Popular Information About Gold
WHEN pure, gold is of a deep and peculiar yellow color, rather soft and extremely heavy, having a specific gravity of 19.3; that is, nineteen times heavier, bulk for bulk, than…
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Mining & the mines, 1851
121 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 7
Intelligence From the Gold Diggins
THE following letter has been received by a gentleman in Goulburn from his friend, dated Bathurst, June 11, 1851. My dear—You no doubt expected a letter…
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The purchases of gold by Messrs. Austin and Dunsford, during the week ending Saturday the 14th have not been to a very considerable amount, being in the whole about £450; Mr. Austin's purchases…
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The following letter from Mr. Greig,. of this town who is visiting the Diggins, has obligingly been handed to us. It is dated "Summerhill Creek, June 15th, 1851:—…
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THE following particulars with respect to the land of Ophir have been communicated to us by a gentleman of undoubted veracity, and whoso opporties of acquiring information are indisputable…
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WITHOUT entering into a geological essay, which, even were we perfectly competent to perform, would be of little profit to the generality of our readers,—we may take it for granted, as a geological fact…
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The gold—the gold—the yellow gold, The bright, the shining (d—n the cold,) Without a mark without a bound, It runneth the creek's wide junction round,…
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We see, comparitively speaking, but little [?] gold diggers now to what we saw a week ago [?] stream, both up and down, having diminished [?] that mere driblet. Little news that can be dependence…
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THE following letter has been obligingly handed to us for publication. It is from a young man, resident of this town, who is at present on a visit at the Ophir Diggins…
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Plain Statements and practical Hints respecting the discovery and working of Gold in Australia, by the Rev. W. B. Clarke, F.G.S.L., &c., & C., Sydney Sands and Kenny, 1851…
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SIR,—The Wellendilty River takes its rise in the Callurio Range, commonly called the Gullen Range. This Range is the most westerly of the Cordillera which run through Gurrundi and Grabben Gallen…
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With quart pot slung at his back— With toggery ragged and old— A shepherd set off on the track That leads to the Land of Gold;…
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GOLD AT O'CONNELL PLAINS.âOur own neighbourhood appears destined to share in the golden glories of the times. The precious metal has been discovered within an hour's walk of O'Connell. Mr…
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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 labor only are…
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AS all doubt as to the existence of a goldfield in the police district of Goulburn has been removed, not only by the discovery in the Shoalhaven gullies, but also by that in the…
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SIR—The following extract of a letter just received by me from Mr. Thomas Jones, Bathurst, may be interesting to your readers:— "The Commissioner has just received a letter,…
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The following letter was lately received from the Diggins. It is dated "28th June." "We arrived here this day week, and have had very fine weather since. We have had six days hard,…
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MR. DAVIES, who has been superintending the party fitted out by Mr. Samuel Davis of the Australian Stores, for the purpose of searching for [?] District of Goulburn, returned to town yesterday…
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A HUNDRED WEIGHT OF GOLD! ! —Bathurst is mad again. The delirium of the golden fever has returned with increased intensity. Men meet together, stare stupidly at each other, talk incoherent…
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THE GOLD FELDS.—There was no particular news from the Gold Fields yesterday. The rains had materially interfered both with the success and comfort of the diggers. It is reported that about…
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