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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
34 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
Naturally considerable anxiety has been manifested in certain quarters in regard to the fire which occurred at the Greta Colliery on Christmas Day. It was at first feared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hon. J. P. Abbott, Minister for Mines, intends to leave Sydney on the 10th instant, on a visit to the Northern districts. The hon[?] gentleman, who will be accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A short line of railway from the Kaiping Colliery, seems now to do very well. The Viceroy, Li Hung Chang, was anxious that the coal of Kaiping should be used for the Imperiel navy,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the picnic at Glen Innes on Wednesday, at which the Hon. J. P. Abbott, Minister of Mines, was a guest, he made the following remarks, in the course of a speech in response…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →FOR a short time past Mr. R. Minton, into manager of the Singleton Coal Co., has been engaged sinking for coal on the Rosedal estate, about six miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →According to Suess, the present gold production of the world is about 117,000,000dols., two-thirds of which are gained from placer washings. From 1820 to 1850 Russia ranked first among gold producing…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Some time since we were requested to call attention to some new silver mines, then being opened, or proposed to be opened, at Silverton. Silverton is curiously placed, if…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the important coal mining district of PolnischOstrau, in Austria, a destructive colliery explosion took place last June, the result being that one of the pits caught fire, and has been burning ever since…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On March 2 an explosion of gas occurred at Usworth Colliery, near Newcastle, by which it is feared a lamentable loss of life has been caused. The colliery belongs to Messrs. John…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A RETURNED missionary from the African gold coast, tells a reporter of the New York World some woeful stories of the cruelties of human sacrifices practised by the fetish priests. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A few days ago, I, in company with a few friends, paid a visit to the above pit, which was mentioned some time ago in the columns of the Maitland Mercury. This valuable pit,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →ADELAIDE, Thursday.-The residents of the Peninsula, mining districts have urged the Government to assist in relieving the distress caused among the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MINE enemy, who time and oft, Had [?] me with words like swords, And tramp[?]d on my answer soft, Till I too [?] with angry words,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A WELL-KNOWN contractor and builder now living in this village has recently perfected an instrument by means of which [?] is able, as he says, to discover the location of hidden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The directors of the Scottish Australian Mining Company (Limited), in their report for the half-year ended Dec. 31, recommend a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →As I journeyed along by a cot in the glen, I was charmed with the sweet little nest, Where a young mother ant by the wide open door…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Full Court on Friday gave judgment in the case of Wood v. Scott. The Court was composed of their Honors Mr. Justice Faucett, Mr. Justice Windeyer, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The half-yearly general meeting of shareholders was held at the Cannon-street Hotel, on April 24, Mr. A. L. Elder in the chair. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →"Minute.—Notes on the Mud Springs, and some ot the shafts and borings for underground supply, on the road between Ford's Bridge, on the Warrego River, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Edison says electricity will [?] derived direct from coal, and he [?] tains that "once the secret of the [?] production of the electrical energy [?]…
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