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Mining & the mines, 1851

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Ballarvt Gold Diggings. Bunioyong, 28th September

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 11 October 1851 · page 2

The excitement which I had occasion to chronicle us prevalent here has passed away, and the licenses have been cheerfully taken up and readily paid for; but a new furor or a more…

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GOLD. 801bs. Weight in 4 DAYS!!!

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 11 October 1851 · page 2

A private letter was yesterday exhibited to us, wherein the writer (known to us) mentions having dug up 80lbi weight of gold in four days. The second officer in command of the police…

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The Goulburn Gold Diggings. (From our own Carrespondent.)

Empire · Saturday 11 October 1851 · page 2

The intelligence I have received from the Southern Gold Fields is most encouraging. At the Aberorombic there are between 250 and 300 persons at work,…

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Mining Intelligence. (From the Correspondent of the Bathurst Free Press.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 11 October 1851 · page 1

The Turon diggings were disgraced last Sunday by a complication of abominations which were worthy California itself. Drunkenness, in its most disgusting and hideous shapes, stalked…

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Victoria. the Buninyong Gold Diggings, (From the Melbourne Morning Herald, October 2,)

Empire · Saturday 11 October 1851 · page 4

It is impossible to describe the intense degree of excitement pervading the public mind of the City and its vicinity, owing to the extraordinary tidings from the Ballarat Diggings. Not a step…

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To the Editor of the Bathurtt Free Prest and Mining Journal

Empire · Saturday 11 October 1851 · page 3

SIR—In compliance with my promise I proceed to give you a description of my prospecting trip about the Turon country. Since my arrival I have been changing the locality of my…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 October 1851 · page 3

SIR,—In compliance with my promise I proceed to give you a description of my prospecting trip about the Turon country. Since my arrival I have been changing the locality of…

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Mining Intelligence. Turon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 October 1851 · page 3

NEALE's POINT, OCTOBER 7.—Last night it rained very heavily, and continued to do so until four P.M. to day. All work was stopped in consequence, and a miserable day many…

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The Search for Gold, and Its Moral Evils

Empire · Monday 13 October 1851 · page 2

Hail the world's soul mid mine! more glad than is The teeming earth to see the long'd-for sun Peep through the horns of the celestial Earn, Am I, to view thy splondour darkening his…

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Port Macquarie. Gold Discovery. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 October 1851 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—It is reported that gold has been found within thirty miles of this township, by a stockman called Cooley Jack; a specimen has been shown to Mr. Smith and Mr. Tozer, of…

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The Victoria Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 October 1851 · page 3

BY the Woodstock which arrived here yesterday from Port Phillip, after a rapid passage of four days, we have received Melbourne papers to the 7 th instant…

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Mining Intelligence. Ophir

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 October 1851 · page 3

OCTOBER 9.—Once more have our creeks assumed the character of rapids. On Monday and Tuesday last we had a succession of heavy showers, which have had the effect of flooding…

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This Gold. (From the Melbourne Argus, October 6.)

Empire · Wednesday 15 October 1851 · page 3

On Saturday, we endeavoured to show one danger which was very likely to accrue from the wonder gold discoveries which, within this week or two, have tended to disorganise society…

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The Gouluurn Gold Diggings. (From our own Correspondent.)

Empire · Wednesday 15 October 1851 · page 2

The Abercrombie and Arrnluen diggings are turning out "first-rate," and promise to rival the Ophir and Turon. About twenty different parties have…

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Effects of Gold Digging

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 October 1851 · page 9

IT is lamentable, but not surprising, to all Tightly constituted minds, to witness the demoralizing effects of resorting, even as a temporary occupation, to the gold…

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The Southern Gold Fields. Arraluen

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 October 1851 · page 10

OCTOBER 7.—The diggers in the gully were, doing very well last week, A person named Appleby, with two more, got 34 oz., which they sold to Mr. J. "Williams, on Saturday last. A…

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News by Express From the Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 October 1851 · page 3

WE received this morning by express the following news from the Gold Fields. The escort which will arrive at the usual hour this morning brings down three…

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The Turon Gold Fields. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Oakey Creek, Tuesday morning, Oct. 14,1851

Empire · Friday 17 October 1851 · page 2

The news since my last communication is generally cheering, and the Turon once more seems to be taking the lead amongst the gold fields of New South Wales. Mr…

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Gold Circular

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 October 1851 · page 4

THESE is nothing of any importance to communicate thsi week. The Turon is so thickly studded that it is difficult to find a new spot, and considerable traffic is going on in claims. Many miners are leaving the…

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