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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 27
SIR,—On reading of the difficulty of separating the fine gold from the sand in washing it may not be amiss to mention what I read many yours back in, I believe, Chambers' Journal, which said that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →M'Innes and party unearthed last week at Kurnalpi 52oz. in two slugs, the biggest being 42oz. Fair gold is being got in new ground south-west from the main workings, but the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some weeks back we printed Mr. Thomas Gray's first impressions of Coolgardie, and it says much for his experience and shrewdness that the opinions he then expressed have since been confirmed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →It is considered in political circles that the Mining on Private Lands Bill will be emasculated to such an extent by the Council that the Assembly will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A discovery of gold yielding about 10dwt to the load is reported to have been made on private property at Barbigal, about 18 miles north of East Dubbo, on the Talbragar River. The find was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I have read with satisfaction the letter on the above from the pen of Mr. E. J. Bowling, Greta, and I can thoroughly endorse and add to the sentiments expressed by him. Unionism, as it now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A rich gold find in alluvial is reported from Hawkesview Estate, 8 miles from Albury. The wash is said to go from 6oz. to 8oz. to the ton,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Taylor, the Government Metallurgist, arrived in Sydney on Saturday from a visit to Wagonga, on the South Coast, Large deposits of quartz and other likely gold-bearing stone are in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following is extracted from the annual report of the Department of Mines and Agriculture, for the year 1893:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The sitting of the International Miners' Conference was resumed in Berlin to-day. The conference approved of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A nice cake of gold of some 120 ounces reached the Bank of New South Wales, Tamworth, on Monday, from Messrs. Issachsohn and Thompson's claim at Nundle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Referring to your communication of the, 14th ultimo, forwarding an application from the trustees of the Stewart's Brook common for the establishment of a public pound at that place,—I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Large consignments of stone from Wyalong have arrived at the Barmedman Battery, and it is expected that the battery will be kept in full work for about three weeks. The latest crushings are:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The usual weekly meeting was held in Mr. H. North's hall on Wednesday morning, Mr. Jackson presiding. The roll having been called and re-sponded to, the minutes of the previous meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The output of gold from the mines at Johannesburg, South Africa, for March is 163,372oz, valued at £569,295. Several important discoveries have been made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The waters of the ocean contain gold. In 1851, Malaguti and Durocher determined the occurrence of silver, but did not extend their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Bangkok paper states that the coal industry at Tong-King is rapidly making its presence felt. A few years ago the coal finds of our Eastern neighbour raised a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speaking of the beach gold, Rev. J. Milne-Curran says that no process had been discovered to extract it from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Not many miles from Shasta City, in California, is a gulch of winch a strange story is told. It is a deep ravine, with rocks shooting all the way up the aides. Gold in paying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →M'Innes and party unearthed last week at Kurnalpi 52oz, in two slugs, the biggest being 42oz. Fair gold ia being got in new ground south-west from the main workings, but the number of…
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