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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
199 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 10
SIR.—The discovery of gold in the Bathurst district has prepared the public mind for the reception of almost any assertion as to its richness in mineral wealth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR.—I have often seen it stated in your paper that gold-digging is a lottery. To a certain extent there is truth in this statement; but notwithstanding such may be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the commencement of the present quarter we announced our intention of publishing the "Free Press and Mining Journal" three times a week, and that an adyance in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bathurst is mad again. The delirium of golden fever has returned with increased intensity. Men meet together, stare stupidly at each other, talk incoherent nonsense, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since our last issue abundant evidence have reached us of the fact that the police district of Goulburn is auriferous to a great extent, and that time and labour only are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As, for example, bank notes, which are payable to bearer in that quantity of gold. To all intents and purposes, then, when we speak of sterling money, we only use other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following communication is not only from a gentleman engaged in the mines, but one who was born and bred in a mining country, Hungary. Count Wass, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The long-sought treasure is at length found, Victoria is a gold country, and from Geelong go forth the first glad tidings of the discovery. Mr. Edmonds arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Several parties have passed through the town during the last few days on their way from Ophir to the Turon, having been driven from the former place by the floods. None…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—By a recent notice in the Government Gazette I perceive that the provisions of the Dog Add are extended to Wellington. Will you be good enough to inform me in the first place whither the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is now high time for the Electors of the Western Boroughs, and of the County of Bathurst, to consider whether they shall be represented or not in the new Legislature,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, 17th July, 1851.—His Excellency the Governor General directs it to be notified, that pending some more permanent measure, an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →INDEPENDENTLY of what has been purchased at the mines, considerable quantities have been brought town and sold, Mr.Austin has expended £743 15s. 3d. in gold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OUR further remarks upon this subject are unavoidably postponed, ia consequence of a press of advertisements. The subject shall be resumed in our next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE report of gold shipped in the Mary Bannatyne, as published in yesterday's Herald did not contain the whole quantity. The following, we believe, is correct:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SIR,—On examining the copy of the list of Electors for the Western Boroughs residing in Carcoar, exhibited at the court house in that town, by the Collector, and certified by the proper officer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Since my residence in the land of 'Ophir,' I have witnessed much waste of the 'precious metal,' an evil to be regretted on many accounts, but felt seriously by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHO is to represent us, or whether we are to be represented at all, appears, for the present, to be a question about which no one concerns himself. Gold seems to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON, Thursdays last the half yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Bathurst Copper Mining Company took place, in pursuance of advertisement, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By a paragraph in another part of,the pamper, it will be seen that Mr. Commissioner Hardy has Seized the hundred weight of gold, has rather what he believes…
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