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THE demand this week has increased : it is only to be regretted that now it is so much required for remittances, that there are so few on this side following the pursuit of gold digging. Gold we have, and plenty of it, but our mining population has gone;…
Continued on Trove, page 108 →IN this part of the world we are so accustomed to associate a large production of gold with general prosperity that to say that an increased production would be an increased evil sounds not only paradoxical, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR—In continuation of the subject of the origin of gold in perishable lavas, I now write to show that the theory is reconcilable with the known laws of chemistry and physical science…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£ s. d. [?].... 3 17 0 Melbourne...3 19 0 BRAIDWOOD.—I took a ride over to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The quantity of gold now coming down, and on hand [?]ing so small, that it is impossible to quote anything worthy of notice. The price continues at my last quotations:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The monotony which has characterised the state of the market for some time past still exists; and will probably so remain until the suspense is removed by some fresh and [?] definite news from Europe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JUNE 7. -- I took a ride over to the Mongarlowe river, where a very fine specimen of a nuggett has been found weighing 13 oz. 3 dwt., I weighed it myself; there is a good deal of quartz, but I believe £80 has been offered for it and refused. The fortunate…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The price of gold has remained at 79s, 6d, throughout the week. An answer has been received to the memorial presented by the gold traders against the tax of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is the opinion of many persons practically, experienced in mining matters that gold digging in this colony is as yet but in its infancy. Some people on the other hand, point ominously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I have little, If any, news of importance to remit to you this week. As I observed in a previous communication, things are very dull at Sofala, but where the diggers are working of course considerable activity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Colonial Secretary has laid upon the Council table a return of the number and description of licenses issued at each of the gold fields in the western and southern districts, and the amount received thereon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The market continues without any material alteration this week. There is a disincllpation to purchase, but the quantity now received is so small, that it cannot be looked to as a remittance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE are still without the anxiously looked for European advices, with which the operations in this department of business are so immediately connected. Consequently the same listless inactivity prevails, and prices remain nominally the same as last reported…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We are still without the anxiously looked for European advices, with which the operations in this department of business are so immediately connected. Consequently the same listless inactivity prevails, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →I have little, if any, news of importance to remit to you this week. As I observed in a previous communication, things are very dull at Sofala, but where the diggers are working of course considerable activity prevails…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →JUNE 14.—I have great difficulty to forage any news for your journal this week, the intelligence from the different gold fields is much the same as in my last report. The weight of the nugget…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is the opinion of many persons practically experienced in mining matters, that gold digging in this colony is as yet but in its infancy. Some people, on the other hand, point ominously to California, and would have us believe that, as her richest mines…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Leoven, who some time since speculated largely on these diggings in sluicing, has, after visiting other gold fields, returned to the Rock. This speculative gentleman has hired men with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR— As nothing' creates more attention from a community than when the subject comes home to every one's pocket, I trust you will permit me, through the medium of your columns, to set the public at Sydney right…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE visited yesterday the new establishment of the Berdan Experiment and Reduction Works Company, and were furnished with the subjoined account of the first day's working; and are enabled to state that our…
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