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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

316 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 16

An Attenpted Robbery. a Mine Manager Attacked

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 August 1900 · page 2

At Kalgoorlie on Monday morning, at 3 o'clock, three men, masked and armed, went to Hannan's Proprietary camp, awoke the manager (Mr C…

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The Coal Mining Industry in the Maitland District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 2

It would seem to be a generally acknowledged [?] by thorn competent to form An opinion on the subject that the Maitland district in the near future is destined in become the centre of…

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Yours or Mine? [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter I.

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 2

It was particularly disagreeable day in London. The pavements were unsafe to foot-passengers by reason of a fall of snow which, hastily swept off, had left them…

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The Coal Cloud

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 2

The residents of this district Trill regret to learn that the present situation in the Northern coal trade is not without danger. The Miners* Delegate Board decided BY 10…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 8

The Southern Coal Proprietors' Association has refused to grant an increase in the bewing rate during the present year, but is prepared to meet delegates of the miners in conference next…

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The Coal Crisis

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 August 1900 · page 2

The Newcastle miners are not as suicidally disposed as some of their official henchmen represented them So far their voting has gone heavily…

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Weighing Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 2

A DECISION which practically settles a vexed question was pronounced yesterday by the Supreme Court. Their Honors by a majority, Mr. Justice Stephen dissenting, declared that…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Coal Strike

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 2

The Premier must certainly be congratulated on the success of bis efforts to compose the Newcastle labour trouble. His suggestion, which…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Reported Find of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 3

It is [?]ted a rich gold reef has been discovered on Nubba [?], twelve [?] Hardon. No [?] are yet to hand…

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The Coal Mining Industry in the Mainland District

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 13

It would sewn to be a generally acknowledged assumption by those competent to form an opinion on the subject that the Maitland district in the near future is destined to become the centre of…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 3

During 1899 there were 862,161 men employed in Britain in mining for coal or metals, or engaged in quarrying. Of the total number 729,000 were getting coal…

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The Threatened Coal Strike

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 2

It is pleating to be able to elate that the threatened strike of the coat miners in the Newcastle district has been happily averted, a large majority [?] voted for the…

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"Fish for Gold and Drown."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 1

The sale of relies of the South Sea Bubble at Sotheby's reminds up of what Swift wrote of it. Here is the wit's squib: —Subscribers here by thousands float,…

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Rich Gold Find. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 2

It is reported that a rich gold reef has been discovered on the Nubba Estate, near Harden, on the Southern line…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1900 · page 2

THE Imperial Standard G.M. Co., Stewart's Brook, have just cleaned up another crushing of 11 tons, which gave the very satisfactory yield of 24½…

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Sensational Gold Find. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 August 1900 · page 2

A sensational find of gold is reported from Robbinson and Rece's mine at Long Flat, near Gundagai. A visitor to the locality says that half a hundred…

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Record Shipment of Gold From New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1900 · page 3

Yesterday 8,000,000[?]. (£1,600,000) in gold was shipped from New York for Europe. This is a record shipment for one day from New York…

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Rich Gold Discovery. L[?] as Large as L[?] Lemons

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 August 1900 · page 2

THE largest and most important gold deposit ever discovered in the Gundagai district has been struck at Robinson and Rice's mine, Long Flat…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1900 · page 3

It is reported a rich gold reef has been discovered on Nubba Estate, twelve miles from Harden. A syndicate, which took over the Golden Gate mine at Croydon (Q), to work on tribute, has…

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Long Flat Gold Find. a Seam of Pure Gold

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 August 1900 · page 2

IN connection with the sensation find at Messrs Robinson and Rice's mine, Long Flat, Gundegai, Nothing was done from Saturday last until…

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