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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
199 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 10
Now that there appears to be a prospect of reducing our digging population to something like a state of legality, it would be well, perhaps, that the miners themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As we have several times prognosticated the reckless inconsiderateness of many of the Sydney people is now followed by its inevitable penalty. Numbers are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—The small sum of £500—offered by the Government to Mr. Hargraves, to requite him for the incalculable benefit he has rendered to the colony, by the discovery of large quantities of Gold,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COINCIDENT with the discovery of auriferous deposits in these districts and the extensive migration to which it has given rise, there has been a wonderful increase in the postage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SINCE our last issue the Sydney portion of our arrivals appear to have been seized by a panic. They are rushing from the mines by dozens, and for the present all the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whatever may be the present evils or the future benefits resultant from Mr. Hargraves' discovery, every friend of his race, every lover of the cause of morality and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SCARCELY a day elapses that reports are not circulated of new discoveries having been made, and with the spirit of exploration which is now abroad we are quite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I perceive that two parcels of land containing upwards of three hundred acres each, and bounded on a side of each by Oakey creek, have been by some person or persons put up for "sale,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THERE is no department of the executive duties of the government of a young country of more importance to its progress and welfare than the construction and repairs of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—It has with great truth been remarked, that more knowledge can be obtained from observations of man and the world, than can ever be obtained by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our leading article and several other matters are omitted in the present issue, to make room for Country Correspondence, amongst which the communication from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SINCE Our last very little has transpired worthy of recording. In the early part of the week Mr. Hardy started for the Turon diggings, but has returned to Ophir. What…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is rather a singular coincidence that just at the time of extensive gold deposits being discovered in the district of Bathurst, the probable effects of a large influx of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Since my last communication I have heard of Mr.Hargraves being appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands, with a good salary, and a Magistrate of tho colony. These marks of distinction having been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Having just returned from Ophir, where I have spent the last month, I take the earliest oppor-tunity of writing for the perusal of your numberous readers, who may be desirous of obtaining correct…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—In my last communication 1 endeavoured to convey some general ideas of gold procuring as illustrative of the subject discussed—the geological formation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ARRANGEMENTS are now in progress which will be completed in a few days for issuing the "Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal" three times a week. In order to do…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IF within the circumference of the British Isles an individual is to be found who practices all the arts of political dodgery upon a sublime scale, that same individual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HITHERTO order has characterised the conduct of the gold-diggers of Ophir. Time after time have we announced the fact, as giving the most conclusive answers to what…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following statistics of the precious metals, have been compiled for the FREE PRESS from authentic sources, by a gentle-man of considerable attainments, and will,…
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