Experiences of a Gold Digger. In the Early Fifties. PREFACE
About six years ago, and without the aid of a diary, I penned the within mentioned experiences, and, although the personal style of…
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About six years ago, and without the aid of a diary, I penned the within mentioned experiences, and, although the personal style of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I well recollect three or four diggers singing out from the opposite bank, that they were out of meat, lea, and sugar. My mate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I really think the Captain had enough of its sea going capabilities himself, for, when off Cape Howe, we were within touch and go of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I stopped out of the claim, followed by my man, and in passing some diggers at work, I requested them to come up and see fair paly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nuggets weighing up to 35[?] have been discovered at the Tarnagulla rush, Victoria. Last week one claim won 200[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE batteries on the Ymbulla field have been kept fairly busy lately. At Haugh's, Hewittand party put through 14 tons for 18oz. 8dwt. J. Cantrell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A seem of coal thirty- feet thick has been struck on the estate of the Eal of Dudley, near Sedgloy, Staffordabire. The discovery will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Signals from the men entombed in the Reden Mine, Prussia, are still heard. There is great excitement in the district, as the work of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A statement has been made in the Prussian Diet by the Minister for commerce to the affect that none of the [?] miners at Peden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. ARTHUR KEIR, who was formerly a resident of Bega, has travelled a good deal since he left here some years ago. In an interesting letter to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The good gold reported as being struck in the Township-hill tunnel has proved to continue, and from 7 fathoms 12oz, of gold has been won. Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some most Important evidence was given a few days ago, before the House of Commons Committee,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sydney mining exchange is very dull owing to the London Stock Exchange depression, and local [?] h.d. a weakening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN the undeveloped province of Eastern Gippsland it is anticipated there will be some day important mining developments, and as a result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Paulding of New York, as the representative of the great jewellery firm of Tiffany, travelled several times around the world, his sole business being to visit the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Owing to the collapse of the roof of a tunnel at the South Clifton [?] to-day four miners were killed. Reports from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A wrong is always worth forgetting. A white ge may be as hard to wipe out as a black one. People who scatter sunshine cannot live…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rand Volunteers are in readiness to maintain order during the miners' strike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All mines at Cobar are idle owing to the engine-drivers and firemen having struck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The district of Cooma, and its surroundings, has act until recently received the attention from the mining community that is now being bestowed…
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