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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1851

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Mining Intelligence

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 9 August 1851 · page 4

THE news from the Turon continues pretty much of the same character, and with the exception of a few very fortunate arrivals from that quarter, nothing unusual has occurred. On Saturday last Hall's party, consisting of three brothers, came to Bathurst with…

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Bathurst. Half Yearly Mining Meeting

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 9 August 1851 · page 13

On Thursday last the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Bathurst Mining Company took place, in pursuance of advertisement, at Mr. Arthur's Inn. Dr. M'Hattie having taken the chair, he prefaced the business of the meeting by a few explanatory…

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Seizure of the Hundred Weight of Gold

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 9 August 1851 · page 8

By a paragraph in another part of the paper it will be seen that Mr. Commissioner Hardy has seized the hundred weight of gold, or rather what he believes to be so, on behalf of her Majesty…

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Hits of Gold. Collected From Every Source

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 9 August 1851 · page 2

PROGRESS OF GOLD DISCOVERY.—Captain Erskine, of H.M S. Havannah, returned on Wednesday from a trip to Ophir and the Turon, which famous locales he was desirous to visit previous…

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Mining Intelligence. (From the Bathurst Free Press.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 9 August 1851 · page 2

The news from the Turon continues pretty much of the same character, and with the exception of a few very fortunate arrivals from that quarter, nothing unusual has occurred. On…

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Additional Gold Regulations. (From a Supplement to Tuesday's Government Gazette.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 9 August 1851 · page 1

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Sydney, 5th August, 1851.—With reference to the proclamation of His Excellency the Governor-General, hearing date the 22nd day of May last, and to…

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Additional Gold Regulations. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 5th August, 1851

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 9 August 1851 · page 5

With reference to the proclamation of His Excellency the Governor-General, bearing date the 22nd day of May last, and to the notice from this Office of the 23rd of the same month. His Excellency directs it to be notified, that the Licenses issued in accordance…

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Mining Intelligence. (From the Turon Corespondent of the Bathurst Free Press.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 9 August 1851 · page 1

News is not very plentiful just now. Everything is proceeding in pretty much the same order as when I last wrote you. One party left the river to-day with 180…

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The Question of Gold. (From the North British Review.)

Empire · Monday 11 August 1851 · page 4

Among the poid bearing countries of Eu rope, the British Isles must not be omitted. Gold is still found, in small quantities, associated with tin in the stream works of Cornwall; and associated in small plates with…

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Mems. About Gold. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Hera'd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 August 1851 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—I hope you will be kind enough to allow me a small space in your columns, concerning the paragraph headed as above; I do not find the least fault about it, only with…

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Interior. the Gold Mines. (From our own Correspondent.) Bathurst, Saturday Evening, Aug. 9

Empire · Wednesday 13 August 1851 · page 3

The news from the Turon digging[?] within the last few days have been quite as exciting as heretofore. Several parties have arrived in town this evening with large quantities of gold, who…

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Mining Intellig[?]e. (From the Bathurst Press.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 August 1851 · page 3

ALTHOUGH very little is said [?]Ophir at the present, we are assured by [?]al respectable people that the diggers [?]generally doing well. The allurements [?]e Turon…

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Conveyance and Escort of Gold. (From Yesterday's Government Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 August 1851 · page 2

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, 12th August, 1851.—His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified, with reference to the notice of the 17th ultimo, that…

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The Question of Gold. (From the North British Review

Empire · Wednesday 13 August 1851 · page 4

It appears by the experiments of Cavendish and [?]atchett, undertaken to determine the alloys best adapted to the purposes of coinage, that British standard gold, of…

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The Empire. Wednesday, August 18, 1851. Our Exports of Gold

Empire · Wednesday 13 August 1851 · page 2

THERE will hardly be time for the sceptical in England to remove their doubts, as to the truth of our Gold discoveries, after the first intelligence reaches them,…

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Port Phillip. Gold Found in Abundance Within [?]Ixteen Miles of Melbourne!!!

Empire · Wednesday 13 August 1851 · page 3

The above gratifying intelligence reached us at a late hour last night, and we hasten to lay before our readers full particulars of this most important discovery. The public are already aware…

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Exportation of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 August 1851 · page 2

WE give below what is, we believe, a correct list of the quantities of gold sent to England by the Bondicar. We have had some difficulty in procuring the…

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Conveyance and Escort of Gold

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 14 August 1851 · page 9

Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 12th August, 1851.—His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified, with reference to the notice of the 17th ultimo, that arrangements have been made…

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Country News. Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 14 August 1851 · page 9

ALTHOUGH very little is said about Ophir at the persent we are assured by several respectable people that the diggers are generally doing well. The allurements of the Turon have been so attractive…

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The Question of Gold. (From the Forth Britsh Review.) [Concluded.]

Empire · Thursday 14 August 1851 · page 4

The total annual produce of gold and silver from North and South America, Europe, and Russia, in 1846," was, according to M'Culloch, £9,000,000, of which…

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