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The fleeding of the Summerhill Creek has been a serious obstacle to the Ophir miners, and with the prospect of continued rain there appears to bo no probability of a speedy change…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Several parties have passed through the town during the last few, days on their way from Ophir to the Turon, having been driven from the former place by the floods. None of them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE shall publish a Second Edition at 11 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"THE Government Gold Conveyance arrives this morning. We shall publish a Second Edition at 12 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The now Almaden quicksilver mines, of which we propose to give a sketch in our steamer edition, are situated in the stupendous range of mountains bounding the southern portion of the fertile valley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We will now gratify our gold-loving readers with a sight of pepitos, or humps of gold, larger than have ever yet issued in authentic bodily form, from the placers of California. The works…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Since my last communication to you we have been favoured with an abundant supply of rain which has furnished the miners with plenty of water for Washing purposes. In some few…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Since my residence in the land of "Ophir," I have witnessed much waste of the " precious metal," an evil to be regretted on many accounts, but felt seriously by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE news from the gold district is fully confirmatory of the previous reports as to the richness of the Turon diggings. There can be no doubt that fortunes are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE accounts of the proceedings of the adventurous diggers at the Turon, are still favourable. The average "finds" continue steady and pay well, whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CONSIDERABLE sensation has been excited in Sydney by the news that this large mass of the precious metal had been forcibly taken possession of by the Commissioner, Mr. Hardy, acting on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The intelligence from this quarter continues to be pretty much of the same character. The Summer Hill creek continues high, but is something lower than of late. With a continuance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since my former visit to this place, a wonderful change has occurred. The lonely gullies and solitary creeks and mountain sides where silence reigned supreme are now alive with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SIR, -- Since my residence in the land of Ophir, I have witnessed much waste of the precious metal, an evil to be regretted on many accounts, but felt seriously by the inexperienced miner. It is my desire on the present occasion to point out the origin of the evil…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE intelligence from the gold mines continues to increase in interest. A very large quantity of gold, estimated at about £500, came down by private hands on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTLEMEN,—Not with standing that so much of your valuable space has been taken up with accounts of the discovery of gold, perhaps you will permit me to give some account of what…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE understand the Government has informed Messrs. THACKER AND CO. that the gold seized by Commissioner HARDY will be given up to them on their entering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FROM the first working of our gold fields, very little definite information has been obtained of the results of individual efforts. It is indeed perfectly natural in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gold fever has now considerably abated— the crisis is past—and for some weeks the ordinary business of the colony has been going on as quietly as if the Australian gold fields had never…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By yesterday's mail ten persons arrived from Bathurst, including Sir Osborne Gibbes, baronct. Alconsiderable quantity of gold arrived by private hands, and small…
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