The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River
THE "Wandering Reporter," in bis able report on this gold field, has taken a favourable view of the system and energy displayed here in gold mining. But in some…
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Mining & the mines, 1866
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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River
THE [?] [?]leases, class No. 1, applied for by Messrs. Roberts & Co. and Leece & Co. have both been granted. These leases are for two acres each, on the ground between Mount Fungi and Sydney…
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From Barraba the main road runs as far as Cobeda[?], ten miles, there the line to the Upper Bingera branches off to the right and dives in amongst the ranges,…
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SEVERAL years ago a tunnel known as the Cosmopolitan was driven into and through Mount Fungi, altogether a distance of upwards of 500 feet, but, like many other such undertakings, the stuff when washed…
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THE Amateur Dramatic Society made their debut on Saturday evening, in the "Man with the Carpet Bag" and "Black-Eyed Susan." The large room at the…
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THE rain which was falling at the date of my last communication kept steadily increasing until Thursday at noon, when the races commenced to run sufficiantly for sluicing purposes. In the evening it rained…
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AT the commencement of the present year Messrs. Roberts, having finished their old tunnelling claim, started a new one into the unworked ground between Sydney Flat and…
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THE New Gold Fields Regulations (which, by the by, have come out before the Bill or Act) do not differ materially from those in use under the Act of 1861. A number of the regulations have been transposed,…
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THE new ground on Church Hill adjacent to the claims lately taken up by lease is beginning to attract the notice of the miners, several block claims of 80 feet square having recently been taken up. The…
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M'LEOD and party bottomed their shaft on Church Hill on Friday last, at a depth of 100 feet, with but little show of gold. There was a little water, but not sufficient to cause any obstruction to driving…
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To Mr. Owens I would briefly reply that I merely reported as a fact the indignation expressed here at the egotistical effusion of the fifteen, and bad not the slightest idea of impugning his right to denounce…
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ON Saturday evening last a meeting was held, at Mr. Laws, Post Office Inn, to consider the new Gold Fields Bill. At the commencement of the proceedings there were about 40 present, but the number…
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FROM information received from one of the Messrs. Newby, who visited Armidale a few days ago, it appears that a valuable discovery of gold has been made at a place termed the head of the Gulf, between…
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SINCE our notice last week of rough gold having been found at the Gulf, between Broad Meadows and Paddy's Land, we have been favoured with additional information…
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ON Monday morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. Donnelly, member for the Western Gold Fields, Mr. Pickering, member for the Northern Gold Fields, and Mr. Cummings, one of the members for East…
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A [?]HOLY occurrence took place this morning, at Burial Ground Gully, in the suicide of a man named Brady." Deceased was a tailor by trade, and had been working in Armidale some time. These…
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NOTHING daunted by tie 111 success which attended the claim lately worked by a party of Chinese, with a horse whim, on Sydney Flat, two other parties of Chinese, twelve in each, have sunk shafts and erected…
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It is asserted by several persons here that the man O[?], who was convicted of the Bank robbery at Tenterfield, is identical with a person who worked on this gold field eight or nine years ago under the…
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ABOUT a mile from the old diggings at Puddledock, and in the Cameron's Swamp direction, a discovery was made recently which, if properly followed out, may prove of great value to the district. At the…
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SEVERAL parties from Armidale and the Rocky have visited the scene of the new rush near Puddledock this week, and their opinions differ considerably as to its prospects. One gentleman of long experience…
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