Croydon Gold Field
THE following account of the new Croydon Gold Field shows that it would be advisable for any who intend going there to wait until after the wet season, and also until something…
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Mining & the mines, 1886
15 stories in Northern Rivers's papers
The Siberian Mines
THE exiles who live in the mines of Russian Siheria are convicts of the worst type and political offenders of tho best. They never see the light of day, but work and sleep all the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Department of Mines (Forest Branch), Sydney, 22nd March, 1886
Sir— With reference to your appointment as Forest Ranger-I hare to inform you that you should invite, and, as far as possible, assist far mers and others, in the district assigned to you,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Derby and the Kimberley Goldfields
THE township of Derby is situated on a spit of land running out into the sea, and is surrounded on two sides and the base of the site by a mangrove swamp of some 17 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Kimberley Goldfields
THE following letter a[?]ent the Kimberley Goldfields, by W. S. Findlay, to the S. M. HERALD, will be read with interest:— Derby at present is the port whence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New and Important Goldfield
The Age of the 19st states that Captain R D. Beeston, who is at present prospecting in Borneo, has forwarded to the Colonial Secretary of Labuan an account…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fairfield Goldfield
THIS field is attracting the attention of minors, speculators, business men of all classes, and from outward appearances will rank equal to any field vet found in the…
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IT having been reported that the gold, so freely diseminated throughout the Prospector's claim (writes the Fair-field correspondent of the Tenterfield…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Gold found in Australia
Mr. THOMAS TIPPLE SMITH of the Glebe, writes to the Sydney Morning Herald enclosing copies of letters dated June 9, 1849, and June 6, 1851, which relate to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Kimberley Goldfield
IN consequence of a telegram appearing in the HERALD yesterday, to the effect that considerable confidence was still felt in the Kimberley goldfield, Messrs. H. Reid and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Find at Solferino
NEWS was received in town on Monday last by Mr. James L[?]ird that a rich vein of gold had been found at Solferino by two men named Rose, from the Richmond River. They had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Kimberley Goldfields
THE worst possible accounts of failure, disappointment, and hardships continue to come in from all sides. Men are on the move daily from one camp to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Teetulpa Goldfields
THE Register's special reporter telegraphs from Tectulpa as follows:—"Payable gold has been struck in Strawbridge's Gully. A digger named Brown brought…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining
THE following appears in the Sydney Morning HERALD:—The Byron Bay sea beach gold deposits continue to provide employment for a few men who are working at a profit. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Escort from the Adeline (Fairfield) Gold-Mining Co
No little excitement was occasioned in town on Monday last (says the Tenterfield RECORD), when it became known that the yield of the crushing at the Adeline co.'s battery was expected…
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