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Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1865

6 stories in Riverina's papers

Select Poetry. to the Gold-fields South.—a New Song. Air—the Minstrel Boy

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 5 January 1865 · page 4

To the Gold-fields South D—lgl—ah has gone; At the long-bow great they'll find him! With tongue like steam-whistle, shrill and long, And his broken rail slung behind him…

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Select Poetry. Waiting for the Gold

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 12 January 1865 · page 4

'MIDST the lonely forest, 'Midst the city's crowd, Why on all men's features Rests so dark a cloud?…

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Gold-bearing Quartz, Copper, &c., &c

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Monday 23 January 1865 · page 4

THE following letter recently appeared in the 'S. M. Herald':— Sir,—In one of my letters published in the 'Herald' some months…

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The Reduction of Gold Sulphurets

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 9 February 1865 · page 4

ONE of the chief problems of mining in California has been, and still is, the reduction of "gold sulphurets"—as auriferous quartz…

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The Richest Gold Mine in the World

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 16 March 1865 · page 4

WE extract, from the manager's quarterly report, some interesting items relative to the United Extended Band of Hope Company's…

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Select Poetry. the Gold Seeker

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Monday 22 May 1865 · page 4

A MOTHER and son to the sea-shore stray'd, And watched in the sleet and cold; Alas! 'twas in vain that they watched and pray'd, For one who so hopeful a voyage made…

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