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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1851

788 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 40

Information From the Mines. (From our Special Correspondent.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1851 · page 2

FRIDAY, JUNE 13.—Last night we had one of those agreeable episodes which occasionally enliven life in the bush. I was awoke in the middle of the night by a poke in the ribs…

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Interior. Bathurst. (From the Bathurst Free Press, June 28.) Mining Intelligence

Empire · Wednesday 2 July 1851 · page 3

Since our last very little has transpired worthy of recording. In the early part of the week, Mr. Hardy started for the Turon diggings, but has returned to Ophir. What arrangements are in…

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The Botallack Mine. (From Humbles in Cornwall.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 July 1851 · page 2

WE are now four hundred yards out under the bottom of the sea, and twenty fathoms or a hundred and twenty feet below the sea level. Coast-trade vessels are sailing over our heads…

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Country News. Bathurst. Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 July 1851 · page 10

Since our last very little has transpired worthy of recording. In the early part of the week Mr. Hardy started for the Turon diggings, but has returned to Ophir. What arrangements are in…

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From the Mines

Empire · Friday 4 July 1851 · page 2

BY the last two mails, gold has arrived to various parties in Sydney, including some large lumps. The accounts are as favourable as could be hoped. All who…

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The Gold Discovery

Empire · Friday 4 July 1851 · page 3

The following letters addressod to the Bathurst Free Press, will be road with interest:— To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal…

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The Ophir Mines. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 4 July 1851 · page 3

SIR—The miners of Summerhill Creek will be much obliged by your giving publicity to the following facts:—There is what is termed a Post Office hero, kept by a Mr. Meyers, between whom…

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To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

Empire · Friday 4 July 1851 · page 4

Sir—Having just returned from Ophir, where I have spent the last month, I take the earliest opportunity of writing for the perusal of your namerous readers, who may be desirous of obtaining…

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Gold

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 5 July 1851 · page 2

EVERY mail from Bathurst confirms the intelligence of still further discoveries of gold in that district. The matter is now placed beyond doubt that in the Turon district gold will be found in far greater…

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Mining Intelligence

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 5 July 1851 · page 13

Since our last very little has transpired worthy of recording. In the early part of the week Mr. Hardy started for the Turon diggings, but has returned to Ophir. What arrangements are in process for the collection of the license fee at the Turon we are…

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The Gold Diggings. Summerhill Creek

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 5 July 1851 · page 5

Since our tent was pitched on the banks of this Creek, the period to which our last communication brought us, a fortnight has elapsed. We have not written sooner, in order that we might have the better experience, information, and general understanding…

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Mining Intelligence. (From the Bathurst Free Press.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 5 July 1851 · page 1

Since our last very little has transpired worthy of recording. In the early part of the week Mr Hardy started for the Turon Diggings, but has returned to Ophir. What arrangements are in…

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Bell's Life in Sydney. Saturday, July 5, 1851. The Gold Districts

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 5 July 1851 · page 2

UNUSUALLY few communications have been received direct from the Turon Diusings during the week, but we are willing to rely upon the middle-aged…

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Mining Intelligence. (From the Bathurst Free Press.) O'connell Plains

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 5 July 1851 · page 2

Our own neighbourhood appears destined to share in the golden glories of the times. The precious metal has been discovered within an hour's walk of O'Connell. Mr S. Hebblewhite,…

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To the Editor of the 'Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 5 July 1851 · page 13

SIR, -- In my last communication I endeavoured to convey some general ideas of gold procuring as, illustrative of the subject discussed -- the geological formation and system pursued at Ophir. I shall in my present paper continue the subject of gold as…

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To the Editor of the "Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal."

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 5 July 1851 · page 13

SIR, -- Having just returned from Ophir, where I have spent the last month. I take the earliest opportunity of writing for the perusal of your numerous readers, who may be desirous of obtaining correct information of the state of affairs in that neighbourhood,…

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From the Gold Mines

Empire · Monday 7 July 1851 · page 2

A considerable quantity Of gold arrived in town on Saturday, both from Ophir and the Turon. The following letter, addressed to ourselves, is from a young man who…

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The Gold Mines

Empire · Tuesday 8 July 1851 · page 2

A Second Edition of the Empire will be published this morning at ll o'clock, containing the intelligence' from the Gold Mines by the Bathurst mail…

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The Gold Mines

Empire · Wednesday 9 July 1851 · page 2

THE-accounts by last mail represent the gold-diggers as fast scattering themselves over the Western district, in all parts of which gold is being found. We extract the…

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From the Mines

Empire · Friday 11 July 1851 · page 2

THE intelligence from the Mines yesterday morning represented gold as being still obtained in considerable quantities at Ophir. We give, in another column, some…

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