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GENTLEMEN,—The extraordinary richness of the Braidwood diggings, and the very high character of the gold are justly calling that attention which they merit; for indeed it would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Many people are leading themselves astray with respect to the richness of the Port Phillip' gold fields. 23,000 and 25,000 ounces look a larger quantity sent down by escort at once, compared…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our entrance upon a new, and if the thickening shadows of coming events speak truly, an important and eventful year in the history of this colony, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JANUARY 5.âWe have once more entered upon a new year, with a brighter prospect (may it prove so) for New South Wales, than on any previous anniversary of January since…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT works—it spreads—and even in the earliest stages of its progress gives clear indications of the triumphant career it was destined to run. We have seen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE have very little worth noticing this week in the shape of intelligence from our Mines. Several gentle, men inform us that the Western Road is becoming thronged with persons on their way back to the various…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →I beg leave to hand you the results of this day's sale, and have the satisfaction of reporting a rise in the price of gold. The accounts from Victoria report a considerable rise in price, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the gold diggers, comprising the United Miners Association, took place yesterday evening, on the Flagstaff Hill. There were about four hundred persons present, many of them on horseback; and Dr. Webb Richmond was in the chair, or rather…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The ship Kate, which sailed yesterday, took away 49,264 ozs. 7 dwts. 10grs. of gold, amounting, at the declared value of 70s. (on which freight and insurance were paid), to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Kate, which yesterday sailed for England, conveyed from our shores upwards of two tons of gold; and the Melbourne, which sailed from Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A CAREFUL perusal of the local journals, and advices from private correspondents, confirms us in the belief that the report of the return miners by the Favorite was substantially…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—As the impost of the Miners' Tax has already caused considerable and significant opposition, it is not my intention in contributing on the subject to your journal, in any way to add to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At this moment we have the most extraordinary accounts from Australia of the quantity of gold embedded in the soil in the neighbourhood of Bathurst. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE abuse of the present system of licensing diggers for gold has called into existence a class of persons who may not inaptly be termed" Gold Claim Jobbers."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE latest reports from Mount Alexander, contained in the Melbourne journals to the 6th inst., received by yesterday's mails, continue to notify the serious' inconvenience sustained by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JANUARY 10.—Yesterday I visited the Louisa, and found the diggers in much better spirits than they have lately been. They had received warning that many of them must turn out and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There is but little alteration in the price of gold this week, that little, however, being for the better. The price has ranged since my last, from 54s. to 56s., and may now me quoted at 56s. The quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →JANUARY 9.—I have but little very important to communicate for two reasons. The first, That during the past week there, has been a mania for prospecting abroad. Some vague…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The position at this moment occupied by the Excutive of this Colony, particularly in reference to the newly discovered gold fields, is so peculiar, that we are not surprised at the ablest…
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