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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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Several parties have passed through the town during the last few days on their way from Ophir to the Turon, having been driven from the former place by the floods. None of them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—Imagining that a few remarks in regard to my journeyings and observations in the gold region since my departure from Maitland may not be devoid of interest to the good people of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some additional parties having returned from the diggings to Maitland, and some letters having been received in town from parties at the diggings, we have obtained the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE GOLD SEIZURE.âWe understand the government has informed Messrs Thacker and Co., that the gold seized by Commissioner Hardy will be given up to them on their entering…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The intelligence from this quarter continues to be pretty much of the same character. The Summerhill Creek continues high, but is something lower than of late. With a continuance of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A few persons have returned to Maitland from the diggings this week, and a few letters have been received from persons at the diggings. The news sent down is of the same encouraging…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The news from the Turon continues pretty much of the same character, and with the exception of a few very fortunate arrivals from that quarter, nothing unusual has occurred. On…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →With reference to the proclamation of his Excellency the Governor General, bearing date the 22nd day of May last, and to the notice from this office of the 23rd of the same month, his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Communications respecting the discoveries of gold near Mudgee and at the Moruya will be found in another column. The specimens sent down from the Moruya we have had tested, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SHEEP STATION CREEK.—Since I last wrote from the Turon I had to visit Bathurst, consequently I have not since been able to send you any information from this locality. On my…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have the pleasure of announcing to our readers that two alleged gold fields have been disclosed to the Gold Reward Committee, and specimens from each submitted, both pronounced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The latest intelligence from the Turon does not vary very materially from that given in our last. Constant arrivals are taking place from every point of the compass, and large numbers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Although very little is said about Ophir at the present, we are informed by several respectable people that the diggers are generally doing well. The allurements of the Turon have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →His Excellency the Governor General directs it to be notified, with reference to the notice of the 17th ultimo, that arrangements have been made for the conveyance of gold, under the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There was no particular news from the gold fields on Saturday. Several persons have arrived in town, bringing with them from fifty to seventy ounces of gold. Private letters state that gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TURON RIVER.âSHEEP STATION CREEK.â Sunday, August 10:âThis morning about ten o'clock, one of those disgusting exhibitions yclept a prize fight came off at Oakey Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THAT a considerable trade must spring up with the western gold fields of the colony there can be no doubt. The amount of wealth that is being raised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following letter has been received by Mrs. Honeysett, of Maitland, from Mr. Honeysett, who is now at the Turon, and had, at the date of his letter, recently arrived there from Summer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE following reply from the Postmaster General to the memorial from the inhabitants of this district, praying for a direct overland postal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The World's End, August 16th, 1851. Since my last communication dated the 9th instant, nothing strange has happened at "The World's End"; fresh discoveries of gold fields…
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