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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1864

43 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 3

The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1864 · page 2

THE directors of the Phoenix Mining Company have received official intimation that the lease of the eight acres has been granted, to take effect from the 1st December. The…

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The Northern Gold Fields the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1864 · page 2

THE continued dry weather is anything but satisfactory to a number of our miners Many works which require constant water are now lying idle; the owners, having…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1864 · page 2

Since the introduction of the clause respecting the sale of two-acre allotments on gold-fields, numbers have availed themselves of the opportunity of securing a…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1864 · page 2

The present dry weather is causing great dullness on parts of the diggings. Mount Jones, so recently a busy hive, swarming with industry, both European and…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1864 · page 2

AFTER a long continuance of dry weather, we were favoured with a fall of rain on Friday last. In the afternoon it came down very heavily until sunset, when suddenly it…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1864 · page 2

I AM sorry to report a fatal accident which occurred here on Thursday morning last, to a son and a daughter of Mr. Law's, aged respectively 5 and 7 years, who were found…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1864 · page 2

IN reading the d[?]ous accounts of the late flood, the great loss of property, and, worse st[?] the loss of life, those who dwel1 it places not subject to such fe[?]…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1864 · page 2

In consequence of there being, until lately, but one resident magistrate here, cases requiring two or more justices have either, as in small debts cases, had to stand over, or be…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1864 · page 2

The miners here were pleased to see that Mr. Forster had called for the correspondence relative to the sale of ten acres of auriferous ground on this gold field, and much…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1864 · page 2

In the last number of the `Exprers' appears a paragraph respecting Chinese on sold fields, and specifying where those holding miners' rights are allowed to mine…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1864 · page 2

DURING the past week the preliminary surveys for another tannel under Sydney Flat have been taken by the projectors, James & Co. It is intended to commence the…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky Rtyer

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1864 · page 2

An inquest was commenced on Wednesday last, at Mr. Everitt's, Crown Hotel, before Mr. Markham, the District Coroner, and a Jury of five, on the body of Ah Mun, a…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky Rtver

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1864 · page 2

In pursuance of an advertisement which appeared in last week's `Express,' a few of the shareholders in the Phoenix Mining Comet in the school house, on Tuesday…

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Original Correspondence. Conditional Purchases on Gold Fields. To the Editors of the `Anniriale 'Express.'

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1864 · page 4

GENTLEMEN—The law relating to the Sale of lands on proclaimed gold fields appears at present to be in such an unsatisfactory state that I think I may venture to…

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British American Gold Diggings

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1864 · page 4

THE following are extracts from a letter written by Mr. Frederick Edwards to his uncle, dated Oct. 5th, 1863; which have been handed to us by Mr. Caldwell, of…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1864 · page 2

THE additional gold fields regulations made in February last have supplied a want long felt on this gold field, viz., the securing a sufficient amount of worked and abandoned…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1864 · page 2

A VERY serious accident occurred here on Friday morning last to a miner at Maitland Point. In company with some others he was working a claim by a shaft and…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1864 · page 2

A FEW months ago the company who own the race from Mount Welsh to Tipperary extended it, with the permission of the Commissioner, to a dry lagoon about 1½…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1864 · page 2

MR. BUCHANAN, M P. for the Northern Gold Fields, arrived here on Wednesday evening, and on Thursday took a tour through the gold fields and announced that…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1864 · page 4

TUESDAY last, being her Majesty's Birthday, was held as a holiday by her loyal subjects here. The great attraction during the day was a cricket match, on the ground, Sydney…

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