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Mining & the mines, 1836

3 stories in Sydney's papers

Gold Mines in North Carolina

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1836 · page 4

Gold appears first to have been discovered in North Carolina about thirty years ago. It was originally found in the sand and gravel of some rivulets in…

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Inundation of a Mine

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 7 May 1836 · page 4

On the 20th of June 1833, while Mr. Montgomery, banker, in Irvine, and another gentleman, were engaged in fishing on the river Garnock, nearly opposite to…

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LITERATURE. The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, the Collieries, and Coal Trade of Great Britain. By the Author of the "Treatise on Manufactures in Metal. 8vo. London, 1825. Whittaker and Co.-Literary Gazette

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1836 · page 4

A subject more important to our domestic economy and national policy could hardly engage attention; and we feel much indebted to the author for having presented…

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