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Mining & the mines, 1852

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The Biggings. the Northern Gold Fields

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 November 1852 · page 10

From a conversation we have, had with a gentleman who left Bingera on Saturday last we gather that there were then upwards of 200 persons on the gold field. There had been 96 digging licenses…

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The Quartz Mines of California. (From the Alta California, August 25.)

Empire · Thursday 4 November 1852 · page 3

Among intelligent persons at the familiar with the character, history, and natural resources of this State, the quartz mines have over been considered the most…

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Jottings From the Note Book of a Gold Seeker. No. V.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 November 1852 · page 2

RIDES AND RAMBLES IN AND ABOUT MELBOURNE. October 12. QUITE tired of town, we proceeded a few days…

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News From the Interior. the Northern Gold Fields. (From the Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 November 1852 · page 6

So far as we have been able to learn, for few letters were brought down by the mail, the [?] doing [?] on both [?] gentleman who came down, and who left the…

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News From the Interior. the Northern Gold Fields. (From the Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 November 1852 · page 2

So far as we have been able to [?], for new letters were brought down by the mail, the diggers were doing fairly on both fields. A gentleman who came down, and who left the…

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Gold Circular

Empire · Saturday 6 November 1852 · page 2

The market for gold dust during the past week has been animated, and a much larger business could have been effected, had gold offered in larger quantity. The advance in price at…

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Gold Circulars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 November 1852 · page 3
Also in The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List

THE market for gold dust during the past week has been [?]ated, and a much larger business could have been [?]ed had gold offered in larger quantity. The advance [?] price at Melbourne has already had the effect of…

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Gold Circular

Empire · Saturday 6 November 1852 · page 2

The early part of this week we had a very brisk demand for gold, and Ballarat, from undoubted parties, fetched as high as £3 11s. 6d., and Turon £3 8s. to £3 8s. 6d. per ounce…

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The Northern Gold Fields

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 6 November 1852 · page 6

From a conversation we have had with a gentleman who left Bingera on Saturday last we gather that there were then upwards of 200 persons on the gold field. There had 96 digging licenses, issued for the month of October, and 5 trading licenses. There…

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The Tuena Gold Field

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 6 November 1852 · page 6

The news of the diggings here is of a very monotonous nature. A great number are doing superlatively well; another lot are doing comparatively well, and a third are doing positively well, or in other words, earning their £3 a-day--with this however they are…

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Mining Intelligence. Tambaroora

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 6 November 1852 · page 6

The Tambaroora diggings are pretty dull at present, the fine weather having induced many to try their luck at the large rivers. owever, the few that remain are doing well. I might say with safety, that about a thousand persons are still left; and I know…

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The Tuena Gold Field (From own Correspondent of Goulburn Herald)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 6 November 1852 · page 2

The news at the diggings here is of a very monotonous nature. A great number are doing superlatively well; another lot are doing comparatively well, and a[?] third are doing…

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The Western Gold Fields. (From our Special Reporter.) No. v. the Meroo. Devil's Holo Creek, October 27

Empire · Saturday 6 November 1852 · page 2

The road from the Louisa to the Mcroo, in the direction of Richardson's Point, which is up the river, soon leaves the table land, and approaches the mountain…

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The Correspondence of Gold Seekers. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 8 November 1852 · page 3

SIR—In the London daily Times newspaper, of the 4th of August last, appears a letter, bearing the above title, addressed to the editor of that journal, by the most distinguished practical…

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What Have the Gold Diggings Done for Us? To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 8 November 1852 · page 3

SIR—Let them all say what they will of the consequents of the Australian gold discoveries, it cannot he denied that they have moved the heart of the parent State, so that at length she seems to…

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Gold Circulars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 November 1852 · page 6

WE have ever felt it to be a matter of great importance that no statement should go forth concerning our mines which did not hear the impress of truth, and now that the eyes of the world are upon us, waiting with eager…

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Melbourne Gold Circular

Empire · Tuesday 9 November 1852 · page 3

The demand for gold has far exceeded the supply this week, and consequently the price has slightly advanced; it began at 68s. 9d., and left off at 69s. 3d…

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Geelong Gold Circular

Empire · Tuesday 9 November 1852 · page 3

The price this last week has been, with little variation, from 68s 9d to 69s, and notwithstanding the probability of the export duty being laid on before opportunities of shipping occur, there…

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The Northern Gold Fields. No. III. (From our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 November 1852 · page 2

IN my former reports, I have detailed with some minuteness the origin and progress of the settled diggings at the Peel River, the Hanging Rock, and at Bingara…

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