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On my visit to Major's Creek yesterday, I was happy to find very few complaining. In fact, our gold diggers have by dint of experience and observation made the profound philosophical discovery that "grumbling does no good," and they are aiso…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →I left Bingera in the middle of December, and returned yesterday. On the road from Tam worth I met about thirty people returning from here, but that did not discourage me, for last year instead of meeting, returning Bingera visitors in tens, I met them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE admirers of revolutionary bombast and of pseudo-liberalism must have been satisfied to their heart's content, with the turbid torrent of sanguinary phraseology poured forth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →As the subject of our Gold Laws will soon largely occupy the attention of the Legislature and of the public, it may be useful to refer to some of the opinions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A slight advance took place in the price of gold towards the end of the week. A few parties, anxious to purchase for remittance per Harbinger, entered the market, and paid 75s. 6d., and in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT is perfectly evident, therefore, that this wonderful discovery has virtually taken the settlement, or peopling, of Australia out of the hands of the Imperial Government. With facilities…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Winter is fast approaching in these Alpine regions, and the migratory population of gold diggers, ever on the move, are dispersing towards less inclement and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales........... 3 14 [?] Victoria................. 3 16 [?] Ovens.................... 3 16 [?] California................ 3 8 [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE price of gold on the western fields at present is 72s. Major's Creek is now the favourite spot in the south, and but little in doing elsewhere. Bingers is still rising in the north. At the Ovens, Nine Mile Creek has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our yield of gold continues nearly the same as last reported, and the miners, from the dissatisfaction camed by the Gold Regulations, and the winter coming on, are fast leaving so that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →REPORT PROM MR. COMMISSIONER HARGRAVES ON THE GOLD FIELDS OP AUSTRALIA FELIX. Sydney, 17th December, 1852. SIR,—With reference to my letter, No. 52-15,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LETTER FROM MR. COMMISSIONER HARGRAVES TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, Sydney, 10th April, 1853. SIR,—I have the honour to report to you, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following paper by Mr. John Wallace, of Wellington, (New Zealand), has been forwarded to us for publication:— First.—Districts yielding remunerative…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Various rumours have been afloat during the week respecting some rich dry diggings said to have been discovered about 30 miles from Sofala. somewhere in the neighbourhood of Jew's Creek. It is stated that two men brought to Sofa's 80ozs. of gold, which they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →I am happy to say that the question to which I referred to last week in reference to the right assumed by the proprietor of Major's Creek to prevent parties from trading in that locality, has been for the present, at least, amicably settled. There certainly appears to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR—Will you permit me, through the columns of your journal, to ask the Directors of the Turon Golden Ridge Quartz Crushing Company when the shareholders of the said Company are to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—Of all that has been said and written about the Gold Act, the great mass has been directed against two clauses, the rest being made up of denunciations of the Act generally, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTLEMEN,—Of all that has been said and written about the Gold Act, the great mass has been directed against two clauses, the rest being made up of denunciations of the Act…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The price of gold has advanced this week from 75s. 6d. to 76s. The quantity offered has been far short of the demand, which continues to increase as the time draws near for the appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The latest number of the Nevada Journal furnishes the annexed items or mining information:— OLD COYOTH HILL.—From the claims of Miller…
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