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New England · Mining & the mines
52 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 3
As the prospects of a heavy fall of rain seem to be entirely out of the question, the diggers make themselves content with the present pleasant weather, which is very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. Thos. Bawden reports, in a letter dated Grafton, 29th ul[?]., which has been published in the 'Herald' that there were then about 300 diggers at Fairfield, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FOR a long time it bas been believed that there was no payable gold in the gullies of the Rocky, which was considered an extraordinary anomaly in this gold field, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE weather since my last has been very fine, and the late rains, with the warm sun, have caused vegetation to proceed with great rapidity. The country is clothed in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE late successful diggings in the blind gullies have put the miners on the alert, and nearly all the likely looking little creeks are now being prospected, but I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE is nothing new to report in digging matters this week, but in several localites many parties are doing remarkably well—as the ensuing escort returns will show—one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE is no doubt, but that the present determination to give the Rocky River locality a fair trial will eventually prove that the auriferous resources of New England…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE are Informed that die various meetings held during the week on behalf of Mr. Hart were well attended, and that, after bearing his explanation, the electors were so strongly determined in his favour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I FEAR your readers may think, me too tedious in so often alluding to the rush near the post-office, but as if is at present the great centre of attraction, I must report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two years and a half having now elapsed since I last visited the old workings down the river, I took a walk yesterday, to note the alterations that have taken place in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The weather since my last has been delightful, but on Monday evening we bad a thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rain—in several instances sweeping through the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SINCE my last we have had frequent thunstorms, accompanied by very heavy showers of rain. The Rocky overflowed its banks three times in one week, carrying along…
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