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GENTLEMEN, Having made a hurried visit to the gold fields of this district, for the purpose of satisfying myself as to the reality of the reports which were daily arriving in Bathurst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE have been favoured with, the sight of several letters received from Bathurst by yesterday's mail. The principal topic, as might have been expected, is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—How are property and life to be protected. at our Bathurst El Dorado? A serious question, not easy of digestion! Could Government afford a sufficiently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN one of his brilliant moments, Sydney Smith asserted that every man believed himself fully competent to achieve three things, namely, manage an estate, drive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE were deeply disappointed, and certainly very much surprised, at not finding in yesterday's Gazette one word about the Gold Field. It was understood that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Away, away to the Bathurst ground, Where the " dust" is brightly shining.: Away, away to the " Diggins" found, Where the boys are busily mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →That gold has been discovered in the tract of country situated between Summerhill on the south and Dubbo on the north, and known generally as the Wellington District, there can now be no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHEREAS by Law all mines of gold and all gold in its natural place of deposit, within the territory of New South Wales, whether on the lands of the Queen or of any of her Majesty's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BENEATH the Western Mountain's shade The Gold-god in his bed is laid, Beside the gently murmuring stream Wherein the gold fish sport and gleam…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE have been favoured by a gentleman who returned from the Ophir mines yesterday, with the following outline of his excursion, which cannot fail in greatly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN,—Among the many exciting events of the last few days, certainly not the least exciting is the recent gold discovery. Contemplated in any way, it possesses a character of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTLEMEN,—As the discovery of the gold field in the neighbourhood of Bathurst is of course creating great sensation, some information on the subject may be interesting. I started…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE intelligence which was received in Sydney yesterday must have convinced the most sceptical that gold does exist in considerable quantities in the vicinity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In ancient times long before civilization extended westward, ages before the princely republics of Italy sent ambassadors into the remote regions of the east, before Greece became great and fell, or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE excitement created by the announcement that what during several years I had declared, but which could not obtain credence till it was made sensible by the verification of an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following extracts from letters from gentlemen of the first respectability, resident in Bathurst, and of the authenticity of which we shall be most happy to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The discovery of the fact by Mr. Hargraves that the country from the mountain ranges to an indefinite extent in the interior is one immense gold field, has produced a tremendous excitement in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In dealing with our present subject we are encountering a very difficult task, and enter upon it with a lively sense of its extreme responsibility. As public journalists, we are bound to take cognizance…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The fact is now beyond doubt that gold in the greatest abundance exists in the western districts of the colony. The intelligence received during the week has removed the doubts of the sceptical, and confirmed the expectations of the most sanguine…
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