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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

483 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 25

The Gold Boom at Kalgoorlie

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1896 · page 2

A gentleman who is at present visiting W. Australian goldfields given the following vivid pen and ink sketch of live and bustle at Kalgoorlie, now the…

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Mining at Jerry's Plains

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 July 1896 · page 2

There was a kind of mild excitement in town on Saturday and Monday, induced by the report that some stone which had been sent from Plashett near Jerry's Plains, to…

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The American Presidency. Silver and Gold

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 July 1896 · page 2

At a couvention of delegates representing the silver party, held at St.Louis, Mr W. J. Bryau, the Democratic candidate, was nominated for the…

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Newcastle and Wallsend Coal Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1896 · page 3

The half-yearly general meeting of shareholders of the Newcastle and Wallsend Coal Company was held at the Company offices to-day, Mr. P. Reed being in the chair. The report of the Board of…

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The Mining Industry at Parkes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1896 · page 3

Owing to the rich developments in the Birthday at Parkes, an adjouning property is said to have been sold for £3000…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Wednesday, July 20. Legislative Council. the Mining Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1896 · page 2

The Attorney-General moved the third reading of the Mining Act Amendment Bill, and Mr. Dangar having called for a division the motion was curried by 15 to 13, and the measure was returned…

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A Passing Shadow. [All Rights Reserved.] a Romance of the Great Coal Strike of '93. Chapter Xxi. a Visit to the Manager's House

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1896 · page 1

"And mann I still on Menis dote, And bear the scorn that's in her ce? For it's jet, jet black, and it's like an hawk, And it winna let a body be."…

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Mining Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1896 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred at the Golden Fleece mine, Walballs, Victoria, on Saturday evening. A miner named Johnston, with others, was lowering a flywheel two tons in weight down a…

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Dispute at New Lambton Colliery. Amicably Settled. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 August 1896 · page 4

THE dispute at the New Lambton Colliery was amicably settled to-day, and the miners resumed work…

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The Coal-mining Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1896 · page 5

The Coal-miners Board of Conciliation has lapsed. The employers desired to reduce the wages of the miners but the representatives of the men insisted that there should be no alteration…

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Melbourne. a Gold Find

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1896 · page 5

Three brothers named Holland have discovered several rich gold specimens near Oakleigh, and there is considerable excitement in consequence…

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The Cholera Epidemic. Cholera continues to prevail in Egypt. a Mining Crisis in Belgium

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1896 · page 5

Two coal mines at Mous, Belgium, have been closed, and six hundred miners thrown out of employments. The reason assigned for closing the mines in the increased cost of labour…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 August 1896 · page 2

Advices from West Australia state a trial crushing from the main lode at the Pakeha mine, Broad Arrow, returned 20oz. of gold for ton. An offer of £35,000 has already been made for the property…

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Wangat. Mining Matters

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1896 · page 2

"Whispering Gully, till very recently, has been comparatively speaking, abandoned, owing, perhaps, to the winter months. Anyhow, mining in…

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Another Mining Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 August 1896 · page 5

A disastrous explosion has occurred in a colliery at Glanmorganshire, South Wales, and 40 miners have been entombed…

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Colliery Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1896 · page 3

Further particulars of the colliery [?] at Neath state that 200 men had descended the pit. Hoavy falls were heard in the workings of the mine, and caused alarm. [?] were at once…

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A Passing Shadow. [All Rights Reserved.] a Romance of the Great Coal Strike of '93. Chapthr Xxii. an Evening Interlude

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1896 · page 1

"Green grow the rashes, O; Green grow the rashes, O: The sweetest hours that e'er I spent Were spent among the lasses, O."…

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The Week's Mining

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1896 · page 2

The gold escort from Braidwood last weak carried over 840oz, the largest amount dispatched from the field for many month?. During the month of July over 300oz. of beach…

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Mining Facts and Possibilities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1896 · page 14

Our Moree correspondent writes:—A paragraph recently appeared in one of your issues to the effect that the largest piece of gold ever found was obtained by two miners named Beyers and…

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Mining at Jerky's Plains

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 August 1896 · page 2

WE have received the following contribution from Mr Joel Atkiu:—"At the invitation of some Jerry's Plains friends, a party'visited the scene of…

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