Molong Mining Company
THE half-yearly meeting of the Shareholders of the Molong Copper Mining Company, took place yesterday, at the office of the Company, Messrs. Montefiore and Graham's,…
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The New Gold Country. (From the Po'ynesian, June 24.)
WE have received per Louise our regular files of California papers to the 29th of May. The only item of interest which they contain is the tidings of the fearful ravages of a terrible [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, January 4, 1849. Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the New Gold Country
As a great deal of curiosity is felt in Sydney respecting the recent discoveries of gold in California, we have devoted several columns this morning to extracts…
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An exceedingly rich gold mine has been discovered in the Sacramento Valley, and all classes and sexes have deserted their occupations, and rushed en masse to the mines, to make…
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THE intelligence which has recently arrived in Sydney, relative to the wonderful discoveries of gold in California, has, as might naturally be expected, created considerable sensation amongst our good citizens, and almost on all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bell's Life in Sydney. Sydney, January 13, 1849. the Gold Seekers
IT would appear that nations are subject to moral as well as physical epidemics, the worst of which through the regions circumjacent to that of their first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Word of Caution to would-be Gold Diggers. Moral Condition of California. (Extract from a letter from a Gold Digger.)
"The moral condition of the country was enough before the gold discoveries—it is now in a state of perfect chaos, and what it will be is known only to Omniscience—though the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miscellaneous Extracts. California. [The following extracts from a California newspaper are taken from the Montreal Herald of August 29. It must be borne in mind therefore that the prices, &c., refer to a state of things previous to the discovery of the gold mines.]
The Star complains loudly of a duty of twenty per cent, ad valorem, levied upon all goods arriving in the ports of California from any quarter of the globe, and hopes that the…
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We hasten to apprise our readers of the important discovery of an extensive gold field in this province, yielding the virgin metal in such quantities as, to all appearance, will completely throw California into the shade. The particulars of the discovery, as…
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We hasten to apprize our readers of the important discovery of an extensive gold field in this province, yielding the virgin metal in such quantities as, to all appearance, will completely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poet Phillip a Gold Field. (From the Melbourne Argus.)
[?]ten to apprise our readers of the im[?]t discovery of an extensive gold field in [?]ince, yielding the virgin metal in such [?]tities as, to all appearance, will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Port Phillip Gold Mine. (From the Melbourne Morning Herald.)
ON Saturday morning several persons left town for the scene of treasure at the Pyrences in chaise carts, having with them a good supply of provisions and some gallons of b andy some,…
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GENTLEMEN,—We may well exclaim in the language of the poet, Quid non mortalia pectora cogis Aurl sacra fames?…
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THE GOLD MINE.--Public excitement continues unabated in regard to the late discovery of the existence of gold in the province, but there is comparatively little additional intelligence to he given on the subject. Half a dozen native troopers, under the command…
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[The following lines, suggesed by HOOD'[?] celebrated 'Song of The Shirt,' are recommended to the perusal of the many who are projecting a 'wayward flight' to the recently discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The North British Australasian Company. (From the Mining Journal, October 7.)
WE feel called upon to refer again to the management of the North British Australasian Company. We continue to hear numerous complaints of the obstinate manner in which…
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THE discovery of such vast quantities of gold in California, combined with the immense yearly product of the Russian mines, must shortly produce a change in the comparative…
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NEARLY one half the population, we seriously believe, is at the present time, mad—mad, more or less, there cannot be a shadow of a doubt. A metallic fre[?]zy rages with an irresistible…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kawau Mining Company. (From the Southern Cross, February 17.)
THE extensive smelting works which are being crected at Kawau, we are happy to hear, are proceeding rapidly, and in another couple of months, it is expected, they will be completed,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, April 3, 1849. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." What Will Be the Effects of the Californian Gold?
IF only one—half of the extraordinary re ports we have received from California are to be taken as truth—and it seems impossible to refuse credence to them—…
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