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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

316 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 16

Reported Sensational Gold Find

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 August 1900 · page 2

A sensational find of gold was reported on Monday from Robinson and Rice's mine at Long Flat, Gundagai. by a visitor to the locality, that half a hundredweight of gold…

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Rich Gold Discovery. Lumps as Large as Lisbon Lemons

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 August 1900 · page 5

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

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The Gulf Goldfields. Some Good Finds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 2

Mr. Walter, Bsteer, of the Volunteer Hotel, West Maitland, who the other day showed us some exceptionally rich specimens of go a from Cape York, in North Queensland new sends us a copy of…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1900 · page 2

A MOONAN BROOK Correspondent writes:—With the retard of spring comes the glorious news that many tons of quartz are at present waiting to be put…

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Gold Storage of Eggs

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 August 1900 · page 2

The rapid decrease in the market value of eggs noted during the last few weeks brings the question of preserving for winter use prominently forward again…

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Settlement of the Coal Difficulty

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 August 1900 · page 2

AT a meeting of Colliery proprietors held in Sydney on Friday, Sir William Lyne explained that he had asked the proprietors to meet him so that he…

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Coal for the French Navy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 August 1900 · page 3

France in importing coal for the use of its navy from America…

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Serious Colliery Strike. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 1

A GREAT strike has taken place at Taffvale, in South Wales, owing to the refusal of one of the companies to reinstate a singaiman who had been…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 3

It is stated that Mr. Dunstan, assistant of the Queensland Geological Survey Branch, has returned to Brisbane from the Dawson and Mackenzie Rivers, and reports having found a large…

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Greta Miners Locked Out. Disputes Over the Hewing Rate

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 6

A MINERS' meeting was held at Greta on Tuesday night to consider the reply of the manager to the demands for 2s 2d per ton for Large and small…

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The Gulf Goldfields. Some Good Finds

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 10

Mr. Walter Balser, of the Volunteer Hotel, West Maitland, who the other day snowed us some exceptionally rich specimens ol gold from Cape York, in North Queensland, now sends us a copy of…

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Late News by Cable. London, Aug. 27. Purchases of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 3

The British Admiralty has ordered 100,000 tons of Cardiff steam coal and is paying the highest prices for it. Russia is negotiating for the purchase of 2,000,000 tons of American coal…

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Heavy Shipment of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 August 1900 · page 3

The mail steamer Woman, which [?]to-day for San Francisco, took away 110 boxes of [?]ld, representing £550,000…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 11

A very rich find of gold was reported near Bega on Monday, one dish of rubble yielding 100oz. The tributors at the Big Oaky claims, Wattle Flat, have ben making over £67 each per week…

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The Demand for Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 3

French steamship lines are reducing their v[?] and laying up a portion of their fleets owing to t[?] of coal. A Liverpool firm is shipping a million tons of [?]…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 3

A mild rush has taken place owing to the reported discovery by a prospecting party (Redgraves and Pillon) of payable gold on Brou Beach, below Mr. Lindley Mort's property, Brou, Bodalla. The gold…

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The Price of Coal in England

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 9

The Argus London correspondent, writing on July 27, says:—Owing to the largo demands for coal because of our improved manufactures, the price of that useful article has increased enormously during…

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Poverty to Affluence. Romance of the Cape Name Goldfields

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 8

MINERS who have made their fortunes on the newly discovered goldfields [?] Cape Nome are beginning to come back. They have wonderful taken to…

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Mining Accident at Crate

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 September 1900 · page 2

In the Greth Colliery od Monday two young miners named Gronow and Porter, received serious injuries. The former was completely buried under timber and debris,…

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To Recook Gold Potatoes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 6

Chop the potatoes finely, put a layer in a pudding dish, season with salt, pepper, and bits of butter, sift a little flour over, then add more potatoes…

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