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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1858

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Fitzroy Gold Fields. From the Sydney Morning Herald. Arrival of the City of Sydney

The Border Post · Wednesday 13 October 1858 · page 4

The City of Sydney [?] Captain Paddle, from Koppel Bay 30th September, arrived at the A.S.N. Company’s Wharf last evening, at 9 p.m. She has brought back forty-two…

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The Port Curtis Gold Fields

The Border Post · Saturday 16 October 1858 · page 2

The following telegram, received in Melbourne on Saturday, was printed and distributed in a slip of the Argus on the evening of that day. It will be seen tint the Admella had arrived from…

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The Mining Regulations of New South Wales

The Border Post · Saturday 13 November 1858 · page 4

The gold fields of the colony are divided graphically into three pumps—the Northern, the Southern, and the Western. Over each is a commissioner, who has under him assistants…

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Townships and the Gold Mania

The Border Post · Wednesday 17 November 1858 · page 2

A mistaken notion appears to exist, in reference to the precise effect of gold discoveries upon established townships situated in the vicinity of those newly opened auriferous…

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More Gold Discoveries.—an Auriferous Keep Eight Miles From Yass

The Border Post · Wednesday 17 November 1858 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon, we were shown two very fine specimens of gold-bearing quartz—one picked off the surface of the ground, and the other broken from the main…

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Frazer River Gold Fields-murders by the Indians

The Border Post · Saturday 20 November 1858 · page 2

Later San Francisco papers have arrived by the Bean Monde. The excitement in reference to the Frazer River Gold-field still continues but it appears that the [?]of the Indians is a [?]bar…

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One Hundred and Twenty Pounds Weight of Gold Found in One Lump of Quartz

The Border Post · Saturday 20 November 1858 · page 3

The Burrendong correspondent of the Sydney Mommy Herald the following particulars of the discovery of a monster nugget:— On Monday evening, 1st instant, a steady…

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