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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
431 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 22
A strong feeling prevails in the city in consequence of rumours which are current to the effect that the New South Wales Government intends to cancel the leases of the Sydney Harbour Collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Among the adventures which befel John Gladwyn Jobb, the hero of "A Strange Career," was the perilous one of falling down a mine shaft. The shaft was not in use…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further rich discoveries are reported from several mines at Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie. A reef showing nice gold has been discovered by Rodgers at the Ironbarks, on Temora Common…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A meeting of miners' delegates and colliery proprietors was held at the Imperial Hotel on Saturday for the purpose of discussing the present aspect of the coal trade, and in order to try and devise…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sir,—Referring to previous correspondence on the. subject of including the Wollombi portion of the Singleton Sheep District in the Maitland Sheop District, I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In connection with rumours to the effect that the New South, Wales Government intends cancelling the leases granted in Sydney Harbour to the Collieries Company, Mr. Huntley, the manager, states…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Gold" and "silver" in the arts are not always the definite and exact terms they are in commerce and finance. In dealing with currency matters, for instance, gold and silver…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is expected that fully 150 delegates will be present at the Mining Conference convened by the Minister of Mines for the beginning of next year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A special reporter has returned from the new rush at Stringy Bark, twenty miles north from Gulgong, and states that the prospectors (Cooper and party) washed two loads for 28oz. of gold, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the past month the Waihi goldmine, New Zealand, crushed 3060 tons for bullion valued at £10,000. The scene of the discovery of diamonds in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fifteen workmen have been killed at Carmel, in the State of New York, owing to the subsidence of a mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Same good gold is being obtained at Cook's Gap, 21 miles from Mudgee, on the Cassilis road. Some time ago a party worked at this place and received fair prospects, but left it shortly afterwards. At…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Boulder mine at Kalgoorlie up to date has crushed 3300 tons of atone, yielding 21,695oz. of smelted gold. A rush is reported at Lowe's Peak, 12 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →On Monday afternoon last a meeting of miners was held in the Court House, for the purpose of electing a delegate to attend a Conference to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"This little bill has been due a good long while," said a long-suffering creditor to an intellectual debtor the other day. "Can't you settle it?"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →With the view of stopping the exodus to the Western Australian gold-fields the Victorian Minister of Mines desires to call the attention of the public to the rich yields being obtained by the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—I notice that the intention of starting smelting works near Newcastle for the treatment of ores by the latest scientific processes is rumoured, and that an English company is being formed for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Robert Rossbridge and George Forbes, charged with having broken into the counting house at tho Metropolitan Colliery, Holensburg, and stolen therein £118, pleaded guilty of receiving at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Ardglen correspondent writes: "I notice that a good many are now trying their fortune prospecting for gold round about this locality, and two men who appear to be experienced diggers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dear sir,—At a time like the present, when miners are discussing matters appertaining to their business with more than usual interest, and…
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