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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
34 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 2
A serious accident happened at the Sir Henry Loch mine this afternoon, by which two miners were seriously injured and shut up underground by a collapse of the shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A DOG'S skull in which were two $20 gold pieces and some small pieces of silver was found by Willie M'Knight near the Rockdale paper mills on last Sunday evening. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The usual half-yearly report, ending June 30, from Messrs. Dixon and Rowan, of the Coalfields Office, Newcastle, has been forwarded to the Department of Mines, under date August 27. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A conference between the coal proprietors of the Northern District and district officers and miners' delegates was held at the Great Northern Hotel, Watt-street, Newcastle, on Saturday last, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I enclose you a letter to-day received from the Mines Department, which will in some measure go to prove the charge of impotence of our present rulers which I recently made. I write you to gain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A said accident occurred in Belshaw's Flat, Ho. 1 Pit, New Seacham Colliery, resulting in the death of two hewars, named Barnard Woods and Joseph Woods, brothers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →DEAR SIR,- As much as has been made of the above at Mr Browne's meeting at this [?], allow me to state the facts in reference to the matter. To the first place we are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the end of hist week it was rumoured that some fossickers were doing well out on Tilbuster Creek, and, in passing from mouth to mouth, the report did not lose anything. On Tuesday there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nearly all the ironworks at Pittsburgh, besides some forty iron firms within a radius of thirty miles, are now using the natural gas, as also are most of the glass factories, distilleries, brewers,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Dubbo Coal Mines, situate at Baltimore, were first discovered in 1880 by Mr. F. H. Burslem and Mr. A. Hamilton. These gentlemen, together with a Mr. Samuel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN the Assembly on Tuesday, Mr Lyne, in reply to Mr Hugh Taylor, said that Messrs Longworth and Read (he was not aware that they claimed to be the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the above company took place a few days ago at the Cannon-street Hotel. The report of the directors for the half-year stated that the balance of profit…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An exhibition in connection with the Scotch mining industry has just been opened in Glasgow. The exhibits are very numerous, and embrace the latest appliances in use in coal and iron mines…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →About half-past one yesterday morning the inhabitants of the city were awakened from their slumbers by the firing of three guns from Allen's Hill, denoting that a serious fire had broken out,…
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