The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River
THE friends of Mr. Hoskins held a meeting on Tuesday evening last, at the schoolhouse. It resolved that in future lists authorised by the Secretary and Treasurer…
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Mining & the mines, 1861
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Discovery of Gold in New South Wales. (From the 'Western Post.')
FROM the earliest period small nuggets and quartz containing gold have, at various times, been picked up by settlers, shepherds, and others in various districts of…
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THE energy displayed by the shareholders in the tunnels recently started here is well worthy of that success which it is hoped will crown their undertakings. Some of…
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THE crushing machine at Ironbark having commenced operations, the public will now have an opportunity of judging its merits. Through the kindness of a person just…
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A PUBLIC meeting was held at the Schoolhouse, Mount Jones, on Thursday evening last, for the purpose of adopting some plan whereby the evils threatened by the…
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Muck! muck! is still the cry, and rain! rain!âfor making moreâis the order of some part of every day. Whether these continued drenchings and drizzlings are caused by the…
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ALTHOUGH I have been rather irregular in my correspondence of late, the negligence was not exactly caused by the want of subjects to write upon, provided that an amount of the…
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THE weather during the three weeks just past has been very sever—rain, snow,and a piercing S.W. wind, with occasionally a glimpse of the sun between the humid driving…
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ON Wednesday evening last Mr. Hoskins addressed the electors of the Rocky at the Sir William Denison Inn, Sydney Flat. On the motion of Mr. Francis, Mr. M'Leod…
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At this moment I know full well that even were I in my wonted agile state, and had been for the last ten days skipping, wallaby-like, over the ridges of Puddledock…
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THE last escort, from this gold field was 860 ozs. This large amount, owing to the abundant supply of water, we have been lately favoured with and proves beyond a…
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ON Monday evening 12th inst., Mr. Markham addressed the electors of the Rocky River at the School-house, Mouut Jones. Mr. Sands, on being called to the chair,…
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WHETHER any of the recently-arrived Chinese have found their way hither I leave those who seem thoroughly acquainted with their proceedings to determine, but…
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ACCORDING to notice, a public meeting was held on Thursday evening last, at the School house, Mount Jones, for the purpose of adopting a petition to Parliament respecting…
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GENTLEMENâOn Friday last I visited the Gara River, and I now send you a few observations for general information, but before entering into particulars allow me…
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BY a paragraph in one of your late issues, I perceive there were upwards of 900 applications for land under the new lease system lying in the crown lands office at Bailarat…
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THE Denison diggings—or rather the quartz reefs in that locality—are causing some st[?]r amongst the miners here, several of whom have already proceeded thither, and…
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OWING to the late dry weather, mining matters are dull at present. Those parties engaged in washing on the skirts of Mount Jones are making preparations to reap a…
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A LETTER appeared in the 'Herald' recently on the above subject, dated Glen Elgin, Aug. 30, with the signature of " A Practical Man." From his style, the writer is…
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DURING the past fortnight another of those auriferous " gutters" which so numerously intersect the N.W. slope of Mount Jones has been discovered by Mr. Ryan and party…
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