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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

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The Belgian Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1897 · page 5

The federated Belgian miners have rejected a proposal for a general strike but have resolved not to work extra hours…

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The Went worth Mine. the Payment of Royalty on Gold the Premier Corrected. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon. [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1897 · page 5

[?] fields Proprietary Company, writen to this afternoon's papers as follows: "In the speech made by the Premier in the House last night on Mr. Lyne's…

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The New Mining Bill. a Deputation to the Minister. Anxiety to Encourage the Industry. Sydney, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 November 1897 · page 3

The unsatisfactory provisions of and the difficulty of operating under the existing mining laws of New South Wales have been so much emphasised by recent conferences that the Chamber of Mines…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 7

The Victorian Mining Department is favourably impressed with the discovery of gold in the sandstone at Gladstone. It has given as much as Goz to the dish. The warden of North Coolgardie, reporting on the…

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The Wentworth Mine. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 11

Mr. Tarleton, Secretary of the Wentworth Goldfields Proprietary Company, writes to this afternoon's papers as follows : " In the speech made by the Premier in the House last night on Mr. Lyne's…

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Gold in a Flour Bag

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 November 1897 · page 4

"When we borrowed money for our bank in olden times in Northern Arkansas," said a banker to a Free Press man, "I used to go to the neighbouring towns and get the gold…

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The Yukon Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1897 · page 3

Mr. Ogilvie, the Canadian inspector of goldfields, has bee lecturing at Victoria, British Columbia, on the results of his visit to the Yukon goldfields. He says that rich prospects have been obtained…

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A New Klondyke. Waters Ripple o'er Beds of Gold

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 November 1897 · page 3

WRITTING from Juneau, Alaska, under date August 30th, a special correspondent says:- Another fabulously rich strike has been made close to the…

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Goldfield in Alaska

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 November 1897 · page 5

It is reported that a goldfield has been discovered on the koyukuk River, Alaska, similar to the klondyke. goldfield…

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The Klondyke Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 November 1897 · page 3

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian Premier, states that his Government has reason to believe that 15,000 Australians will proceed to Klondyke in the spring…

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Mining Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1897 · page 3
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Elsewhere we print some particulars of the Upper Gloucester Company's Mine. A friend writes us some further particulars about that and other mining ventures on the Upper Gloucester and about…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1897 · page 6

It is reported that a goldfield has been discovered on the Koyukuk River, Alaska, similar to the Klondyke goldfields. At White Cliffs last week. Holmes and party…

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Mining Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1897 · page 4

Elsewhere we print some particulars of the Upper Gloucester Company's Mine. A friend writes us some further particular about that and other mining ventures on the Upper Gloucester and about…

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Mining in Upper Gloucester

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1897 · page 6
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Having heard a good deal about the Upper Gloucester G. M. Company's Mine, their up-to-date machinery, and their splendid reef, I determined to pay it a visit, and last week saw me at…

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The Stockton Colliery Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 November 1897 · page 3

The Full Court has granted n now trial in the case of holland versus the stockton coal company…

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The Lucknow Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1897 · page 5

Forty miners arrived this morning at Lucknow from the other colonies for the Darcy mine. There was no excitement…

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The Mines Department

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 November 1897 · page 4

Complaints are made of the administration of the Mines Department. It is alleged that favored persons, by some means or other, get…

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The West Australian Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1897 · page 5

Mr. Pittman, Government Geologist, has been absent about two monthsin West Australia, where he visited the mines at Coolgardie, the 25 mile, Kalgoorlie, and Kanowna. He also visited the…

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