From Beans and Bacon to Gold
In his book, "Through tho Goldfields of Alaska to Behring Straits," Mr. Harry do Windt met at Sixty Milo Creek an interesting character. He was a store-keeper, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1898
537 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 27
Grains of Gold
Do good constantly, patiently, and wisely, and you will never have cause to say that life was not worth living. Do not esteem too lightly the small things…
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THE strike at the Gibraltar Consolidated Mines, Limited, Adelong, has been concluded Owing to the warden refusing to grant any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adelong Miners' Strike. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
THE Adelong miners' strike, provoked because of a proposed reduction in the wages of the men, has ended in a victory for the miners, who returned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Lumper's Death. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
THE adjourned inquest was concluded to-day, touching the death of a coallumper named Charles Thompson, who was killed by falling down the hold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Notes
OUR Stewarts Brook correspondent writes :—"The Imperial Standard Syndicate, after ten months of hard delving, have been [?]arded by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Gold Digger's Job
Some men always expect the worst to happen. Those men get more joy than others out of good luck. On the contrary, there are other men who look continually…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Proposed Coal Trade Agreement
PROCEEDING from the recent conferences between representatives of the colliery owners and the minors in the Newcastle district, is a draft general agreement. The minors are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Amid the Snow. Chapter I. the Return of the Explorer
"So you say there are millions in sight, oh, King?" "Yes, Mr. Mortimer, millions, and I speak literally."…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Department of Mines and Agriculture. Sydney, September, 1898
Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8th instant, asking that one of the imported bulls may be sent to the Hunter River District.—I hare, etc…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Welsh Miners Disfranchised
Thousands of Welsh miners have been disfranchised, in consequence of having accepted parish relief during the late strike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dredging for Gold
A GREAT deal of interest has been aroused during the last year or two by the remarkable success which has attended the work of dredging fir…
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IN the Warden's Court, this morning, before Mr. Warden Evans, Robert Ha[?] cock made application for the suspension of the labor conditions on…
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A correspondent supplies the following: "The Imperial Standard Syndicate, after ten months of hard delving, have been rewarded by striking the reef they were driving for. During…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Items
The Minister of Mines, Mr. Cook, is taking steps to enable the granting of leases for dredging river beds for gold. The Inverell Diamond Fields Company will…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Gold Digger's Job
Some men always expect the worst to happen. These men get more joy than other out of good luck. On the contrary, there are other men who look continually forward to the best happening,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gold Amid the Snow. Chapter Ii. at the Edge of the Cliff
King sprang to his feet. "Mr. Mortimer!" he exclaimed hotly, "you accuse me of nothing short of a crime!" "Who said I didn't!" retorted Mortimer in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining Notes
THERE is nothing of a stiring nature to report in the wining line in the Omadale and Dry Creek portions of the district, so for as we could…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Barrels of Gold
Once a man of the laboring class who had often wished to be rich was offered all the money he wished for if he would accept, without a murmur, the troubles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Department of Mines and Agriculture. Sydney, Sept. 21, 1898
SIR.—Referring to your letter of the 20th ultimo, requesting that one of the bulls recently imported from England by this department, may be forwarded to the…
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