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GOLD is the most perfect body under the sun, for there is no superfluity in it, nor any inequality of elements; but it is equally pro portioned by nature and by a long concoction of many years. It is most perfectly fixed and digested into the best temperature that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In respect to the geological character of the Californias, the work of the late Thomas J. Farnham, entitled "Life, Travels, and Adventures, in California," furnishes the most interesting facts as to that point. It is worthy of particular attention. It appeas from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE inquest on the 16 colliers killed at Oldham on Wednesday, the 10th instant, at a mine called the Bend Grange Colliery, took place on Wednesday. It will be generally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTLEMEN,—The very excellent observations introduced into your columns on the 21st instant, relating to California, on which it appears we may rely, is my apology for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COLONAL Secretary's Office, Wellington, February 14, 1851. The LieutenantGoverernor has been pleased to direct the publication of the following reports…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR— When in California I was so struck with the similarity of the auriferous formation I inspected, to what I had seen in New South Wales, that I felt perfectly assured gold would be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have been favoured with the following judicious remarks on the subject of the gold mining operations in the gold quartz country —its capabilities, &c., &c., from a very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shortly after sunset, at the hour known " ayant the Tweed," as the "gloaming," a dark object looming gigantically in the distance, and progressing slowly but laboriously along the rugged bed of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTLEMAN,—I was much gratified to find by your last Saturday's Herald, that you have begun to notice what I think will ultimately turn out of vast importance to this colony, viz,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Those of our readers who are accustomed to watch the fluctuation of the Money Market will have observed recently a considerable advance in the price of silver, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leaving the Burra Hotel you pass down the High-street, and proceed along a road, which on one side winds round the base of a large [?]ll, and on the other side is skirted by a creek…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Burra Burra Mine is distant from Adelaide about one hundred miles, and the road to it, although dusty and hot, is an excellent one in the summer months. The stranger soon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN,—In this morning's Herald I find the following statement:—"It is no longer any secret that gold has been found in the earth in several places in the western country. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is new beyond all doubt that Australia is a gold country. At this very moment, whilst emigrant ships are filling up in our port for California, there is a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is no resident Director at the mine, the sole superintendent, being Captain Roach, who has a salary of £350 a-year. Under him are three mining captains, Captain Dick,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The existence of gold in the Wellington district has for a long time been an ascertained fact, but public attention has never until now been seriously drawn to the circumstance. A little temporary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MANY months ago, we published various articles upon the subject of gold mining and exploration, promising to return to it upon a future occasion. Such an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE returns of the importation of specie and bullion into the port of Southampton, for the half year ending this day, exhibit a decrease upon those of the preceding six months,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE existence of gold in the Wellington district has for a long time been an ascertained fact, but public attention has never until now been seriously drawn to the circumstance. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTLEMEN,—I have but little to say to the extremely vulgar letter of your correspondent "Fair Play," who, like many who assume that title, seems to be an adept in foul insinuations…
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