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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

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Jerry's Plains Reserve. Department of Mines, Sydney, March 22, 1892

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 4

Sir,—With reference to your communication of the 11th inst I have the honor to inform you that the petition from the residents of Jerry's Plains…

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Gold Field Proclaimed

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1892 · page 6

County of Murchison, parishes of Bangheet, Bingara, Myall, Molroy, Derra Derra, Capel, Dinoga, Gouron, Hall, and McIntyre, containing an area of about 267 square miles; within the…

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Gold in a Meteorite

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1892 · page 4

H. W. Turner, a geologist of Washington, who for two years past, under the auspices of the California Division of Mining Geology, has been exploring the gold regions of the Sierras, has arrived…

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(Gazette Supplement, March 13.) Gold Field Revoked

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1892 · page 6

The Bingara Gold-field, including Bingara Creek and Cowrongouran Creek gold-fields, county of Murchison, pastoral district of Gwydir, parishes of Bingara, Hall, Gowan, Dinoga, McIntyre, and…

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Gold Field Proclaimed

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 4

County of Murchison, parishes of Bangheet, Bingara, Myall, Molroy, Derra Derra, Capel, Dinoga, Gouron, Hall, and McIntyre, containing an area of about 267 square miles; within the…

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(Gazette Supplement, March 12.) Gold Field Revoked

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 4

The Bingara Gold-field, including Bingara Creek and Cowrongouran Creek gold-fields, county of Murchison, pastoral dietrict of Gwydir, parishes of Bingara, Hall, Gowan, Dinoga, McIntyre, and…

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Gold Field Proclaimed

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1892 · page 6

County of Murchison, parishes of Bangheet, Bingara, Myall, Molroy, Derra Derra, Capel, Dinoga, Gouron, Hall, and Mcintyre, containing an area of about 267 square miles; within the…

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Land Notices. (Gazette Supplement, March 12.) Gold Field Revoked

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1892 · page 6

The Bingara Gold-field, including Bingara Creek ond Cowrongouran Creek gold-fields, county of Murchison, pastoral district of Gwydir, parishes of Bingara, Hall, Gowan, Dinoga, Molntyre, and…

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Gold Field Proclaimed

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1892 · page 6

County of Murchison, parishes of Bangheet, Bingara, Myall, Molroy, Derra Berra, Capel, Dinoga, Gouron, Hall, and Molntyre, containing an area of about 267 square miles; within the…

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Land Notices. (Gazette Supplement. March 12.) Gold Field Revoked

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1892 · page 6

The Bingara Gold-field, including Bingara Creek and Cowrongouran Creek gold-fields, county of Murchison, pastoral district of Gwydir, parishes of Bingara, Hall, Gowan, Dinoga, McIntyre, and…

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Gold Field Proclaimed

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 4

County of Murchison, parishes of Bangheet, Bingara, Myall, Molroy, Derra Derra, Capel, Dinoga, Gouron, Hall, and McIntyre, containing an area of about 267 square miles; within the…

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The Traveller. A Land of Gold

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 1

China, to which the recent outrages on Christians are attracting increased attention, may well be termed the terra incognita of even the most ambitious of western…

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Land Notices. (Gazette Supplement, March 12.) Gold Field Revoked

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 4

The Bingara Gold-field, including Bingara Creek and Cowrongouran Creek gold-fields, county of Murchison, pastoral district of Gwydir, parishes of Bingara, Hall, Gowan, Dinoga, McIntyre, and…

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Gold Field Proclaimed

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1892 · page 3

County of Murchison, parishes of Bangheet, Bingara, Myall, Molroy, Derra Derra, Capel, Dinoga, Gouron, Hall, and McIntyre, containing an area of about 267 square miles; within the…

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Land Notices. (Gazette Supplement, March 12.) Gold Field Revoked

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1892 · page 3

The Bingara Gold-field, including Bingara Creek and Cowrongouran Creek gold-fields, county of Murchison, pastoral district of Gwydir, parishes of Bingara, Hall, Gowan, Dinoga, McIntyre, and…

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Chloride of Gold for Snakebite

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1892 · page 2

So many deaths are caused by the bite of the cobra de sapella—especially in British India—that a communication just made to the Academy of Medicine by M Rochard is…

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Durham Colliery Difficulty Signs of a Settlement. [By Cable]. London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 April 1892 · page 3

IT is expected that the colliery proprietors at Durham will not insist upon the proposed reduction in the wages of their employees and that the…

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Original Correspondence. the Greta Miners and the Maitland Hospital. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1892 · page 7

SIR,—A meeting of this lodge will be held on Tuesday evening to consider what steps it may be advisable to take in view of the proposed inquiry at the hospital. Rumour is very hard to nail down…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company. (Daily Telegraph, April 28.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 7

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the above company was hold at the Exchange yesterday. There was a good attendance, including several ladies…

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The Greta Miners and the Maitland Hospital. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 6

SIR,—I have read in your issue of to-day, a letter signed by E. J. Bowling. I have not the pleasure of knowing this gentleman, but whoever he is he seems to have a knowledge of the grievances of the…

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