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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1827

5 stories in Sydney's papers

Mansion House. a Mining Adventurer

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1827 · page 3

A man with a sallow complexion, and a sorrowful aspect, which seemed to have belonged to him for no great length of time, came before the Lord Mayor to beg his…

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Important Discovery of Coal

The Australian · Wednesday 13 June 1827 · page 2

The subjoined valuable [?] of information we received yesterday form a kind and constant Correspondent. "A discovery, which it is expected will turn out to be a valuable one, has been recently made by the Revere Mr…

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A Mining Adventurer

The Australian · Wednesday 4 July 1827 · page 4

A man with a sallow complexion and a sorrowful aspect, which seemed to have belonged to him for no great length of time, came before the Lord Mayor to beg his Lordship's aid in procuring redress from the Directors of the Real del…

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Amusing Enough. [?] Well—[?] Mine and Another

The Australian · Wednesday 22 August 1827 · page 4

Mr. CHILLY opened the pleading. This was an [?] of libel, to which the defend[?] had [?] Not Guilty. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN stated the [?] to the Art Vegetables enable of Sensation?—That no [?] is really [?] of session or [?] motion is certain, [?] the sensitive plant [?] when [?] and many [?] cases [?] which appear to prove…

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Process of Obtaining Gold Dust in Columbia. (From the Appendix to the Columbian Company's Report.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1827 · page 4

The work consists of a shed, under the cover of which a dozen of labourers can work. In the middle, a circular hole is opened, about six feet deep and ten feet in…

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