Australian Tales and Adventures. No. 2 GOLD
"What me [?] me go to these ere new diggin's? Well, if I was as young as I was once, may be I might, but not at my time [?] life; oh, no. Besides, I've had enough [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining & the mines, 1886
121 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 7
The Kimberley Goldfield. a Letter From Derby. Derby, W.A., September 2
Our chief occupation in Derby lately has been sifting news from the goldfields, and we have had plenty to choose from—good, bad, and indifferent. Men of experience who can…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fatal Colliery Explosion. Twenty Lives Lost. [By Submarine Cable.] London, October 21
An explosion of fire-damp took place yesterday at the Silkstone Colliery, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, by which 20 persons lost their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Gold Specks: Got Everywhere
The most fly has some use; it makes us watchful; there's a lot of the tribe "with a ring on the little ledger." If the tenth commandment ran through our sections,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Kimberley Goldfields
A telegram was received in Ararat on Monday announcing the death of one of the Kimberley party who went from there. The editor of the Northern Territory Times…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Telegrams. the Waukaringa Goldfield. Adelaide, October 23
The best accounts are received. There are nearly 1000 men on the field. At present no washing is done; the men simply go about with knives and other tools and turn over the earth for nuggets, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Discovery of a Goldfield in South Australia. Rich Finds Obtained. Great Excitement in Adelaide. Numbers of Diggers Leaving Foe the Field. Satisfactory Reports. Statement of the Prospector
Brady and Smith, the discoverers of a goldfield in the neighbourhood of Wankaringa, S.A., have forwarded another letter to the Commissioner of Crown Lands under date…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The New Goldfield in South Austealia. Adelaide
The Commissioner of Crown Lands has received a telegram from the warden of the goldfields dated yesterday, stating that he had that day purchased a nugget weighing 8oz…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mount Lyell Goldfield, Tasmania
Mr. Crowther, who was commissioned by the Tasmanian Government to report on the Mount Lyell gold discovery, says:—“A careful inspection shows a deposit with a depth…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Kimberley Goldfields
A correspondent writing from Derby under date September 20, says:—“Several teams have returned from the goldfields since the date of my last letter, including the pioneer…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Waukaringa Goldfield. Adelaide, October 23
The best accounts are received. There are nearly 1000 men on the field. At present no washing is done : the men simply go about with knives and other tools and turn over the earth for nuggets, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Gold Find at Albury
The recent discoveries of gold near Jindera are developing beyond the most sanguine anticipations. The Bungowannah and Soudan mines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining at Splitters’ Creek
A syndicate of mining speculators (says the Telegraph)left Melbourne on Friday for Albury, with the view of examining the Soudan, the Bungowannah, and the Lady Carrington, three…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Waukaringa Goldfield
The Adelaide Observer's reporter says:—"It is somewhat difficult to say what the diggings will turn out: but there in not enough room in Brady's Gully to justify a rush. The similar gullies in the district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Goldfield in South Australia. Unfavorable Reports. No Fresh Discoveries Made. Scarcity of Provisions. Diggers Returning to Adelaide
The special correspondent of the South Australian Register, writing from Teetulpa on the 21st, says:—“Nothing of importance has taken place since my arrival here, the quartz nugget…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Kimberley Goldfield
The Government of Western Australia has received the following telegram from Mr. Hare, the resident magistrate at Wyndham :— “A nugget weighing 30oz. 15dwts. was brought…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Teetulpa Goldfield
The following telegram, dated Friday, has been received by the Commissioner of Crown Lands in Adelaide from the warden of the goldfields at Teetulpa :—“Have been all…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →A Sack of Gold
In September, 1869, there came into the little station of St. Mary, Wyaming Territory, on the overland stage route a man tired, footsore, and ragged, who bore upon his back…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Goldfield in South Australia. Large Find of Gold
The special correspondent of the South Australian Register, telegraphing on November 9, says :—“ A great sensation has been caused in Brady’s-gully to-day by a large find of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Teetulpa Goldfield
A rumour was circulated in Adelaide on Saturday that a 20oz. nugget had been found at Teetulpa. Toe Commissioner of Crown Lands telegraphed to the warden on the field,…
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