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In the Mercury, of the 11th March last, we published an estimate of the quantity of gold sent down from the various northern gold fields, from the date of the escort's coasing, 26th…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Read at the Annual Meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Birmingham, Wednesday, 25th January, 1854. THE astonishing progress made in gold discovery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have just had an interview with one of a party of California diggers, who is now in Goulburn on business. He informs us that himself and party arrived some time ago in Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—The following extract from the Gentleman's Magazine for 1798, pages 325 and 326, will be read at present with much interest in connexion with recent discussions about the first discovery of gold in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our market for the purchase of gold remains the same as last quotations. The arrival of the Madras has caused more enquiry; and at our present quotations "gold dust" is certainly a far better remittance than any other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE TURON.—From what I can gather from private, but retiable, sources respecting the new diggings, I learn that many of the diggers have obtained, and are still obtaining, prospects of a very promising nature. A quarter of an ounce, and even 10 and 12…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Mercury, of the 11th March last, we published an estimate of the quantity of gold sent down from the various northern gold fields, from the date of the escort's ceasing, 26th December, 1853, to the 8th March 1854. We have not been able…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →From what I can gather from private, but reliable, sources respecting the new diggings, I learn that many of the diggers have obtained, and are still obtaining, prospects of a very promising nature. A quarter of an ounce, and over 10 and 12 dwts.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We have just had an interview with one of a party of California diggers, who is now in Goulburn on business. He informs us that himself and party arrived some time ago in Melbourne from San Francisco, and that after having been pretty successful at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →YES; and there are pittalls in England, too. It is part of the object of the present paper to prevent the gold from dragging us into the pitfalls. We can have no kind of objection, commercial or geological, to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our market for the purchase of sold remains the same as Inst quotations. Thearrival of the Madras has enused more enquiry; and at our present quotations "gold dust" is certainly a far better remittance than any other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Overland Mall" arrived [?] early this morning; bringing further confirmation of the war: and the effect on the gold market is [?]—depression—as few, if any, buyora could be found to day dlsposed to operate at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MAY 10—Never since the gold-digging commenced in this district have our miners had loss inc[?]nation to be dissatisfied. There is a very large quantity of gold now among the diggers, and I must give last week as the most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A GREAT chnge has, this last week, taken place at the Meroo, Tambaroors, and Turon diggings. Everything wears an aspect of life and activity; the sluice companies are do[?] a good stroke, and the population is rapidly increasing, and are making grant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From information we have obtained by letter, from mercantile houses, at Tamworth and Armidale, we are enabled to add to the information already published, as to the gold forwarded to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—In the able article from Chambers's Journal, which you have inserted in your issue of to-day, the names of Mr. Berdan and Mr. Calvert are mixed up together in a manner that may lead readers to suppose that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There has been more demand this week for gold dust, in consequence of a difficulty existing in procuring exchange on London, and there is every likelihood of gold being higher, parties preferring to send dust rather than…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Little has occurred during the week besides the arrival and departure of the Madras, in any why calculated to affect the market, which remains in much the same state as last reported, with rather more steadiness in price…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From information we have obtained by letter, from mercantile houses at Tamworth and Armidale, we are enabled to add to the information already published, as to the gold forwarded to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The dry and seasonable weather with which we have been favoured for the last three weeks, has greatly facilitated the diggers in their mining operations. Where operations are being carried on the success of the diggers is varied, but on the whole decidedly…
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