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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
40 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
A terrible accident happened this morning at the Union Gold-mining Company's mine, at Mount Greenock, which is expected to terminate fatally to two of four men who…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The very unusual operation of shipping gold to Australia from England has (says Tuesday's Herald), been necessitated by our excessive export of the metal during the past…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Although few people in Maitland appear to be aware of it, sinking operations for coal have been carried on for some months past on land the property of Mrs. Haydon and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BINGERA, Saturday.—The residents of this district were sent into a state of great excitement on Saturday, by the announcement that the brothers Hanlon,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Better than grandeur, better than gold. Than rank and titlos a thousandfold. Is a heathly body and a mind at case, And simple pleasures that always please…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GREAT excitement prevails in town over another large find of heavy gold in the Hanlon Brothers' claim, Ballarnt Reef Upper Bingora. Notwithstanding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MONDAY'S Tamworth News has the following: On Saturday Withers and party, on Ballarat reef, Upper Bingern, obtained over two ounces of gold to one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WITHERS and party on Saturday struck rich gold in their claim in close proximity to Hanton Bros., Ballarat Reef, Upper Bingera. They washed on and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The growth and importance of the coal mining industry of the colony is signally marked by the increased successful developments that have taken place of late years. Land which only a few years ago was unoccupied has been found to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The scene of the present extraordinary gold find at Hargraves is situated in a south-westerly direction from Mudgee, on the road from the latter town to Hill End. The distance is about twenty six miles and the road good all the way. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is now a long time since anything like a scarcity of coin, sufficient to really disturb commerce for the moment, has occurred in Australia. But lately such a scarcity has…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THE result of the washing up at the diamond mines of the Melbourne Company has been very satisfactory. From a few loads of wash dirt, over 800…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE silver mines in the Barrier Ranges of New. South Wales, which are being developed by Melbourne cap talists, have lately attracted much notice in Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?] a dead Forget me not [?] gave one happy hour, [?] he said "good-bye" at the garden gate, [?] in a faded flower…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oh, great is King Gold: From days of old All the world hath bent before him, And millions to-day are proud of his [?]way And the shining banners o'er him…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →I kin saw you, you si[?]ly leedle raskel, A beekin' at me drough dot shair; Come here righd away now [?]nd kiss me— You doughd I don'd know you vas dere…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Mme[?] Patti was visited by a reporter last evening. "The papers in St. Louis," she said, with a merry laugh and a blush, which gave the lie to the stories of rogue and pearl…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The annual report of the Forest Branch of the Department of Mines is to hand, among a batch of Parliamentary papers. It really covers two years, 1882 and 1883, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The manager of the above, in a letter dated Dubbo, June 10, 1884, gives the following particulars regarding the prospects of the Dubbo coal mines. We believe that many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Widespread distress has been caused in the southern division of Shropshire by the sudden stoppage of the largest lead mines in the kingdom, those belonging to the Tanke[?]ville…
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