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

Mining & the mines, 1858

135 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 7

Inportant Information From the Gold Fields at Port

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 October 1858 · page 3

Rumours were currant in the city yesterday afternoon of important intelligence having been received by Government relative to the gold fields at Port Curtis…

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To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 October 1858 · page 3

SIR,—The exclusion of women from the franchise is a subject that has of late occupied much of the attention of the public. The injustices done to the female sex by such…

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To the Editor of the Bathurst free Prest and Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 October 1858 · page 3

SIR.—I perceive by the "Free Press" of the 6th inst, that Mr Cummings is rather irritated by my last Le ter and has given expression to his feelings of indignation in a letter replore with…

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Proposed Park Between Seymour and Bentinck Streets. To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 October 1858 · page 3

SIR,—It appears that a paragraph in your last issued in reference to a petition in of signature to the Minister for Lands and Publia Works, for permission to foiled in the reserve…

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Burrendong Gold-field). (From the S. M. Herald. October 26th.)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 October 1858 · page 3

The following official correspondence on the recent discovery of a Quartz Reef, at the head of Spring Creak, Barrendong, has been obligingly to me, for the information of the public,…

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Original Correspondence. We do not identify ourselves with the opinions of our Correspondents. To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 October 1858 · page 3

Sir,—I have not been able to pay my respects to our Celostial visitant, until a few days ago. I was rather amused at the opposite company he had fallon amongst: on the…

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To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 November 1858 · page 3

Sir,—Permit me, through the medium of your journal, to call tho attention or the "Committee of the Bathurst School of Arts to the irregular mariner in which that…

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Original Correspondence. We do not identify ourselves with the opinions of our Correspondents. To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 November 1858 · page 3

SIR—Permit me to correct aft error which has crept into a short paragraph in your issue of Wednesday last, in which it in stated that, "The Hon." Member for tho Western Boroughs,…

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TO the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 November 1858 · page 3

SIR,—It appears that a second Martin has ap[?] up in the person of Mr. Rarey, that the horse race are highly indebted to him for the hum[?] mode of treatment, he has introduced…

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Original Correspondent. We do not identify ourselves with the opinions of our Correspondents Electoral Reform. To the Editor of Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 November 1858 · page 3

Sir—Whether the Cowper Electoral Act Amendment Bill because law or not, I think i[?] be accident to most reilecting people that the question of Electoral Reform in this colony…

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Turon River Gold Fields

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 November 1858 · page 2

After several weeks of intense excitement, our working men ore settling down to their mining occupations. Whilst tho Port Curtis gold fever was at its height, every person who…

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Original Correspondent. We do not identify over[?] with the opinions of our Correspondents. To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 November 1858 · page 2

SIR.—A letter has lately appeared in the Bathurst Times, signed "Hesperus", and headed "Suppression of Quackery", which consider, for the sake of truth and candour,…

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To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 November 1858 · page 3

SIR—I have read with much pain in a report of the proceedings of the Bible Socioty held at the Wesloyan Chapel hore, the speech of the Rev. Mr. Fox, which closes with a call on…

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Patriotism Unaccountable. To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 November 1858 · page 3

Can you inform me, Mr. Editor, what sort of people tho Bathurst townspeople can be, that there should be so much apathy in patriotio matters, particularly go in the instance in…

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Poetry. I Would Not Call Thee Mine

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 November 1858 · page 4

Farewell! thy hand I would not take, Unless the gift contain's thy heart. Far better, for each other's sake, To wear life's galling chain spart!…

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District News Orange. Turon River Gold Fields

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 December 1858 · page 2

GOOD NEWS.—A gentleman from Burrendong last week, informs me that he saw on Wednesday last, a quantity of reef gold just brought to the surface by Lyens party estimated at The continuous and heavy rains that have allon in this district for some weeks past have had the effect of raising the river so considerably that some hundreds of Chinese who have…

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