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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
128 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 7
An extraordinary colliery accident happened at Abernant, Aberdare, on Nov. 26, resulting in the entombment of 340 men. At eight o'clock in the morning the winding gear broke, with the result…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A miner, Andrew Johnson, employed in the New Carrington Gold and Silver Mine, near Marulan, in the Goulburn district, met with a terrible accident while following his occupation last week. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A gold reef has been found on the south ar[?] of the Tweed river. The essay has given over lour ounces to the ton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Official particulars are now available in illustration of the production of coal in the piovince of the Hamaut in 1886. The general results arrived at are little encouraging. The production of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The mining boom still continued. An immense business was done yesterday in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. So for the boom has been confined to silver…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Chester correspondent says:—Much excitement has been created at Dolgelly by the revelation made in connection with the secret working for gold carried on for some months in Mawddach…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A telegram from Bechuanaland relative to the supposed massacre by Lo Benqulo, the King of Matabeleland of 900 men, proves to bo exaggerated. The truth is as follows:—Mr. Fred Setons, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Board, of Trade Journal for December contains some interesting information respecting the town of Johannesburg and the goldfields of Witwatersrand, in the South African Republic, extracted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Armidale Express of Jan. 31 gives tho following particulars of the proceedings of the man. Stapleton found murdered at the Hillgrove mines, and of his supposed assailant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Der eohtltren dey vas poot in ped, All tucked oup lor der night: I dakes raine pipe der mantel off, Und py der fireside prighdt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Particulars of a sensational escape from death experienced by two miners have been reported to Mr. C. W. Langtreo, secretary for mines, by Mr. Charles Stewart, mining Inspector, Ballarat. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Said of old the mighty master (Speaking he of halls infernal Where the lords of hell assembled), That from earth the enormous fabric…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For the information of miners at Stewart's Brook, we publish the following applications for mining leases made to the warden on the dates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The mining market is very unsteady today, and a serious decline [?]eems to have [?] in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In consequence of the permission given by the Mines Department to mine on pastoral leases, the lessaes are now about to claim damages for trespass. The Crown intends to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Assembly, to-day, Mr. M'Elh[?]ne's motion, for the tabling of all papers in connection with the contracts for the supply of coal by Bead and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barbertown! Two years ago a few prospectors had pitched tents here, and now it has all the settled appearance of a town. It contains 1500 houses of all descriptions,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?] very important modifi[?] been made in gold-extracting [?] eminent firm of Messrs. Robey & [?], Lincoln…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The mining market to day Was very sick, ana there was general decline. South, that were recently quoted at £20, are now quoted at £8 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A considerable time has now elapsed since the commencement of the erection of four new hydraulic cranes along the dyke, above those already in use, and fully six months have gone by since they were…
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