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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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THE discovery of gold in this colony will—if the anticipations of Mr. Hargraves and Mr. Stutchbury be realised —in all probability completely change…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In another part of the paper will be found reports from our own Correspondent and the Bathurst Free Press of the state of the gold diggings, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The gold received by last post by Messrs. William Walker and Co. was portion of the purchases of Mr. Edward Austin, of Bathurst, and is about being shipped to Messrs. Walker,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE news received from the mines during the past week is on the whole more favorable than that of the preceding week. Gold has been found in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—Observing that you gladly give space to any communication likely to lead to the discovery of gold in the adjoining counties, I have pleasure in informing you that strong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As we have several times prognosticated, the reckless inconsideratences of many of tbe Sydney people is now followed by its inevitable penalty. Numbers are daily returning from the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Since our last issue the Sydney portion of our arrivals appears to have been seized by a panic. They are rushing from the mines by dozens, and for the present all the articles of a gold-digger's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following particulars with respect to the land of Ophir have been communicated to us by a gentleman of undoubted veracity, and whose opportunities of acquiring information are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The gold procured by Gorringe, the Carcoar blacksmith, and his party, was purchased on Wednesday last by Messrs. Solomon & Co., for £280 17s. Its weight was 94 ozs. 5 dwts., and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The boisterous weather alluded to in my last has partially subsided, but the [?], [?] [?] [?] during the e[?]ly part of the week, has again risen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SIR—As you were pleased to remark that it was reported in Maitland that the specimen alluded to in a letter published in your journal of the 13th instant, was pronounced in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From the best sources we learn that there are now about 500 people at the Turon diggings, and that the number is daily increasing. Those who go about their work with any degree of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An extensive migration from Ophir is now taking place to the Turon, and numbers are daily arriving there from Sydney, Maitland, and even from New England. Bathurst is now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following communication is not only from a gentleman engaged in the mines, but one who was born and bred in a mining country, Hungary. Count Wass, the writer, is one of the very best…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collecting then, the data from the preceding statements, it appears that gold is generally found in quartz veins traversing schistose rocks of a certain class; and it may be inferred, that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Since my last communication to you of the 2nd instant, the neighbourhood of the Ophir Diggings has assumed a very different aspect to what it did a week prior to that time. A great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SINCE we last briefly reviewed the news from the diggings, several new gold fields have been discovered. The first of these discoveries was made at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Several large parcels of gold have reached the town from the Turon. Mr. Pite, of Sydney, has arrived at Bathurst with 100 ounces, and Fitzpatrick's party, who were amongst the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bathurst is mad again. The delirium of golden fever has returned with increased intensity. Men meet together, stare stupidly at each other, talk incoherent nonsense, and wonder…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The flooding of the Summerhill Creek has been a serious obstacle to the Ophir miners, and with the prospect of continued rain there appears to be no probability of a speedy change…
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