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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1899

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Charge Against a Mining Director

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 3

Claude Vantin, of 28 Basinghall-street, London consulting metallurgist and director of mining companies, formerly of Melbourne, against whom a warrant was issued on a charge of defrauding certain…

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Gold Amid the Snow. Chapter X. Mr. Gray As Peacemaker

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 9

There was murder indeed in Fraser's heart at that moment, but mad with loyal wrath he did not realize it until the missionary's apt quotation from the Scriptures started him into…

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Grains of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1899 · page 2

The thing that makes pessimism is failure to find in man what angels possess. Choosing a wife is like unto a stratagom of war, wherein a man can orr but once…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 7

A parcel of 100 tons of sulphide ore from the Lake View Consols (W.A.) returned a net yield of £9321. E. P. Field, once a well-known Sydney barrister,…

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The Australasian Gold Trust, Limited

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 3

At a meeting of the shareholders of the Australasian Gold Trust, Limited, to-day, it was resolved to voluntarily go into liquidation…

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Gold Amid the Snow. Chapter Xi. New Arrivals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 9

The events of the next few weeks may be passed over briefly. Scarcely a day passed that new parties of fortune hunters did not come floating down…

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Cobar Mine Accident. a Water Jacket Bursts. Three Men Fearfully Burned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 3

An accident of a serious nature occurred at the Great Cobar Copper Syndicate's mine, about 10.30 o'clock on Monday morning. No. 1 water…

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The Coal Mines Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 3

The extension of time granted by the Minister of Mines to enable the collieries to provide appliances in accordance with the weighing clause of the Coal Mines Act having expired…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 3

THE New Royal Standard Co., Stewarts Brook, cleaned up yesterday, 76 tons giving a return of 47ozs. 1dwt. smelted gold. The battery, of…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 5

The Mount Morgan dividend of 7d per share has been declared for March, equal to £29,166. The coal-weighing question has been practically settled at most of the southern collieries, but still…

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Striking a Gold Mine. Mrs Harrison got on to Good Property —Struck it Rich and Unexpectedly—Creates a Great Sensation

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 2

The surprises of man who sluks a hole to make a well and strikes a gold mine is no doubt a pleasant one. Such a surpris was held in store for Mrs Harrison;…

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Gold Amid the Snow. Chapter Xii. Willard's Last Play

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 9

"Mrs. Mortimer!" repeated the miner, blankly, "why we never knowed he was married." "Didn't know who was married?" asked…

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Charge Against a Mining Director

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 3

Claude Vautin, of 28 Basinghall-street, London, consulting metallurgist, and director of mining companies, formerly of Melbourne, who was lately committed for trial on a charge of defrauding…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 3

The coal exported from Wollongong last month amounted to 63,524 tons. The Queensland mining returns for March show an increased yield on the period of ll,9O3oz., and…

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Gold Amid the Snow. Chapter Xiii. From the Grave

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 9

After the first bewildering moment during which these two revealed their hearts to each other without the necessity of formal avowals, King became aware that others were present…

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Striking a Gold Mine. Mrs Harrison got on to Good Property. Struck it Rich and Unexpectedly. Creates a Great Sensation

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 4

THE surprise of a man who sinks a hole to make a well and strikes a gold mine is no doubt a pleasant one. Such a surprise was held in store for Mrs Harrison,…

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State Butter Show. Conditions of Competition. The "Gold Medal Brand."

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 3

THE first of the State butt[?]r show competition commenced in Sydney on Thursday. There were 29 entries, and a wire has been sent to the manager…

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Inhospitable Westralia. How Visitors Are Fleeced. Ordinary Produce all Imported. The Way the Colony's Revenue is Raised. Pew Mines Yet Paying Dividends. [By a Visitor.]

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 4

IT is quite safe to say that at the very least 90 per cent of the men who poured into West Australia in the years between 1893 and 1897 brought…

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The Mining Laws. Deputation to the Minister of Mines. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 3

An important [?]putation, comprised or Members of Parliament and representatives of the Chamber of Mines, waited on the Minister of Mines to-day with respect to suggested mining legislation…

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Colliery Strike in Belgium

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 3

Twenty-two thousand miners employed in the collieries of Char[?]of and Mons, Be[?] have struck work for an advance of 20 per cent. in wages…

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