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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
63 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 4
The weather for the last week has been all that we could have wished, both by day and night, with the exception that we are still greatly in want of rain, as the water holes and dams are almost dry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This week there is nothing novel to relate in mining matters. No new ground has been struck, so far as I am aware; and any parties who are sinking continue to follow up the old Jiggings, and are piling up their washing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →If the present dry weather continue, I fear the want of water will be much felt on many parts of the diggings. Those living on Sydney Flat have already to pay very high to have it carted from sawpit Gully and the wells…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday morning about fifteen shafts were commenced by Chinamen on the slopes below Mount Mutton. Upon visiting the ground to-day I found them all busy slaking. One shaft had been bottomed at a depth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The last has been the most miserable, cold, bleak, bone-chilling [?] that has ever been experienced on the Rocky, the weather being made up of high winds, rains, snow, sleet, and everything [?] known as requisite to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whether the New England winters are getting colder or our own blood thinner, I know not, but certainly the weather last week was excessively severe—cold, biting winds, rain, sleet, frost, and snow, the latter not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gladstone, June 16—I hasten to announce to you the discovery of an extensive gold-field, about forty miles from this flourishing and pretty township. This result is wholly due to the efforts of the inhabitants here. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday an exciting rush commenced on the side of Mount Jones, between the Catholic chapel and the post office, caused by Mr. Thos. Golledge, one of our most persevering diggers, finding payable gold in two very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The excitement at Gullidge's rush, on the off side of Mount Jones, conti[?]es as animated as when it was opened a week ago I may safely say that three fourths of the Rocky diggers are at work there at present, but I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the last month there were several now rushes about this locality; though some of them proved a [?] others are likely to pay pretty well. The new places which promise to be the likeliest to pay are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crawley's Rush is quite deterted, with the exception of Macalister and party, and they are about giving it the finishing stroke. On last Thursday afternoon a very brick rus…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At a meeting of Mr Hoskins's supporters, last evening owing to the weather but 13 or 14 attended, consequently the meeting was adjourned until next Saturday evening. However, the sum of £9 was collected, and placed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The [?]pious rains which fell for two days after the date of my last communication (19th July) gave ample opportunities to those having large heaps of headings of getting them sl[?]iced, or, [?] Paddy says, of having a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs J. R. Foote and Co. are now reaping the benefit of the great labour and money expended on their American and European tunnel, the headings being very payable and the [?] ground very rich. I understand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?] was a merry old soul; "I'll move the world," quoth he; "My country's high, and rich, and great, But greater she shall be:"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During last Saturday we had several peals of distant [?] followed in the evening by a fall of rain, "sufficient to wash even the very cats from the house tops." Since then the weather has been mild, and seems settled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We find in our contemporary (the Mercury) of Thursday, the following correspondence with reference to the discovery of a gold-field on a Aributary of the Little Manning. The latter is from their correspondent at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?] arrival in town of Messrs. Turbayne (of the Bank of Australasia) Ogilvie, and Simmons, we [?] to put our readers in possession of further [?] from the Tooloom Diggings; thus…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] fairly launched into fine genial [?]t still the nights continue frosty. [?] had a thunder-storm, accom[?]owers of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following important latter, addressed to the Hon. the Secretary for Land and public Works, has been handed to us for publication:—Sir,—I do myself the honour to address you in…
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