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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1865

20 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Gold-field Near Berrima

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 1 March 1865 · page 3

WE have been favoured with the following report from the Honorable the Secretary for Lands, on the gold-workings recently discovered near Berrima;— HAROLD MACLEAN, ESQ., TO THE HONORABLE JOHN…

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Attack on the Braidwood Gold Escort by Hall's Gang. Goulburn

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 15 March 1865 · page 2

Yesterday, Hall, Gilbert, Dunn, and Clarke, the latter a Braidwood desperado who has joined the gang, attempted to rob the Araluen escort on its way to the Clyde River. Trooper Kelly…

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To and at Ophir in '51. the Diary of a Gold Digger

The Yass Courier · Saturday 25 March 1865 · page 2

JULY 3, 1851. Camp, five miles north of Bogolong.-- Here we are at our first bush camp, seven of us, nil panting with eagerness to see with our own eyes, and dig up with our own hands, the…

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The Government Gold - Fields Regulations in Force at Burrangong

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 27 May 1865 · page 4

At the request of the Clerk of the Local Court we publish the following :— The Clerk of the Local Court presents his compliments to the Editor of the Argus, and…

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The Dule's I' This Bonnet O' Mine

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 June 1865 · page 6

The dule's i' this bonnet o' mine; My ribbins 'll never be rest; Here, Mally, aw'm like to be fine, For Jamie 'll be comin' to-neet;…

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A Visit to the Fitzroy MINES.—No. I.

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 June 1865 · page 4

THERE is something exceedingly refreshing to the business man in the knowledge that he is getting away from his usual routine of work and toil, and that for the time at least his mind will be altogether…

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A Visit to the Fitzroy Mines. No. II

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 14 June 1865 · page 4

THE night was clear, sharp, and frosty, and made the bushwood fire that flamed and crackled on the hearth a by no means bad companion. Going into the bedroom was…

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Mining Mems

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 8 July 1865 · page 2

GUNDAGAI.—NEW BEEF AT KIMO.—News reached here on Tuesday night, that a valuable reef had been opened at Kimo, about half-a-mile from the original reef. A great number…

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Slate Mines. To the Editor of the Herald and Chronicle

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1865 · page 4

SIR,—It has very often been said that the riches of New South Wales are incalculable, revealed and hidden: and that some day, not very remote, far greater wealth and safer industries will be established…

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Original Correspondence. to the Gold Miners of Burrangong (Per favour of the Burrangong Argus.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 August 1865 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—Before many months from the present time we may confidently look for the introduction of a new Gold-Fields’ Bill, and it is worthy of consideration whether the gold mining interest of…

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New Zealand. 10,000 Ounces Op G-old Received From Hokitika

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 August 1865 · page 2

The steamers Nelson and Wallaby arrived early yesterday morning from Hokitika, the former having left that port on Tuesday last, and the latter on Wednesday. Both vessels…

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Slate Mines. To the Editor of the Herald and Chronicle

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 19 August 1865 · page 4

SIR,—That the mineral and metalliferous productions of Argyle are likely soon to assume a position of great social consequence to your city and the surrounding districts, can scarcely admit of two…

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Dreadful Colliery Explosion —26 Persons Killed. (From the Watchman)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 23 September 1865 · page 4

One of those lamentable colliery explossons that have ever happened in South occurred at the New Bedwellty pit, Tredegar, on Friday morning. The…

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The West Coast Gold-fields—11,750 Ounces of Gold Per Wallaby

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 7 October 1865 · page 3

The steamship Albion arrived from Melbourne via Hokitika on Sunday morning. At the latter port she landed two hundred and sixty-four passengers, and on her way up experienced some of the…

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The West Coast Gold-fields. (From the Nelson Colonist. September 12th.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 7 October 1865 · page 4

The s.s. Albion arrived from Melbourne, via Hokitika, on Sunday morning. At the latter port she landed 264 passengers. The Wallaby, which arrived on the evening of…

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New Zealand. Later From Hokitika Gold Fields

The Yass Courier · Saturday 18 November 1865 · page 4

We are indebted to Captain Ives of the schooner Alexandria, for papers to the 31st ultimo, from Hokitika. The West Coast Times of that date supplies the…

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The Fitzroy Iron Mines

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 December 1865 · page 3

OF all the material interests of the colony none, perhaps, should be held of more importance than its iron works. To possess an unlimited supply of superior iron that can be cheaply manufactured, and…

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New Zealand Gold-fields. Hokitika

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 9 December 1865 · page 2

The West Coast Times says :—We have endeavoured to learn all tho particulars that are known in reference to tho new rush to the [?]uth, which has been more or loss the topic…

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Later From the West Coast Gold-fields

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 December 1865 · page 3

By the Barwon (s.), via Nelson, we have some days later from Hokitika, and the Grey River. The Nelson Examiner of 28th ultimo says:— Recent arrivals from Hokitika and the Grey, put…

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New Zealand.—hokitika Gold-fields

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 30 December 1865 · page 2

A most satisfactory state of affairs has existed in Hokitika during the past six weeks, for we have had very few casualties amongst our shipping to chronicle, a marked contrast…

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