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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

431 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 22

Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1895 · page 15

A rich discovery of gold has been made at Currajong, near Parkes. Two dishes of dirt taken from the find are estimated to contain 40oz. Mr. R. T. Price, M.P., has been elected delegate…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 December 1895 · page 2

A minor named Joseph Fell was killed at Caloola, near Rocklen, this morning owing to a fall of earth…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion. (S. M. Herald)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 December 1895 · page 3

A terrible explosion has occurred in a colliery at Raleigh, in the State of North Carolina, United States. Forty-three miners were killed…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 December 1895 · page 4

A report has como in from Black Flap, Coolgardie, of the discovery of a splendid nugget at the Devon Consuls mine, owned by the All Nations Prospecting Company, of Adelaide. The slug, which is stated…

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West Australian Mining. French Mining Interests

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 December 1895 · page 2

Speaking of the French mining interests the "West Australian Review" says:—"The state of the Paris press to-day is peculiar. The TEMPS…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 December 1895 · page 2

The Royal Mint and Mount Pleasant properties at Bardoc (W.A.) have been placed under offer to a wealthy English syndicate for a satisfactory figure. The Mount Gwynne mine has been secured by…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 December 1895 · page 3

Two prospectors have arrived at Huonville (Tas.), from Mount Pickon, with very rich samples of alluvial gold. The Royal Standard mine, Stewart's Brook, has…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 December 1895 · page 3

It is understood that an English company has been formed for working the Mundurruma, Belubula, and other leases in the Carcoar district. The nominal capital is £400,000, of which 360,000 shares…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 December 1895 · page 3

It is understood that an English company has been formed for working the Mundurruma, Belubula, and other leases in the Carcoar district. The nominal capital is £400,000, of which 360,000 shares…

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The Singleton Argus Saturday, December 25Th, 1895. the Coal Trade

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 December 1895 · page 2

OF far more interest to the Hunter valley than the Venezuelan question is the coal trade of Nowcastle and the surrounding districts. The first trouble…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 December 1895 · page 2

As showing the progress that has been made by the Murchison (W.A.) goldfield, the following returns from the official records of the warden of the field will be interesting:—The reported yield…

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This Coal Trade of the Hunter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 December 1895 · page 6

SIR,—As the proposal to form a coal ring, with the view of creating a monopoly and raising the price of one necessaries both of life and industry, seems to have…

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