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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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IT will be seen by a despatch from the Secretary for the Colonies to Governor La Trobe, given in another column, that Sir John Pakington has settled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—I do myself the honour to report that having again visited the Bi[?]a gold field, I have issued for the c[?]rrent month twenty-nine gold licenses and two trading licenses. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Governor-General loses no time in placing before the Legislative Council the copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, received this morning, setting forth the terms upon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The mail on Thursday evening brought letters from Tamworth of date the 13th September, which do not, however, give any further detailed particulars as to the gold fields, but merely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Statement showing the amount of revenue derived from gold, the amount of expenditure charged thereon, from the discovery of the gold fields in May, 1851, to the 26th August,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On yesterday evening we had thunder and lightning, accompanied by heavy rain, which has again caused the river to rise considerably. At Church Hill some of the claims are doing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The mails came in from the north and northwest on Sunday evening, bringing letters from Ta[?] worth and Barraba, but none that we have seen contain any definite particulars regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following quantities of Australian gold have been shipped for London by the barque Anna Mary, Captain Stevens, which sailed yesterday; by the Phænician, Captain Talbot,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The mails fro[?] beyond Singleton, on the northern road, did not come in on Thursday evening, nor till late last evening. Our own letters do not give [?]s any further intelligence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is little or no news at Tambaroora, the floods having hindered the workings. On account of the clayey nature of the soil some of the richest claims have fallen in, and from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We have been obliged with information by a perfectly reliably party, which appears to us to settle the doubts as to the character of the Bingera gold field, so far as it has yet been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The escorts brought in this week, from Sofala, 1470 ounces; Tambaroura, 1478 ounces; Mudgee, 650 ounces; Avisford, 396 ounces; Bathurst, 271 ounces; Braidwood, 202 ounces; Major's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The weather in this locality has lately been delightful, and in consequence, as anticipated, a number of the miners, who were driven away by the inclemency of the weather, have since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday evening the third gold escort from Tamworth reached Maitland, bringing, as near as we could ascertain, the following amounts:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SEPT. 20.—The diggings in Bell's Horse Paddock are paying well. A person named Brown, and three others, took out about twenty ounces last week. Some are doing better even than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have not obtained any further information respecting the Bingera diggings. We have been obliged with perusal of the following letter from Mr. George Curtis to Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOFALA, SEPTEMBER 27.—During the past week we have had very unsettled weather; one day we would be cheered by the appearance of a change for the better, but the next would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have not much additional information from parties who have been at either of the northern diggings. A gentleman who left Bingera some four or five weeks since reports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SEPTEMBER 30.—We have lately had the unsettled weather that generally prevails about the equinoxes, for on Monday night a smart thundershower fell, which so far raised the river, that it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We learn from Maitland residents, who have just returned from the Hanging Rock, that the superabundance of water has lessened there to some extent, but still continues to interrupt the…
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