · page 2

RUMOURS of a rather indefinte natrure concerning the existence of an ELDordo in the shape of a gold field in the neighbonshood of Mount Royal, have…

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Coal on Fire on board a Vessel

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 10

At five o'clock yesterday morning, says the Newcastle Herald of Thursday, n quantity of smoke was observed by parties on board the steamship Adela, now in this harbour, to be rising from the vessel's…

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Mining in tne Bingera Distriot. Improving Prospects

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 10

We (Echo) have been favoured with copies of the following official letters, addressed to the Under secretary for Mines:- "Mining Registrar's Office,…

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Fatal Accident [?]at the A. A. Co.'s Colliery

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1877 · page 2

A sad accident occurred at the A. A. Company's Borehole minejyeatorday afternoon (says the Newcastle Herald of Saturday) by which a miner named Rober Williamson was killed…

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New Gold Field at Mount Dromedary

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1877 · page 4

MINING Registrar's Office, Nerrigundah, 12th March, 1877,-Sir-I have the honor to report that a discovery of payable auriferous 'quartz has been…

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Rich Copper Mines lately Opened in Newfoundland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1877 · page 3

A correspondent of the Aew York World writes from St. John's, Newfoundland: Judging from present appearances, Newfoundland is destined to become one of the most important…

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Dispute at the Newcastle Coal Company's Colliery. (Newcastle Herald of yesterday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1877 · page 7

[?] of a dispute arising between [?] of the Newcastle Coal Company and the miners there engaged, the latter have knocked off work. The circumstances of the…

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Extraordinary Rescue Op Horses at the Shirland Colliery

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1877 · page 4

The Shirland Colliery, Derbyshire, which was flooded on Monday, January 8, has been so far exhausted of foul air as to permit of search being made for the forty-four horses, which have been without…

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Narrow Escape of Sixty Miners

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1877 · page 2

Rumours were in circulation on Tuesday, January 30, in the neighbourhood of Stourbridge, that a number of men had been killed at a colliery at Cradley. What actually took place did not lead to…

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A Rich Copper Mine. (Tamworth News, April [?])

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1877 · page 5

The country circumjacent to the rising town of Bingera has long been famed for its mineral [?]ealth—its gold, its precious gems, its tin and [?]opper—although up till lately nothing…

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New Copper Mine at Bingera

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1877 · page 2

THE country circum[?]cent to the rising town of Bingern has long been famed for its mineral wealth—its gold. its precious gems. its tin and copper—although up till lately…

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The Mines of the Tenterfield District

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1877 · page 4

The following are Mr. Warden Graham's reports to the Under-Secretary for Mines respecting some of the workings in the Tenterfield district:- Warden's Office, Tenterfield, 4th May, 1877…

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Nundle Gold Fields

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1877 · page 1

THE following is the official report of this gold field for the year 1876, as furnished by Mr. Kermode, Mioing Registrar fot the…

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The Gold-Mines at Little River

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1877 · page 4

The following official report has been handed to us (Herald) for publication:- "Warden's office, Tenterfield, 14th May, 1877. Sir,—I de myself the honour to submit…

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