Gambling at the Mines
Hitherto order has characterised the conduct of the gold-diggers of Ophir. Time after time have we announced the fact, as giving the most conclusive answers to what we have deemed the…
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Bell's Life in Sydney. Saturday, July 12, 1851. Latest Intelligence from the Gold Mines. the Turon
MR C. H. NICHOLS of this office returned from his exploring trip to the Turon on Saturday evening last, and has brought with him substantial proof of the…
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On Thursday morning the important announcement of the discovery of gold amongst the Shoalhaven creeks and gullies reached us from our Bungonia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Empire. Sydney, Saturday, July 12, 1851. Our Mining Population
IT was a matter of agreeable surprise to many that the first excitement in our gold-mining operations led to no direct violation of the laws, nor glaring act of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Intelligence. (From the Dathurst Free Press.) the Turon Diggings
An extensive migration from Ophir is now taking place to the Turon, and numbers are daily arriving there from Sydney, Maitland, and even from New England. Bathurst is now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Intelligence. (From the Correspondent of the Bathurst Free Press.) Ophir, 4th July, 1851
Since my last communication to you of the 2nd instant, the neighbourhood of the Ophir Diggings has assumed a very different aspect to what it did a week prior to that time. A great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Gold. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—Having seen a little, heard much, and read more, about the recent discoveries of gold, method of obtaining it, ultimate benefit to the colony, &c., &c., and as it…
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THE accounts received yesterday from Goulburn are sanguine as to evidences already produced of the existence of gold to a great extent in that district. A meeting of the Reward…
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THE intelligence of the last few-days from the mining districts is of a character to revive public excitement. The last mail has brought us the first accounts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. Gold in the Pyrenees. (From the Geelong Advetiser.)
THE long-sought treasure is at length found, Victoria is a gold country, and from Geelong goes forth the first glad tidings of the discovery. Mr. Esmonds arrived in Geelong on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Results of Gold-washing by the Quicksilver Machine. (From the Bathurst Free Press.)
WE learn from Mr. Bush that he has just received a letter from his partner, Mr. W. Hardy, who is superintending a party at the Turon diggings on behalf of the firm, in which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Gold in Australia. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—The accession of upwards of 400 to our population on Saturday and Sunday last, is only a forerunner of what we may expect so soon as the recent discoveries of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, July 16, 1851. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Gold
THE news from Bathurst yesterday shows that the diggings at the Turon are exceedingly rich, and when a proper system of extracting the gold is brought…
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IN compliance with the expressed wishes of several gentlemen A SECOND EDITION of this day's paper will be published at…
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THE following is an extract of a letter received by a merchant in Sydney, from Francis Lord, Esq., of Bathurst:— The most surprising discovery is one made by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Information From the Mines. (From our Special Correspondent.)
FRIDAY, JUNE 20.—We had two cradles at work and got 1¼oz., which is poor pay, but we cannot expect to do well always, and we look forward to making it up to-morrow, as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Summerhill Mines. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—I have now been four weeks at the mines, and have had a good opportunity of witnessing the working of them. It would be almost impossible to form a correct estimate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Hundred Weight of Gold. (From the Bathurst Free Press.)
Bathurst is mad again. The delirium of golden fever has returned with increased intensity. Men meet together, stare stupidly at oacli other, talk incoherent nonsense, and wonder what will happen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Empire. Sydney, Friday, July 18, 1851. Dr. Kerr's Heap of Gold
THE bulk of the quartz and gold which was discovered to Dr. Kerr in one solid mass, has been estimated at from 2 to 3 cwt. The largest of the auriferous blocks,…
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