Emu Creek Gold-field
OCTOBER 10. -- The weather has become quite warm, and during the last few days we have experienced some showers of ruin, and oven while I write thunder announces a storm. Colonial…
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Mining & the mines, 1870
100 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 5
Emu Creek Gold-field
OCTOBER 17. -- The temperature has become quite summerlike during daytime, but we experience as yet some very chilly nights. Prices of colonial produce and horse food have not…
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The following are the latest reports received from the Mining Companies of Australia:-- PORT PHILLIP COMPANY. The directors of the Port Philip and Colonial Gold…
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OCTOBER 31.--The sultry weather brought heavy rains during the past week, and on last Saturday night up to Sunday morning, for about twelve hours, there was a heavy uninterrupted…
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SIR,—It seems that the gold miner is to be fairly turned out of the Burragong district altogether, owing to the present system of free-selection. The miners that are residing on…
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NOVEMBER 7.--We had a week of very fine weather, with the exception of Saturday and Sunday, when there were several sharp showers of rain, accompanied by thunder. The heavy…
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We hear that those mines are progressing first-rate. During the week a fresh lode has been struck at a depth of about fifty feet. The lode is about four and…
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QUARTZBOROUGH, or, as it is called in the vernacular, Grumbler's Gully, is situated about twelve miles from Bullockstown. There are various ways of approaching Grumbler's…
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NOVEMBER 14. -- We had some dry and sultry weather last week, but from Saturday night till Sunday morning very heavy rain continued to full…
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NOVEMBER 21.--The weather during the past week has been very disagreeable and cold, and ended with very heavy rains, which caused the destruction of several dams…
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ONCE of the most violent explosions of firedamp which we have ever had to record occurred at the Brynn-hall Colliery, Ashtonin-in-Mackerfiled, a short distance from Wigan…
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MINING.âThe Washington and other reefs still maintain their well-merited fame for richness. It is rumoured that Messrs. Mc Alpin and party have struck payable gold in the flat near Mr. Rose's…
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Mr. Kitto writes, 10th September, 1870: "We are experiencing in this colony of the wettest seasons on record, and in consequences the works at the mines are not progressing so rapidly as I could wish. Tue…
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NOVEMBER 28.--The weather is still unsettled. Wind, rain, and sunshine alternating. Mr. Baker called a meeting for last Saturday in the Princess Theatre. During the whole of the day…
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DECEMBER 5.-- The weather is genial and warm. Our gardens are stocked with beautiful ornamental and aromatic flowers, and the fruit trees promise a season of plenty. The crops of…
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DECEMBER 12.--The weather has become quite tropical, and is very oppressive. Mr. Stephen's gold and diamond cradle has arrived, and on last Saturday about four hundred…
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DECEMBER 19.--The weather continues oppressively hot. The grass, though at present plentiful, has commenced to dry up, and has become a source of anxiety to settlers and…
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IT is gratifying to state the Currawang copper-mines are looking well; and it is cheerful to see the numerous teams carting wood for the smelting works sunrise till sunset, and all the furnaces in full…
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The usual fortnightly escort left Braidwood on Tuesday with 1590 ozs. 3 dwts. 15 grs. of gold, consisting of 1370 ozs. 3dwts. 2grs. from Braidwood, and 224ozs. 12…
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DECEMBER 25.-- A merry Christmas to all who are able to enjoy it, though the cold and rain just now prevailing, I am afraid, will damp our ardour for Christmas sports. For the last few…
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