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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

316 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 16

Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 11

At Noold's mine, Wyalong, a shot brought down 40 tons of stone, which is estimated to be worth £1000. It is reported that a syndicate has offered to…

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Gold From Sand. a New Way to Make the Desert Blossem. A Proposal by the Inventive Edison

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 5

THE sleepy old town of Dolores, New Mexico, that still clings to many Spanish traditions, may be the centre of attraction on the part of the world's…

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Grains of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 6

Solfishness is solf-destruction. A blind man's opinion of the sun is based on what he has learned from the earth with his cane…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 2

ALTHOUGH on the whole things in the mining line have been dull for sometime past in this district, good yields are from time to time reported…

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Western Australian Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 3

Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has consented to see Mr. Griffith, the representative of the Western Australian Goldfields Separation League, relative to the petition of the…

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Hospital Ball at Coal Greek

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 2

THE Coal Creek cricket club has resolved to give a ball in aid of the Muswellbrook Hospital, and it has been fixed for the 11th inst. Last year…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 6

A seam of coal over 29ft. thick has been discovered at Callide, near Gladstone, Queensland. The miners at South Bulli are asking the Minister of Labour to hold an inquiry, under the…

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A Marvellous Centenarian. Mr. William Williams. "Old Gold Dust." Wins £250,000 Worth of Gold. Gundagai

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 2

Mr. William Williams, the well-known mining pioneer, of Adelong, who resides at Adelong Crossing, celebrated his 100th birthday yesterday, when a large number of residents…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 2

OUR Moonan Brook correspondent writes:—"Tilse and party treated the remainder of their quartz, two tons yielding 8½ozs. gold, making, with…

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The Gold Brick Gaise. Succesfull Tried on English Miners. They Loose £10,000 as a Result

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 4

THE English mining speculator is not, as a rule, altogether an artless individual, and yet three of the clan have been clean " bluffed" by a very…

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Probabic Advance in coal Prices

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 2

Colliery proprietors appear to' have during the past few weeks, given more favorable consideration to the proposal made by the miners that the selling price…

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A Marvellous Centenarian. "Old Gold Dust." Wins £250,000 Worth of Gold

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 2

MR. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, the well-known mining pioneer of Adelong, who resides at Adelong Crossing, celebrated his [?] birthday last…

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A Marvellous Centemarian. Mr William Williams. "Old Gold Dust." Wins £250,000 of Gold

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 2

Mr Wiliiam Williams, the well-known mining pioneer, of Adelong, who resides at Adelong Crashing, celebrated his 100 th birthday last Thursday,…

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Strange Colliery Accident. a Coal Mine Near Gunnedah on Fire. Miraculous Escape of Miners. Nine Men Injured. Gundedeh

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1900 · page 3

A fire broke out, last evening at Black Jack coal mine, about five miles from town. It was discovered this morning by the manager, who put men on to block all entrances and…

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Gold Weather

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 May 1900 · page 2

Winter is once more paying us her annual call, and as the evenings are long, you can pase the same array with pleasure, if you buy a good concertina, accordeon,…

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The Gold Coast Rising. [By Cable] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 May 1900 · page 2

Word has been received that no less than 10,000 Ashantees surrounded Hodgson, the Governor, at the Kumasl fort on the 20th April…

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Accident at the Gunnedah Colliery. The Mine on Fire. Nine Men Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 2

THE town (says Thursday's Advertiser) was thrown into feverish excitement this morning by a messenger riding in hot haste from the Gunnedah Colliery…

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Colliery Accident at Gunnedah. Gunnedah

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 3

A fire broke out last evening at Black Jack coal mine, about five miles from town. It was discovered this morning by the manager, who put men on to block all entrances and…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 4

The Minister of Mines is considering the best means of restarting gold-mining at Hawkins-hill, Hill End. The yield of sold ia Queensland for the month…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 2

ANOTHER excellent crushing is reported from old Fuller's Reef, Moonan Brook, from which E. Williams and party have just cleaned up 56 tons for a…

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