Gold Fields. the Rocky River
The bountiful dews still descend upon the earth, but the fleece of the Rocks it dry; and C is coming, with the new year on his back, and not a [?]thet in the locker" where with to gi[?]…
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Mining & the mines, 1858
91 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 5
Important Decision As to Gold Quartz Claims. Law.— Supreme Court.— Thursday. Special Banco Sitting. (Before The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Dic[?] and Mr. Justice T[?].) William and [?] V. Dinnelly and [?]
Their Honors gave in [?] in the case, which had been [?] Tuesday and Wednesday. It was a suit by rule [?] to determine in right of two [?] River. To complain…
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The Christmas festivities now being over, we can breathe freely but for the excessive beat of the weather, it being often as high as 135[?] in the sun and 115[?] in the shade, at 8 p.m. Several cases of fevers have occurred…
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A dearth of any interesting news was the cause of my silence last week. For the past ten days the weather has been unbearably hot—plenty of thunder and vivid forked lightning…
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This week there has been a rush to the ridge on the northern side of Sydney Flat in consequence of a party having bottomed a shaft there at a depth of 14 feet where six inches thick of washing stuff was obtained…
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Very little has occurred during the past week to break the monotony of affairs. The only find worthy of notice was the of 17 ounces in a block of ground beside the road near Dungate's store. The parties…
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From the quantity of washing stuff caried to the river within the last week I should say that our next escort will show some improvement. This week I have no mining Intelligence worth…
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Chinamen [?]oem to be the most f[?] hero at present :one party of them, on Sydney Fat, were observed last week (not withstanding their attempts at [?]ecreay) to have washed [?] of gold out of nine…
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O'Brien's party got to work to-day after being nearly a month cutting races, sawing timber for water-wheels, &c. They are employing labor, and giving [?] per day, with rations. Other parties will be at work in the course of a week and the Brisbane…
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The auriferous treasures of Campbell's Creek are becoming daily more developed. The water, formerly so troublesome to those working on this gold field, is now so diminished as to give very little more than sufficient…
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On Monday afternoon a thunderstorm passed over the Rocky, followed by some heavy showers of rain—welcome in many respects, particularly for having allayed the dense clouds of dust that continually arose from the…
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In ventilation the primary object to be attained is to produce in the mine a current of air of sufficient power and volume to mix with and carry away the gasses given off, whether by the…
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The favourable accounts received during last week from Boonee Boonoo have caused a regular exodus from the Rocky to that gold field. On Monday and Tuesday the roads were crowded by parties leaving. A number…
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The discovery of a payable gold field at Boonoo Boonoo in the neighbourhood of Venterfield, is creating considerable excitement, and of course many parties contemplate leaving here to try the fortune at the new El Darido. The latest intelligence is of a most…
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The depressed state of the Rocky for months past (principally caused by the want o'rain) was sure to operate against it as soon as a new goldfield was discovered in the Northern districts. It is therefore, not…
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It is impassible to write anything agreeable or exciting in these depressing times, as the departures for Teaterfield have continued daily since my last, and seem likely to continue till I have nothing to write about…
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I am sorry to have to record on more fatal accident on the Rocky diggings, which makes 13 or 14 who have lost their lives since I came on these diggings. On Thursday, the 18th instant, two men went to Mount Walsh to…
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THE TURON.—We learn from a resident of Sofala that business is in a flourishing condition, and that digging operations are progressing as favourably as could well be wished. The drought, which is a source of…
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Alas for Booa[?] Boonool the silver cham is snapped and the golden bowl is broken at the fountain Who is to blame? Who has depopulated the Rocky? The rutty roads are strewed with returning debris, still we are…
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In our expectation of a continuation of rain we have been disappointed, for the showers last week were so moderate, and te earth so parched, that the ground soaked the rain, and the diggings have only been benefited…
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