The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River
"HOPE deferred maketh the heart sick:" So wrote the wise man, and we are to the full realising the truth of the axiom. For nearly two years we have continued to hope…
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Mining & the mines, 1866
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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River
THE encouraging news from Puddledock has drawn a number of our miners thither. Most of the large parties here have sent one or two of their number to try their…
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ON Thursday evening lest we were visited by a very severe hailstorm, which, sweeping from South to North with terrific fury, made serious havoc in the gardens that lay in its path. The scene which…
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THE prediction which appeared in the 'Express' respecting the future weather has been received with faith in its probability. It may be that a desire to see it fulfilled has prepared us to believe in it, but there are many…
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THE locality of this extraordinary rush is Emu Creek, [?] by Mrs. [?]son, the second by Mr. John B. Wood, and is distant from Cowra some 36 miles in a south-westerly direction. Besides the alluvial…
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THE rain with which we were recently favoured has not caused much diminution of the heaps, nor was it of much benefit to us individually; but as most every one washed a little it may in the aggregate make…
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SEVERAL loads of wash dirt were carted about six miles last week by parties washing, to ascertain the quality of their claims, and who want a little mosey as well. The proceeds run much the same as given in…
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SEVERAL years ago the House of Assembly affirned that the Gold Duty was impolitic and unjust, and almost every session since the necessity of its total abolition has received the concurrence of a majority of…
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THERE is but littie news from Emu Creek, and this in itself has had the effect of moderating the rush. From such reports as we can gather, it would appear that very little else is going on but preparations; and…
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M'LEOD, Jones, and party have bottomed another shaft on Church Hill, above Roberta's two acre claim. This time they appear to have got better prospects, and have faith enough to drive the Cosmopolitan…
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