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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
113 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 6
Pierce Grace, Henry Howard, Joseph Davis, William Grayson, Henry Gray, and Charles Hargraves, six of the rioters alleged to have been engaged in the Mount Pleasant…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →A CURIOUS law suit over a gold cup, which though no larger than a good-sized cream pitcher, is worth $10,000, is now pending in Paris. The treasure was presented by James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an application to set aside a writ of scire facias. The writ, which was issued at the instance of the Attorney-General, who was set in motion by certain persons whose…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →At the Police Court to-day (before Mr. A. A. Turner, P.M., and Mr. John Biggar), Pierce Grace, Henry Howard, Joseph Davies, William Grayson, Henry Gray, and Charles Hargraves appeared on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have been asked to publish the following letter:— Sydney, 25th August, 1886. Sir,—I am directed by his Excellency the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →On Saturday last Mr. Dennis Williams had an interview with several of the Mount Pleasant miners, for the purpose of acting as mediator in trying to arrange the existing…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →News has been received from Wyndham dated August 29. The steamer Pathan arrived on the 18th, the Rajpootana on the 21st, and the Menmuir on the 26th. The Menmuir cleared to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Mines (Hon. James Fletcher) some two or three months ago, says the Echo, issued an order that at all coal mines where more than eight men were employed the men were to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Henry Gray and six others, who were recently sentenced to various terms of imprisonment by the bench of magistrates for participating in the Mount Kembla intimidation cases, and who appealed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. A. J. Diamond, of Messrs. P. Falk and Co., has just returned from a somewhat extended visit to Wesgern Australia, during which he made special inquiries in reference to the Kimberley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The prospectus of the Metropolitan Coal Company of Sydney, New South Wales, has just been issued. It states that the capital is to be £300,000 in £1 shares, and two-thirds of this capital is to be called…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Passengers by railway between West Maitland and Stony Creek, or which now bears the official designation of Farley, will have noticed for some time past men engaged in boring operations on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →This is the main camp in the centre of what are named the "Kimberley Goldfields." We arrived at the Elvira River on Friday, about 1 o'clock. There were then about 70 men and 100 horses camped…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →An extraordinary general meeting of the West Wallsend Coal Company was held at the offices, Watt-street, yesterday forenoon. There was a good attendance, and the chair was occupied by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Regarding the conflicting reports as to the results obtained from the Kimberley goldfields, a statement has been made before Dr. Lovegrove, the Government resident, by men who came in for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Thursday evening Mr. T. W. B. David, F.G.S., delivered a popular lecture in the School of Arts, West Maitland, on "Coal," with special reference to the geology of East and West Maitland. Mr. David is, with his assistant, Mr. G. A. Stonier,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Through the courtesy of Mr. James Curley, miners' general secretary, the Newcastle Herald, is enabled to publish the following:— "Sydney, 24th September, 1886…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An explosion occurred in a colliery in Southwest Lancashire, near Leigh, on Aug. 13, by which thirty-eight lives have been lost. The colliery where the disaster occurred is known as the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →With reference to the Kimberley Goldfields, Mr. Lovegrove, the Government resident at Derby, has telegraphed to Governor Broome as follows:— "Since last report 12lbs. to 19lbs. of gold have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →His [?]Excellency the Governor, [?]with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to make the following Regulations under the abovenamed Act, which are hereby published for general…
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