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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
153 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 8
Meanwhile, what has happened inside the fort? Joe had been gone a full hour, and the captain felt sanguine that he had succeeded in passing out, before the fact of his going was communicated to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN view of the probable occurrence of the Greta seem of coal and kerosene shale underlying a large portion of the country between the Hunter River and Port Stephens, as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The captain was right in his suspicions. The besieging force of savages, disheartened at their bloody repulse, had quietly withdrawn behind the ridges in hopes to lure the white men from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE running for Sir Joseph Banks Gold Cup was continued at Botany this afternoon. The weather was tine and there was a large attendance. The following won their heats:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What a strange, wicked sentiment is that of avarice! The thirst for wealth will turn brother against brother—father against son—separate man and wife…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The colliery strikes at Charlerol, in Belgium, are causing much excitement among the miners, who have taken up a very menacing altitude towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Minister for Mines has penued a minute in respect to a proposed inquiry in Europe in regard to diseases in stock, in which he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Let us go back a little. On the day the waggon-train with which we have had to do turned aside and erected its defence against the Indians massed to overwhelm it,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sailors wrecked at sea go ma[?] sometimes from the mere situation. They may sail in their small boats or float on their rafts for days and days with the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Taylor entered the camp about mid-afternoon, hatless, and apparently in great distress from having come at such a rapid pace. He reported that he and Hark ina had been attacked by about a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the opening of the Oakey Park Collfery, near Lithgow, on Saturday, the Minister for Mines, Mr Sydney Smith, spoke at length on the mining industry of the colony generally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Minister for Mines has authorised the expenditure of £60 to succour the 60 miners who were prevented leaving Dalmorton by floods, and who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From the same direction taken by Taylor, but evidently coming out of a narrow valley bearing off to the left, appeared a white man with a gun on his shoulder. He was in view when half a mile…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. E. Dixon, of Greta, writes as follows:— When a man has seen a good thing, and he knows it, I think he should not be silent. For the last twelve or eighteen months I have heard little else…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Indians were in truth looking for the waggons. Both parties had had a narrow escape. Their presence in the valley had been detected by, scout or stroller and information carried to some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →And how fared the renegades? The girl Lizzie had been cut looae from the tree to which she waa bound within thirty feet of them so Carefully that Harkins had her a quarter of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There are times when the tiger is off his guard. There is never an hour when the Indian of the plains is free from suspicion. In his waking hours every rock or tree or hillock may conceal an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Friday afternoon last the members of the Maitland Scientific Society enjoyed an excursion to the Heddon-Greta coalfield. An omnibus, engaged for the occasion, left West Maitland shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of tradespeople and gold miners was held at Dolgelly, on Saturday, Dec. 21, to congratulate Mr. Prichard Morgan, M.P,, on his return to Dolgelly, after his long and serious illness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It was long past dark when supper had been eaten. That the outlaws meditated some evil was clear to Taylor from their demeanor. He had been repeatedly snubbed and insulted during the day,…
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