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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 7

The Mount Morgan Gold Mine. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Brisbane

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1889 · page 6

The report of the directors of the Mount Morgan, mine states that for the past year the expenditure has been £227,769. Dividends have been paid to the amount £1,100,000; and £23;673 is carried…

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Young Wallsend Coal Company. Mining Manager's Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 7

I have great pleasure in stating that the Company's line was completed on the 6th day of November, and the same passed by the Government engineer of existing lines, who was highly satisfied…

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FICTION. From English, American, and other Periodicals. the Gold Hunters. Chapter I.

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 2

"Halt!" It is 10 o'clock in the forenoon of a June day. Ten white-topped waggons, drawn by as many spans of heavy horses, are strung out in line on the…

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FICTION. From English, American, and other Periodicals. the Gold Hunters. Chapter Iii

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 December 1889 · page 2

The carefully prepared trap of the Indians had failed. It was only when the white men had turned sharply aside, bunched the waggons, placed the spare horses as safely as possible, and began…

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FICTION. From English, American, and other Periodicals. the Gold Hunters. Chapter Iv

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1889 · page 2

If the noise of battle is deafening, the silence which follows is oppressive. There is more menace in silence when peril threatens than in the roar of cannon…

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