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Mining & the mines, 1851

788 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 40

Original Correspondence. the Gold Mania, To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1851 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—If, as we are warned by the able letters of the Rev. Mr. Clarke and Mr. Forbes, the colony is about to undergo a great change, novel to all Britons; it is our duty to…

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From the Mines

Empire · Tuesday 10 June 1851 · page 2

WITH tho permission of Mr. Lenehan, we publish the following letter from an extensive sheep proprietor in tho Wellington district. It will bc seen that it bears dato…

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Gold

Empire · Wednesday 11 June 1851 · page 2
Also in The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator

Since our last there has not been much gold purchased in town. A few have returned from Ophir very successful; some the reverse; and more who have done tolerably well. A tailor well…

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The Mines

Empire · Wednesday 11 June 1851 · page 2

WE re-publish the following from our Second Edition of yesterday:— TUESDAY MORNING, Half-past ll o'clock…

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The Gold Discoveries

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Wednesday 11 June 1851 · page 2

THERE was not very much news by the mail yesterday, hut we believe a considerable quantity of gold arrived in town. There can be no doubt, however, that another rich field has been found,…

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THE Sydney Morning [?]erald. Wednesday, June 11, 1851. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1851 · page 2

LETTERS received in town yesterday, speak of small quantities of gold having been found at various places between Bathurst and Wellington; and although…

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Gold Washing

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 June 1851 · page 11

We now come to the actual washing and des-cription of the instruments used : and, first, the wash-pan-this may be of tin, if not required to be used in connection with quicksilver, otherwise…

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The Gold Mines

Empire · Friday 13 June 1851 · page 2

WE reprint the following from our second edition of yesterday; and, in another place, wo give the " Mining " article of our Bathurst contemporary of…

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Mining Intelligence. (From the Bathurst Free Press.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 June 1851 · page 3

As we have several times prognosticated the reckless inconsiderateness of many of the Sydney people is now followed by its inevitable penalty. Numbers are returning from the…

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Mining Intelligence. (From the Bathurst Free Press, June ll.)

Empire · Friday 13 June 1851 · page 4

As we have several times prognosticated, the reckless inconsiderateness of many of the Sydney people is now followed by its inevitable penalty. Numbers are daily returning from the mines…

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Gold

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 14 June 1851 · page 1

Since our last there has not been much gold purchased in town. A few h[?]ve returned from Ophir very successful[?] some the reverse; and more who have done tolerably well. A tailor…

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Bell's Life in Sydney. Saturday, June 14, 1851. The Ophir Gold Mines

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 14 June 1851 · page 2

STILL harping on the metal. Our readers; with ourselves, doubtless regard this topic as the most important of the golden age in which we live. The intelligence…

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Mining Intelligence

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 14 June 1851 · page 4

As we have several times prognosticated the reckless inconsiderateness of many of the Sydney people is now followed by its inevitable penalty. Numbers are daily returning from the mines…

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Mining Intelligence. (From the Bathurst Free Press.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 14 June 1851 · page 1

Although the miners have been generally peaceable up to the present time, it is quite possible that this state of things may not be permanent. With the daily condensation of the…

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Another Gold Field! (From Melbourne Morning Herald, June 4)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 14 June 1851 · page 2

On Sunday morning last a labouring man entered the shop of Mr Howie, watchmaker, of Elizabeth-street, and producing a small bag. rolled upon the counter about thirty pieces of…

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Mining Intelligence. (From the Bathurst Free Press, June 11.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 14 June 1851 · page 2

As we have several times prognosticated, the reckless inconsiderateness of many of the Sydney people is now fullowod by its inevitable penalty. Numbers are daily returning from the…

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Original Correspondence. [As the People's Advocate, our columns will be open to all parties, but we by no means identity ourselves with the opinions of our correspondents.] DUBBO. To the Editor of the People's Advocate. Let you go where you will, and meet whom you may, Gold, picks, and cradles are the only topics of the day

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 14 June 1851 · page 3

SIR. -- We may believe we are living in an age of miracles, we daily learn extraordinary events; cripples and blinds are no longer thought unfortunate beings, as gold, it is said, will also be their care. The devil is certainly playing his diabolical tricks, when we…

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Transmission of Gold

Empire · Monday 16 June 1851 · page 2

IT appears to us a remissness on the part of Government. that a safer public conveyance has not already been established between Sydney and Bathurst. Itisknown…

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Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 June 1851 · page 2

HEARD ye the shriek at midnight hour, The cry of one [?] and lost! Who warned with all a woman's power, And told of peril—risk—and cost!…

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