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Mining & the mines, 1851

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Escort of Gold From Araluen to Goulburn. and From Thence to Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 December 1851 · page 9

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified, with reference to the notice of the 17th ultimo, that arrangements have been made for the conveyance of Gold, under the charge of…

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The Gold Mines. (From our Special Reporter.) Turon River, December 15th, 1851

Empire · Friday 19 December 1851 · page 3

Things are much the same on the Turon as when I last wrote. The population is gradually growing thinner; but we have been reinforced by a good many new arrivals…

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Gold Circulars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 December 1851 · page 5
Also in The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List

The intelligence from Victoria by yesterday's ovenland mall is of so astounding a character that our pen refuses to write upon any other subject; the escort in that colony brought into Melbourne last week 23,000…

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Melbourne Gold Field

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 20 December 1851 · page 3

Something of a serious aspect made its appearance this morning in the shape of handbill posted along the Creek, and which I hope you will publish, so that the Government may take warning in time. It appears that the Government have determined to raise the…

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Mining Intelligence

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 20 December 1851 · page 4

The population of the Turon Diggings is rapidly decreasing from three causes -- the flooding of the creek by occasional thunderstorms -- the natural and commendable tendency homewards of the married to spend their Christmas in the bosom of their families,…

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The Gold Fields. Braidwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 December 1851 · page 3

DECEMBER 12.—So our councillors have assented to the proposition of making the prepayment of letters compulsory. It admits of a doubt whether this plon will bo found to work…

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California Mining Intelligence

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 20 December 1851 · page 3

We make a few extracts from the latest mountain papers received yesterday, relative to the prospects of the miners in the washings of the Sacramento and San Joa[?]uim. CHEERING. -- Since our last, we have conversed with a great…

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The Southern Gold Fields. Maneroo

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 20 December 1851 · page 6

A few days back, three gentlemen, having made up a party of six, started upon a prospecting tour up the Breadbow River, for the purpose of ascertaining beyond a doubt whether gold existed in this stream or not…

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Original Correspondence. Gold! Gold! To the Editors of Bell's Life in Sydney

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 20 December 1851 · page 3

Gentlemen.—So modest and diffident are we in Yass that seldom do we see the doings of our little village and district in print, though our citizens are as industrious as any portion of the…

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The Victoria Gold Fields. Mount Alexander

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 20 December 1851 · page 2

The escort to-day takes down nineteen hundred and seventy pound ten ounces and nine pennyweights of gold, which is equal to twenty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty ounces…

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Sale of Gold. To The Editor of the Empire

Empire · Saturday 20 December 1851 · page 3

SIR—Prices having again declined a trifle from the sale of last week. I have been prevented from selling a considerable portion of my remittances until further instructions, us the bidding did not…

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Ballarat Gold Diggings. (From Correspondent of Melbourne Argus, December 12.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 20 December 1851 · page 2

Since my last communication quantities have left for Mount Alexander; in fact, no other place, to use a colonial phrase, seems to go down. A great number of the stores have removed…

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Escort of Gold From Araluen to Goulburn, and From Thenck to Sydney. (From Tuesday's Government Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 December 1851 · page 3

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, 15th December, 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 Gold Fields. (From our Regular Correspondent.) Sofala, December 18th

Empire · Monday 22 December 1851 · page 2

Nothing of any importance has occurred since my last communication, to ramier my report of interest to the general reader. Crowds are flocking towards the metropolis, to spend the…

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Mining Intelligence. the Turon Gold Fields. (From a Correspondent.) Sofala, Docember 19, 1851

Empire · Tuesday 23 December 1851 · page 3

Ration Hill, Mr. Campbell's claim, and Townend's are still doing a rattling stroke. I dare say this week (up to this date we have already taken out 120 ounces) we shall have 200 ounces. The…

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The Gold Fields. Braidwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 December 1851 · page 2

BRAIDWOOD is likely to become the centre of a number of gold fields—Major's Creek, Bell's Creek, and the Araluen, are already well known. Within the last few days a boy…

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Gold Commissioners' Department

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 December 1851 · page 3

THE following are the names and stations of the officers of this department; which we publish at the request of many of our country subscribers:—…

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The Gold Fields. Braidwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 December 1851 · page 3

DECEMBER 19.—We are happy to find that we are to have the services of Mr. Massie as second Commissioner in this district; that gentleman is expected daily. Our present police force…

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Coal in California

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 December 1851 · page 7

It seems that coal is found in California, as well as gold. The following, communication is explicit; and, if coal as gold is found why not similar formations and results in…

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