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The Minister for Mines has received a report from Warden Sharpe, of Barmedman, with reference to the gold discovery at Wyalong. In this report it is stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THERE is perhaps no department of industrial activity, in this or the neighboring colonies, presenting at present brighter prospects of reward for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Star special reporter, writing of the new rush and the auriferous prospects of the country in the Barmedman district, has the following:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWS has been received from Coolgardie to March 7. Captain Mathews, manager of Horn's Mystery mine, at the IOU field, had lodged 160 oz. gold in the bank. This gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following telegram was yesterday received from Mr. W. Slee, the Inspector of Mines, by the Under-Secretary for Mines: —"I will not be able to leave Wyalong this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The gold rush here is daily increasing, and the promise of the importance of the field is proved by the busy and excited aspect of all on the spot. By Barmedman is the chief…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News has been received from Coolgardie to March 7. Captain Mathews, manager of Horn's Mystery mine, at the 10U field, had lodged 160oz. gold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crushings in Barmedman yesterday yielded 4 ozs 8 dwts to the ton. Twenty-two tons were put through. There are 2,000 on the grouud. The town site was thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →APPLICATIONS keep coming in daily from parties desiring to have earth tested by the Jerger gold-saving machine. As far as possible the inventor tries to meet the wishes of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A party of miners have sunk a shaft on Mr. Irwin Smith's Connaughtman's Creek farm, Wallendbeen, with a fair show. This ground was tried some years ago, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A TELEGRAM has been received by the Mines Department from the warden at Southern Cross, stating that good rains have fallen there this morning, and apparently gone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →REPORTS from the Waylong rush show that diggers are flocking to it daily from all parts of the colony. Warden Slee expects alluvial to be struck, and is encouraging the men to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The account of this place which appeared in Tuesday's Sydney press is an unwarrantable exaggeration, and is calculated to lead thousands of miners and others astray. I…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →During the past fortnight numbers of Wagga residents have left for Wyalong, it being estimated that the departures have exceeded two hundred during that period…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supplies and provisions are plentiful-Rain has been falling copiously since Saturday. All tanks and receptacles are full, and there is a plentiful supply for many months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is reported on good authority that a payable gold field has been discovered to the southward and only about one day's journey from Sydney. The deposit is alluvial, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mulcary and party reported to the Mining warden at Temora, on Friday, that they had washed 5 loads of dirt from their prospecting claim, at Scrub…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A REPORT from Barmedman to-day states that the search fop alluvial at Wyalong gold field has proved successful, payable gold having been struck at Billy's Lookout, 15…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWS from Coolgardie, dated March 12, states that rains last week were very heavy all through the 25-mile, 45-mile, and 90-mile districts, averaging over two inches. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrangements have been completed for a daily mail to Wyalong from Barmedman, starting from 20th inst. The post-office will be in a…
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