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Mining & the mines, 1897

310 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 16

Latest News by Cable. the Klondyke Goldfields. London. Dec. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 December 1897 · page 3

The mailman from Dyes, in British Columbia, reports that 1000 refugees from Klondyke are ranking desperate attempts to cross the mountains, and it is likely that one-fourth of their number…

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The Klondyke Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 December 1897 · page 3

At the end of October 3300 miners and others were leaving Dawson City for Circle City, about 50 miles north-west, owing to the great scarcity of food supplies…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 10

Two miners working at Eskdale, Victoria, obtained 101oz. of gold from 22 tons stone. An order baa been issued at Broken Hill by Inspector Hebbard calling attention to the late…

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The Klondyke Goldfields

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 2

A CABLEGRAM says that the mailman from Dyea, in British Columbia, reports that 1000 refugees from Klondyke are making desperate attempts…

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Gold-Paved Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1897 · page 5

Farmers and people in the country who have never visited the metropolis have some very queer ideas of what Sydney really is. The yellow metal is not to be picked up in the streets: and, in fact,…

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The Arctic Goldfield. Marvellous Discovery at Klondyke Men Picking up Hundreds per Day

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 December 1897 · page 8

THE news of what is believed to be the richest strike yet on the Klondyke comes in a letter from William J, Jones, a newspaper correspondent…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1897 · page 11

The New Royal Standard Company crused 61 tons of atone for 118ozs. of smelted cold. A dyke formation has been discovered at Neerim, near Drouin, in Gippsland. An assay at Ballarat…

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The Search for Gold. Dangers and Disasters Attending It

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 December 1897 · page 4

Gold may be delved for and discovered, but it avails little if health, the vital principal of bliss, is lot. Numbers are now taking their departure for tho Alaska gold-mines in the hope of building…

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Grains of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 December 1897 · page 5

Bacchus claims moro victims than Neptune. Great gifts make unworthy natures bold and finer natures humble. Gentility unaccompanied by Ability is loss…

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The Gold Coast Colony

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1897 · page 5

It ia rumoured that Sir William Macgregor, Governor of British New Guinea, will be appointed Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, West Africa, in succession to the late Sir William Maxwell…

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