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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

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The Klondyke Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 3

A nugget valued at 50,000 dol. (about £10,400) has been found in one of the claims at K[?]ondyke…

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Gold-mining in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1898 · page 3

Mr. Lidgey, who came to London as the representative of the Victorian Mining Department in order to supply information to capitalists regarding the mineral resources Victoria, delivered a…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster Progress of the Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1898 · page 3

The packing of the roof where the big fall took place in the tunnel at East Greta Colliery is now completed, and the working party are proceeding to repair and strengthen the roof further down…

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Gold-mining in China

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 3

Li Hung Chang has congratulated Mr. Pritchard Morgan, M.P., who has obtained from the Chinese Government a preliminary contract to work the mines in the Szechuan province not already…

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Grains of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 3

Those who can perceive their own ignorance have it not. When you say "I don't care," try to see that your tone of voice doesn't indicate that…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 2

An immense nugget of gold has been unearthered on the Klondyke field, and is valued at £10,000. A parcel of 40 tons stone Lucknow…

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Export of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 3

Gold to the value of £500,000 has been exported to Germany, and £250,000 to the United States, Further withdrawals are expected…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster. the Big Fall Timbered. Work Progressing Satisfactorily

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 3

Work in the tunnel at East Greta Colliery is progressing slowly but surely, and is still going on night and day. It is now a fortnight since the terrible calamity occurred, which has deprived two…

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Chinese Gold Mines. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 4

Li Hung Chang, who still holds his position of trust in the Chinese Empire, although he has practically been sh[?]lved has congratulated Mr…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster. Satisfactory Progress

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 5

During tho week everything has proceeded very satisfactorily in connection with the repair of the tunnel where the great accident occurred last week at the East Greta Colliery. The work of timbering…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 3

The want of water is seriously felt on the Hillgrove mining field. Eleven tons of quartz from Nanama, near Yass, yielded 1030oz. of gold…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster. Progress of Operations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 5

An examination made last evening by the Government Inspectors and the mine manager (Mr. a. Thomas) revealed the fact that a hundred feet or more of the tunnel was blocked up with fallen…

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The Coal-weighing Difficulty

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

A COUPLE of weeks ago we animadverted upon the probabilities of a satisfactory settlement of the difficulties which have existed for a long…

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Notes ond Comments. The Coal Trade

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

It is difficult to keep pace with the kaleidoscopic changes in the coal trade, and there is grave danger of an industrial deadlock. A fortnight ago…

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Lost for Love. Chapter Xx. Mining the Ground

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 16

Miss Cherrie Nettle by was not a young lady of very deep feeling, or one likely to be long overcome by romantic emotion of any sort. Therefore, before a week stood between…

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Gold Amid the Snow. Book Two. Chapter Iv. Narej Portage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 9

"Ah, weel, weel, mon, I've seen ice in my day, but never the like o' this." As he spoke Fraser jabbed his oar against a cake of ice that the current was pushing…

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How Entombed Miners Met Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1898 · page 4

A mining story would be considered in[?]mplete without a harrowing description of the hero's sufferings during an underground catastrophe. People expect it, and never doubt that the sensations of…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

The monthly return prepared by the Mines Department shows that the quantity of gold produced in New South Wales during the month of…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster. Clearing the Debris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 4

The work of rescuing the bodies of the entombed men at East Greta colliery is proceeding satisfactorily. The whole of the shaft where the principal fall took place has been timbered, and…

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The Coal Weighing Question

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 December 1898 · page 2

The miners of the southern district are much less difficult to deal with than those of the north. At a con furence held last week they agreed,…

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