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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
282 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 15
AT a depth of about 2880 feet, the coal has at last been met in the great shaft of the Sydney Harbor Collieries Company at Balmain. The seam was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Chamberlain, replying to a letter from Herr. Sasse, the London correspondent; of the Berlin newspaper the Vossische Zeitung, said that in his recent speech, in which he mentioned the conduct of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE seam of coal passed through at Balmain, Sydney, last week is not, it turns out, the main seam, and sinking operations will be continued. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lease cancelled: H. J. Hancock and others, 3 acres, parish Oldcastle. Leases ready for delivery: J. Weir, 1 acre, parish Oldcastle; P. Ahearn, 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE fate of the Sydney Harbor Colleries trembles in the balance. They have spent about £200,000 sinking for coal at Balmain. On Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Governor of the Gold Coast Colony (West Africa), reports several mining concessions to be worthless. The natives, he states, have blown beads of gold into barren quartz…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have to acknowledge receipt of the Mines Department Annual Report for 1000. The work is splendidly dona from end to end, but it certainly seems rather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Government of the Transvaal bas appointed a commission to suggest amendments in the gold laws with a view of lessoning the power of capitalists…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The discovery of coal at Nymbodia, east of Glen Innes, is regarded as in important development there as it is thought that it may lead to the opening up of large fields. The coal measures are known to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible Occident occurred at Leighton's mine, Bethnngra, Albury district, yesterday. While Gurry Blanchfield was engaged timbering at the 800 feet level, some tons of lode slipped off the wall,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THERE is certainly no more romantic period in the history of Australia than that which witnessed the discovery of gold, and the "rushes" which made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TERRIBLE mining accident occurred in thine, Bethango, near Albury, on Saturday, to a miner named Garry Blanchfield, who was working…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A SERIOUS explosion occurred in the Mount Usher gold mine, Rockhampton, on Tuesday, by which the lives of the men employed at the works…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A SERIOUS explosion occurred in the Mount Usher gold mine, Rockhampton, on Tuesday, by which the lives of the men employed at the works were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Saturday afternoon a burly gentleman, of the coal-beaving persuasion, demanded admission to the Show Ground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A miner named Timothy Mitchell, aged about 30 was engaged charging a hole on the surface at the copper mine on Wednesday afternoon, when an explosion occurred, whereby Mitchell received terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The miners at the Balmain Colliery came out on strike to-day with a view of enforcing their demand that each shift should consist only of six hours and the rate of pay to remain the same as for the eight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—With reference to the letter presented to you, from the Trustees of the Denison Goldfield Common, asking to have block 14 added to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A nugget weighing 22oz. has been found by a miner in the Burredong district. The Amalgamated Miners Association at Broken Hill is prepared to resist any reduction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →We recently sent one of our specials to No 15 Cathoinc-street, Balmain, to see Mrs. Elizabeth Gray, to whom he explained that his mission was to obtain the…
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