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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

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The Yukon Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 3

Fresh rich gold discoveries are reported to have been made at Stewart's River and the Upper Yukon, British Columbia…

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The Yukon Gold Rush

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 August 1897 · page 3

A miner, who has been working on the Yukon goldfields, British Columbia, has arrived at Victoria, Vancouver Island, with gold dust valued at 160,000dols…

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The Proposed Mining Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 August 1897 · page 5

Mr. J. Lowles, who visited Australia some time ago, and Sir J. R. Somers Vine, assistant secretary to the Imperial Institute, representing the Australasian Chamber of Mines, have sailed for the…

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A Rich Gold Find

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 August 1897 · page 1

A Grafton wire states that an important discovery has been made at Upper Bucca, between the Beacon mine and Coramba Peak, in a direct…

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The Coal Skip Question. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 August 1897 · page 3

At a meeting of the colliery proprietors to-day, after discussion, the following resolution was unanimously carried: That in the opinion of the…

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Adelong. a Gold Escort's Cargo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 3

The monthly escort left Adelong this morning with 1824ozs, of gold…

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Forty Years Mining in Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 4

I halted at the gate of a pretty bush residence, which answered to the description supplied me, and asked of the lady whom I found enthusiastically gardening, "Does Mr. T. J. Thomas…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 3

Diamond mines with an area of a thousand yards bare been discovered at Winberg in the Orange Free State. Fresh rich gold discoveries are reported to have…

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Mining Notes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1897 · page 2

The New Royal Standard Mine, Stewart's Brook, cleaned up its monthly crushing the other day, putting through 73 tons of quartz for the…

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Scone Mining Notes

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 September 1897 · page 2

The Now Royel Standard Mine, Stewart's Brook, cleared up its monthy crushing last week, putting through 73 tons of qunrtz for the splendid yield of 201oz smelted gold…

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This Klondyke Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 September 1897 · page 5

Mr. Ogilvie, a Canadian Government surveyor at the Klondyke Goldfields, states that 7000 miners and prospectors will face the winter at Dawson City, the centre of the goldfields. Owing to the…

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Latest News by Cable. London, Sept. 1. the Klondyke Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 September 1897 · page 3

The Times says it is feared that there will be considerable loss of life on the various routes to the Klondyke goldfields before the craze abates. The Daily Chronicle's special correspondent has…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 7

The monthly escort left Adelong on Friday morning with 1824ozs. of gold. A further sum of £20 has been forwarded by the Hillgrove miners to the men on strike at…

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Forty Years Mining in Australia

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 8

I HALTED at the gate of a pretty bush residence, which answered to the description supplied me and asked of the lady whom I found enthusiastically gardening…

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Saturday, September 4, 1897. the Klondyke Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 2

FISHERMEN, according to their satirists, use a license to magnify the captives which fall victims to their alluring skill. and when it suits them, goldfinders indulge we fear in a…

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The Klondyke Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 3

Reports from New York state that out of 5000 prospectors who were blocked on the White Pans, Kiondyke, scarcely 50 have succeeded in crossing the Pass…

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Peculiar Discovery of Gold

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1897 · page 4

The latest Johannesburg South Africa) papers to hand [?]vote considerable space to [?] remarkable discovery of gold…

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Disorderly Miners' Meeting

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 September 1897 · page 4

At Luck now a meeting was held on Saturday, and was addressed by several Members of Parliament. At the conclusion of the meeting, a man…

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Proposed Strike of Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 September 1897 · page 5

Owing to the employers' proposals to restrict the output, delegates representing ninety thousand colliers in South Wales and Monmouthshire have recommended the workmen to cease work next…

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The Lucknow Mine Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 September 1897 · page 5

A fourth arrest has been made at Orange, in connection with the recent assault upon Alexander McFarlane. The accused George McManus was brought before the court to-day and remanded…

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