The Gold of the Southern Districts
THE statement which was the other day made by Mr. Hargraves, at Bathurst, that "the Southern districts were full of gold," is daily receiving confirmation; and we are…
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Mining & the mines, 1851
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Original Poetry. Mammon's Arrival. (A Gold Ditty.) Air—"Mary of Castle Carey."
A thousand "All Hails!" to thee, wide-worshipped Mammon, Sought, courted, and loved by the young and the old!…
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Almost every one has heard that gold is usually found in connexion with quartz. Several persons have called on me with specimens of it, and also calcarated spar and…
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WE have been furnished by a correspondent with the following brief account of the Diggings now carried on at Araluen Creek. The Araluen Creek is a tributary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines and Mining. Distinguishing Characteristics of Minerals
ORES are mineral bodies composed either entirely of metals, or of which metals constitute the most considerable and important part. It is from the minerals belonging to…
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THE news from the different places at which gold has been found in the southern portions of the colony is of a very miscellaneous character…
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SINCE I last wrote yon my party has been doing pretty well, some days getting 3 oz. to 4 oz.. Many are doing much batter, and hundreds not a twentieth part so well. Although subsiding gradually, the…
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THE SEARCH FOR GOLD, MAITLAND.—At length some undoubted gold has been produced as a claim for the Maitland gold reward, the specimen being a "nugget" of about an ounce in weight, and some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Original Correspondence. the Gold Committee. To the Editor of the "Goulburn Herald."
SIR,—I beg the undeniable favour of trespassing for a short space of time, equally dedicated to the public and private institutional affairs of commerce. From the violent and, I may add, in strictest…
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THE news from those diggins is encouraging. About seventy persons are at work, with various success. The average earnings are 10s. a day. The work, however, is laborious; large rocks having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intelligence From the Gold Diggins. Turon Diggins
SINCE my last report I have visited the diggins, both at the junction of the Oakey Creek and at the point where Mr. Blakefield is at work. At the former place they have driven into the hill to the…
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Mr. John Want arrived in Bathurst a few days ago, on his way to Sydney, having disposed of his third share of a digging claim for £100. In course of conversation with him, we learn that his visit to…
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On Saturday last, a small piece of gold was found by Mr. Wood, of Towrang, and a person named Summerill (most appropriate name for a gold discoverer), within four miles of Goulburn, we believe…
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SEPT. 27.—Since I last wrote you, new diggins have been discovered in the gullies at the top of the Arralnen mountains, about a mile from the upper diggins; they are situate in one of the principal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intelligence From the Gold Diggins. the Tarshish Diggins, Abercrombie River
THE following letter is from a gentleman who has been on a visit to the Tarshish diggins, and as he has had considerable experience at the Turon, his observations and opinions are entitled to some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SEPTEMBER 27. To the Editor of the "Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal."
SIR,—Having read in your paper one or two rather flattering accounts of the Tarshish diggins, I resolved to repair to the locality for information, and having taken some pains to arrive at the truth, I…
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THE overland Mail which arrived here on Wednesday night last, brought most astounding intelligence from the Port Phillip Gold fields. We make copious extracts from the papers…
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GEELONG.—On Saturday, the town was in a state of much excitement, consequent on a report that one man had obtained 900 worth in one day ! All seem to believe in the general good fortune…
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OCT 7.—The diggers in the gully were doing very well last week. A person named Appleby, with two more, got 34 oz., which they sold to Mr. J. Williams, on Saturday last. A great many others have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intelligence From the Gold Diggins. Lousiacreek
LOUISA CREEK is no longer the scene of impatient anxiety, bustle, and activity that it was a few weeks back, when its solitudes were first invaded by an army of gold hunters. Fame, with its thousand…
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