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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 27
AMONG the passengers from Western Australia by the R M.S. Oroya yesterday was Mr. J. E. Scantlebury, of Sydney. Speaking with reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There are at present about 1000 men on the Garangula gold-field. Two men in a fortnight, working near Crowdy, have obtained loz. ldwr. of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WHILE everyone is wondering and speculating as to what use the Freetrade party will put their victory, and how the differences as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday a party of miners who are working a claim at Boney's Bocks, near Canowindra, at the 180ft. level, struck a reef 4ft. wide of very rich stone, studded with gold and pyrites. The Lady…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There is said to be a considerable quantity of rich sand along the Coff's Harbour Beach. Several parties are at work there, but as the appliances they use are old and unsuitable they are doing little…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LAST week the Victorian Assembly was asked to affirm the principle of a tax of 2s 6d per ton on coal imported. The motion was made avowedly in the interests of the 550 Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great developments are being made in the Southeastern country around Wyalong. A shoot of exceedingly rich stone was struck on Saturday in the Victoria claim at the 85 feet level. A quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Barmodman buttery has ceased work, it being found impossible to get stone carted from Wyalong. The [?]al crushings of Wyalong stone at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prospecting for gold still continues on Pomingalarna Common, Wagga. Specimens found occasionally cause local excitement, but nothing has been found so far to justify anything like a rush. Colors…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Between 200 and 300 tons of tailings, sent away to South Australia from Pambula some weeks ago, gave a yield of over 5 oz. per ton, being more than double the amount saved locally from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The usual weekly meeting of the Greta miners was held on Wednesday, Mr. Wm. Patrick presiding, and the attendance was good. The secretary being absent—down with influenza…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A crushing of 3 tons 15 owt of atone from Wisbey and party's reef at Cobb'a Creek, Mongarlowe, near Braidwood has yielded 45oz. of gold. The lead is only from 1/2in to 3in wide, and the sinking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. James Inglis, of Sydney, has notified that the working capital of the Sydney Harbour Collieries Company, which is being formed to work the Cremorne coal seam, is to be increased to £240,000…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →For several weeks Mr. Buckley, of Piambong, and an old foreigner, known as "Frenchy Jock," had been working a claim at Frome's Creek. Last week Mr. Buckley, being dissatisfied with his mate,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The escort left Gundagai on Friday night with 864oz. 1dwt., made up as follows:—Adelong, 770oz. 15dwt. 22gr.; Gundagai, 93oz. 5dwt. 2gr. The output of the Peak Hill goldfield for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News is to hand from Dungog that Mr. John Newell has struck the true reef on his property at Little Mountain, and that the prospects are exceedingly encouraging. We understand that Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday the Delegate Board of the Hunter River Miners' Association held a special meeting in the Rouse Assembly Rooms. The chair was taken by Mr. Adam Cook, President of the Association…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Having an interest with the men at work at Whispering Gully, on the head-waters of the Monkerai, I, with a friend, Mr. Wiebe of the Royal Oak Hotel, left West Maitland on the 25th July…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A splendid shoot of gold was struck on Tuesday morning in the Victoria Claim, Wyalong. about a quarter of a mile from the main road between the two camps in the southern country. It seems to be…
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