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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1860

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Gold and Prices

The Border Post · Wednesday 18 January 1860 · page 3

The following paper was read by Mr. John Cranturd at the meeting of the British Association, at Aberdeen:—“Considering the vast influence which the late discoveries of…

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New Gold Field—important Discovery

The Border Post · Wednesday 1 February 1860 · page 2

Mr. Horsley, of Tumberumba, arrived in tow[?] yesterday, with startling intelligence from the new gold filed lately discovered in the Snowy Ranges. It appears that great…

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Kiandra Plain Gold Field

The Border Post · Saturday 4 February 1860 · page 3

The Southern chronicle has some remarks in references to this new gold-[?]; the place is denominated “Gibeon’s Plain,” by our contemporary…

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Colonial Gleanings the New Gold Field at the Showy River

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1860 · page 4

THE excitement in [?] to the newly-discovered [?] at Gibson’s Plain Showy River has in no [?] diminished but on the country has increased to an extraordinary degree. Throughout a…

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Snowy River Gold Field

The Border Post · Saturday 18 February 1860 · page 2

Mr. Sawyer of Albury, who has just arrived from Kiandra, or Gibson’s Plain, reports that the population of the new diggings is now about 2000, and is increasing…

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The Gold Fields

The Border Post · Wednesday 22 February 1860 · page 2

IT is an unfortunate fact, that whilst the mining population has been steadily on the increase ever since the discovery of the Victorian gold field, the produce of the mines…

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Colonial. Snowy River and Eastern Gipps Land Gold Fields, to the Editor of the Age

The Border Post · Wednesday 22 February 1860 · page 3

SIR,—As your paper has always most high—mindedly been the earliest to record any new discoveries of gold—fields New South Wales, I beg to hand you the following…

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The Gold Filed at Gilmandyke Creek

The Border Post · Saturday 25 February 1860 · page 3

For some time past considerable excitement has prevailed in the Western District, on account of the received discovery of rich [?] diggings at Gilman duke Creek. near…

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Snowy River Gold Fields

The Border Post · Wednesday 29 February 1860 · page 2

Commissioner Lockhart sends us the following communication in reference to the Kiandra gold—field. “An article in your issue of the 18th inst.,…

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The Snowy River Gold-fields. (From the Melbourne Herald of Wednesday.) Adelong, 23rd February

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1860 · page 2

I have just arrived from the Snowy River diggings. I notice in your journal all kinds of reports tending to incite the Victorian miners to rush off to the new El Dor[?] I have no desire…

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Clergymen for the Gold Fields. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1860 · page 3

Mr. EDITOR,—Allow me through your columns to lay the subjoined letter before the public of these districts, and at the same time to mention that I intend, D. V., to preach for the cause on…

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The Kiandra Gold Fields

The Border Post · Saturday 3 March 1860 · page 3

Our (Goulburn Herald) Queanbeyan correspondent writes :— “The news from these diggings is now not only exciting but has become startling…

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Kiandra Gold Fields. From the Special Reporter of the Adelong Journal

The Border Post · Wednesday 14 March 1860 · page 3

The goId-field is doubtless the most auriferous in New South Wales, and I may safely add Victorian. The number of people duty arriving is wonderful, but I fear their [?]…

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Letters to the Editor. Snowy River Gold Escort. To Editor of the Border Post

The Border Post · Saturday 21 April 1860 · page 2

Sir,—The papers take great care in recording the amount of gold that is sent from Kiandra and other places in New South Wales by Escort; but it does not seem to strike them that such…

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Local Intelligence. Gold-digging Adventurers From Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 4 May 1860 · page 3

SOME weeks ago, when the glowing accounts from the Snowy River were! turning men's heads in all parts of the Australian colonies, several persons left Conarg for the Kiandra diggings…

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The Awful Colliery Explosion at Burradon

The Border Post · Wednesday 23 May 1860 · page 3

To understand the nature of this terrible accident (says the Newcastle Chronicle). it will be necessary to give some description of the Camperdown or Burradon coal mine…

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New Gold-field Near Albury. Pittsford's Diggings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 14 July 1860 · page 2

We were shewn, yesterday, five pennyweights of the precious metal, procured at these newly-discovered Diggings, As we believe full particulars are in the hands of our contemporary (Border Pod), and will…

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Monetary and Commercial. Gold Returns. Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 18 July 1860 · page 2

The Entries were passed at the Customs to-day for the export of gold consisted only of small quantities in the hands of passengers. The escorts this -week have brought down 36,852½oz., against 48,90[?] for the…

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Colonel Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 21 July 1860 · page 2

The Sydney Herald gives the following interesting account of the different points of view from which the conduct of Colonel Gold is regarded in New Zealand :—“A gentleman…

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Monetary and Commercial. Gold Returns. Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 21 July 1860 · page 2

The Entries were passed at the Customs to-day for the export of gold consisted only of small quantities in the hands of passengers. The escorts this week have brought down 36,852½oz., against 48,904 ½oz for the…

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