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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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Pursuant to proclamation of the Governor General, a meeting of the diggers of the Hanging Rock and Peel River diggings was convened on the 7th instant, at the "Diggers Arms inn. Nundle, for the purpose of electing nine members to form a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For two days during last week the weather was wet—so soaking that all the old women on the Rocky, who believe in warlocks, said your special correspondent's opinion was right. But I am glad to add that the gold sold last week goes far to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By the Jenny Lind, from Port Curtis, we have further intelligence from the diggings, which, upon the whole, appears to be of a vary satisfactory character. She has brought several parcels of gold. Captain Curren, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During the latter part of lost week the weather was mild and warm. On Sunday afternoon a smart thunderstorm passed over the Rocky, followed by a few slight showers of rain, Since then the air has been rather chilly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The specimens of gold from Port Curtis have been examined by an eminent geologist, who has pronounced most favourably of their indications. The gold is in large lumps, dark; has been long disintegrated, and it is found in a position such in to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boomerang, from Moreton Bay, has brought no later intelligence from Port Curtis. The following letter appears in the Moreton Bay Free Press, of 7th instant:-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By the arrival of the Edwin Forrest we (Melbourne Herald) have San Francisco papers to the 10th July. The rush to Frazer was increasing, the latest accounts from thence stating that the river had fallen. We do…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Without exception I may safely say that the weather of New England is the most changeable in the colony. Thursday and Friday of last week were so warm and mild that the grass could almost be seen growing. During the afternoon of Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONCE more the colony is startled with "a rush" to a new goldfield, "a second Bendigo." "Whether it will prove to be really a rival to the world-famous Victorian fields, remains to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Port Curtis diggings still continue to create intense excitement, but the Sydney papers of Saturday give no later intelligence. The arrival of the Eagle is anxiously looked for. If her intelligence is satisfactory, the ru[?] will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In our correspondent's letter, dated 2nd instant, which appeared in the Herald a few days back, he mentioned that a man had obtained a 12 lb nugget. By Saturday's post we received the following communication, dated 14th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Uncle Tom, schooner, Captain Lake, armed from Port Curtis last night, bringing important intelligence from the Fitzroy diggings. Captain Lake has had a long passage of fourteen days; her news does not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The mails by the Uncle Tom and Albion schooners, the former vessel arriving on Saturday, and the latter on Sunday, were delivered yesterday morning. Several letters, containing important information, we have seen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The merciless cold which had prevailed for some time past gave way, within the last week to more warm and pleasant days, though the nights are still frosty. Before sunrise the morning have been so chill as almost to freeze the very bones…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fitzroy gold diggings have produced in the Northern districts as well as in Sydney considerable excitement and speculation. Many have gone, and many more are about to move in the direction of Port Curtis: and those who contemplate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The discovery of a new gold field at Port Curtis is the all-absorbing topic of conversation amongst our diggers, and I suppose it rings from one end of the country to the other. The reports circulated regarding the new field are truly astounding,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We are indebted to a friend, in Sydney, for the following important letter, received from the Canoona diggings direot. It is, we believe, the first report that has yet been published…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That we might place our readers in possession of the latest and most rellable Information in reference to the newly discovered gold minea on the Fitzroy River, we have instituted inquiries, and have endeavoured to trace to their sources the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, SEPT. 29.—We have at last some direct news from the Fitzroy, although not of a very late date Sir. Ramsay, of the firm of Ramsay and Gaden, the proprietors of the Canoona Run, where the gold-field is situated, arrived in Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of diggers was held at the Corn Stalk Inn, Lower Araluen, on the 25th ultimo, for the purpose of taking into consideration the nature of the new gold regulations, and to devise means for having these…
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