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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1851

199 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 10

Mining Intelligence

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 August 1851 · page 2

THE news from the Turon continues pretty much of the same character, and with the, exception of a few very fortunate arrivals from that quarter, nothing unusual has…

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The Hundred Weight of Gold

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 August 1851 · page 2

IN Our leading article of Saturday we did not explicitly state that Dr. Kerr had taken out a license to dig for the month of July This fact might however gathered…

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The Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal. Wednesday, August, 6, 1851. "Magna Est Et Prævalebit". Value of Gold

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 August 1851 · page 2

BY an, extract from the " Sunday Times," of March 30th, which we have given in the first page, it will be seen that our predictions respecting the depreciation in the value of…

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Additional Gold Regulations

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 August 1851 · page 3

With reference to the proclamation of his Excellency the Governor-General, bearing date the 22nd day of May last, and to the notice from this Office, of the 23rd of tlie same month his…

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Mining Intelligence

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 August 1851 · page 2

Although very little is said about Ophir at the present we are assured by several respectable people that the diggers are ge-nerally doing well. The…

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IRRIGATION. To the Editor of the " Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal."

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 August 1851 · page 3

Sir,—I have often heard the remark made by medical men that their patients, when ill, promise an words, to be the most grateful beings, but, alas! no sooner is the malady departed,…

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Original Correspondence. 7b the Editor of the "Bathurat Free Press and Mining Journal."

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 August 1851 · page 3

SIR,—The members of the Church of England here are at a loss to know when and where a Minister attends on Sundays. I heard in Bathurst thatone attended regularly, but here can obtain no satisfactory…

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The Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal. Saturday, August 9, 1851. "Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalebit." a Predicament

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 August 1851 · page 2

Thb foremmj of " the Free Press" office bol­ted on Monday rooming last, and the •'devil" tookflight on Thursday niffht, with­out giving aDy notice of his intention. For anything we know to the contrary, both…

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Mining Intelligence

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 August 1851 · page 2

THE latest intelligence from the Turon does not vary very materially from that given in our last. Constant arrivals are taking place from every point of the…

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Original Correspondence. To the Editor of the “Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal.”

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 August 1851 · page 2

SIR,—Having read with surprise an are Ticle in the Sydney Morning Herald headed “Orange.” in which certain statements are made by the writer relative to the apprehension of a man named Graham by…

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The Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal. Wednesday, August 13, 1851. “Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalrbit.” the Coming Election

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 August 1851 · page 2

THE last, but by no means the least important topic to which we feel it our especial duty to allude in connexion with the coming election is the transportation…

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Our "Gold" Article

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 August 1851 · page 2

Must stand over for want of space until the next publication, when we promise to supply plenty of intelligence respecting the present position and prospects of the…

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The Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal. “Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalrbit.” Saturday, August 16, 1851. England's Colonial Empire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 August 1851 · page 2

CONSERVATIVER politicians of the olden school were very fond of predicting the separation of the union of the American States, and through it the downfall of republicanism;…

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To the Editor of the "Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal.”

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 August 1851 · page 3

SIR,—Through the medium of your paper I am desirous to inform the friends of Education in the country adjacent to Bathurst, that I have visited this part of the Colony…

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The Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal. “Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalebit.” Wednesday, August 20, 1851. Representation of the County

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 August 1851 · page 2

By an address in another column our readers will perceive that Mr. J. W. Bligh, late solicitor of this town, offers himself as a candidate for the representation of the…

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Sydney and Country News. Gold Fields in the Hunter River District

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 August 1851 · page 7

We have the pleasure of announcing to our readers that two alleged gold fields have been disclosed to the Gold Reward Committee, and specimens from each submitted,…

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To the Editor of the Bathusrt Free Press, and Mining Journal."

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 August 1851 · page 6

SIR,—After the close appeals you have already made to all classes concerned, as to the coming election, it may seem next to useless for a mere correspondent to say…

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Original Correspondence. To the Editor of the " Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal."

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 August 1851 · page 6

Sir,—I am not aware whether the gold district Commissioners should take any account of the false weights of gold buyers at the diggings, but I think the government…

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Original Correspondence. To the Editor of the " Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal."

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 August 1851 · page 4

Sir—In consequence of the wonderful accounts which I have of late both heard and read respecting the success of the Turon gold diggers, I was induced to pay…

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Tee Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal. "Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalebit." Saturday, August 23, 1851. to Our Readers

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 August 1851 · page 4

A pressure of assize intelligence and advertisements prevents the appearance of our usual leader…

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