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Mining & the mines, 1860

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There Years on the Goldfields of Victoria. Chapter I. The Yac[?]ah—First [?]

Twofold Bay and Maneroo Observer · Tuesday 30 October 1860 · page 4

Tweem me and the door. I [?] to appr[?] serious consequences, and demanded of the doctor the price of [?] [?]…

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Mining Intelligence

Twofold Bay and Maneroo Observer · Friday 2 November 1860 · page 3

I hasten to forward you a few lines by private hands from this place (Honeysuckle) and will continue to do so continually as I proceed on my journey to Kiandra…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Kiandra. Saturday, 9 p.m

Twofold Bay Telegraph · Friday 2 November 1860 · page 3

THE Escort left with 1126 oz. and £250 in case. Inconsequence of the unsettled state of the weather less work has been done this week than any week since the Kiandra gold-fields were opened…

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Three Years on the Goldfields of Victoria. Chapter Ii. The Inn-[?]Acco[?]tion

Twofold Bay and Maneroo Observer · Friday 2 November 1860 · page 4

Supper was soon despatched, and the 'Doctor was again ordered to 'fly round and clear away.' This being done, some [?] to the bar, and commenced tossing…

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Mining Intelligence. Kiandra

Twofold Bay and Maneroo Observer · Tuesday 6 November 1860 · page 3

The weather is very wet. The creek is flooded, and so the miners will not be able to work for a few days. Yesterday it was rumoured that payable gold had been…

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Mining Intelligence. KIANDRA. (From the Alpine Pioneer, Oct 23.)

Twofold Bay Telegraph · Tuesday 6 November 1860 · page 2

The weather on Friday and Saturday was very bad indeed, heavy showers succeeding each other with ceaseless rapidity. This, added to the news from Wahgunyab, which has induced more than…

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Three Years on the Goldfields of Victoria. Chapter Ii. The [?]—Ciri[?]ty—Accommodation

Twofold Bay and Maneroo Observer · Tuesday 6 November 1860 · page 4

Here was a dilemma. There was no help for it, I thought, so I set off in quest of a store, to purchase some blankets. I was joined at the door by Terry, who insisted…

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Three Years on the Goldfields of Victoria. Chapter Iii. New Quarters and New Characters

Twofold Bay and Maneroo Observer · Friday 9 November 1860 · page 4

Tranquility having been restored, the candles re-lighted, the house presented the an[?] of respectability in ruin; yards of [?]ght be seen fluttering in all…

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Mining Intelligence. KIANDRA. (From the Alpine Pioneer, Oct 30.)

Twofold Bay Telegraph · Tuesday 13 November 1860 · page 2

The escort left the Camp on Saturday afternoon with 1126 [?]zs. 12 dw's. and 6 grs. of gold. Considering that scarcely a claim in the river has been workable since Monday last, and the large…

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Mining Intelligence. Kiandra. [From the Special Commissi of the Sydaey Morning Herald.]

Twofold Bay Telegraph · Friday 16 November 1860 · page 3

NOVEMBER Sth.—I was enalbled last week, from the exclusive infor[?]ation I o' tained, to [?]wanl you a telegram with respect to the dis[?]ery of some very rich quartz; but I was not [?]ibaty…

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Mining Intelligence. Kiandra

Twofold Bay and Maneroo Observer · Friday 23 November 1860 · page 2

It is said the Snowy River goal-field is but a patch; if so, that it is an extensive one nobody can deny, and that the gold should be confined to the bed of the river alone, is simply ridiculous. T[?]…

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Mining Intelligence. (From the Alpine Pioneer, Nov 13.)

Twofold Bay Telegraph · Friday 23 November 1860 · page 1

Loule and Pulbrook, of the Hit or Miss clum, have just received their first proceeds, after a lapse of six weeks, the greater part of which time they have been engaged in repairing duns,…

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Mining Intelligence. (From the Alpine Pioneer, Nov. 20.)

Twofold Bay Telegraph · Tuesday 27 November 1860 · page 2

The escort left the Camp on Saturday afternoon with 1306 oza. 4 dwts. and 13 grs. When we take into account the very small working population here, certainly not exceeding eight or…

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Mining Intelligence. Kiandra. November 26

Twofold Bay and Maneroo Observer · Tuesday 4 December 1860 · page 3

The Escort leaves to-day with 1358 [?] 15dwt[?] 12[?]s. The excitement to-day with respect to the Cracke[?]ck Creek in considerable, a number of men leaving. I have to-day seen two accounts from…

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Mining Intelligence. (From the Alpine Pioneer, Nov. 27.)

Twofold Bay Telegraph · Tuesday 4 December 1860 · page 3

The escort left the camp on Saturday will 1358 ozs. 15 dwts. 12 grs, which amount is perfectly astonishing when we take into consideration the number of miners who have left, and that…

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Mining Intelligence

Twofold Bay Telegraph · Tuesday 11 December 1860 · page 3

The Escort left the Camp on Saturday with 1499 ozs. 15 dwts. 4 grs., and £1481 in cash. We can have no better proof of the resources of Kiandra than its escort, and this week in…

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Mining Intelligence. Kiandra. [From the Special Correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald.] Saturday last, 4.21 a.m

Twofold Bay Telegraph · Friday 14 December 1860 · page 2

The escort left with 1002 ozs. of gold, Crackenback is again being talked about, payable gold having been got in the river. A few are leaving here to-day for there…

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Mining Intelligence. Copper Mine Near Bombala

Twofold Bay and Maneroo Observer · Tuesday 18 December 1860 · page 3

During the last fortnight several scraps of intelligence have reached us in reference to the discovery of a copper mine near Bombals; but as the reports were very vague and disconnected, we…

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Mining Intelligence. Kiandra. (From Our Correspondent.) Splendid Nugget of 23½ Pounds Avoirdupois

Twofold Bay Telegraph · Tuesday 18 December 1860 · page 2

December 8.—Another large nugget of quartz and gold was found last week, by a party of three, at Whipstick Gully, about twenty-five feet below the surface. The nugget much…

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Mining Intelligence. Report of the Bombala and Delegate Prospecting Association. Nelbothing Camp, 21st December, 1860

Twofold Bay and Maneroo Observer · Monday 24 December 1860 · page 2

I feel it my duty to place before you the result of the efforts of the Bombala and Delegate Prospecting Association to develope the resources of the surrounding [?]riferous district. We have for the…

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