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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines
188 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 10
Hundreds still continue to arrive, and gold is becoming more plentiful. Several lucky finds have occurred during the week, though not to such an extent as formerly. When water becomes abundant,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YOUR readers may justly expect me to give them some account of our gold fields at Mount Alexander and Ballarat. Respecting the former, as I expect in a short period to address you from the very spot,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FOR several months past rumours have been afloat respecting the existence of an extensive and valuable gold field in the district of Maneroo. Scarcely a week has passed over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IT is with great pleasure I perceived that you had taken up the cudgels for us with regard to the post office question, and I have little doubt but that the appeals already made, and the Governor-General's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HAIL AUSTRALIA! We welcome the first anniversary of thy birth as a field of untold wealth, in which the labourer may be well repaid for the sweat of his brow, the mechanic obtain a large increase to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Within the last two days we have been visited with some heavy showers, and there is every appearance of more coming. Although the Creek is not running, it has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOON after the news of the discovery of our Gold Fields reached home, the extent of the gullibility of the English was destined to be tried by a number of projects for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MAY l.—The weather still continues favourable, although by the appearance of the clouds to day, I am afraid something in the shape of bad weather is in store for us. Everything in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WE have received the subjoined letter from the Rev. W. B. Clarke. The Rev. gentleman is under a wrong impression if he supposes that all our information was derived from what appeared in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We have had rain at last and plenty of it; on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday the rain fell in torrents, most of the holes are full of water, and intending diggers may now come as soon as they like…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE quantity of gold dust received from our mines during the current week fully bears out my oft-expressed opinion, that the amount raised in proportion to population in this colony is not excelled even by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MY account of the Forest Creek Diggins may be taken "mutatis mutandis" for the rest; which extend along and about the several principal creeks which descend from Mount Alexander. I may…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From the latest accounts, we learn that matters are proceeding steadily at the Dirt Hole and Tam. baroora Creek diggings. The population remains as nearly as possible, stationary, and the earnings as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A WEEK or two ago we drew the reader's attention to a Company formed in England for the purpose of crushing auriferous quartz, said to exist at Lake Bathurst. It appears from an article in the "Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain rain, rain. Nothing but the threatening appearance of the weather has been the topic of conversation on the mines since my last. All last week it rained more or less every day, and frequently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The weather has again cleared up. The days are warm and pleasant, but the nights frosty and piercingly cold. I do not think that we shall be long without more rain, as these white frosts are generally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE gold market has fluctuated somewhat this week. It opened at 63s. 6d., then fell to 628. 6d. on the closing of the shipments for the Medway, and finally left off at 63s…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →We feel justified in announcing to the public the existence of a rich gold field within 20 miles of Geelong. From time to time we have had partial information showing the probability of the existence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OAKEY CREEK, JUNE 2.—The river is going down considerably; many persons holding claims on this bar and Mundy Point, are in anticipation of working their claims on Monday next. A race has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nothing of consequence has transpired since my last, with the exception of another death through the fall of earth on the White Hill; but I have not been able to learn tile name of the unfortunate…
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