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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1854

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The Victoria Gold Fields. (From Correspondents of the Melbourne Norning Harald Heathc0te, M'ivor. November 29, 1854

Empire · Thursday 7 December 1854 · page 3

Not possessing one of those useful but much maligned gentlemen who carn their livelihood by chronit'ling our doings and opinions in the public press, 1 have ventured timorously to grasp the…

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The Gold Puzzle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 December 1854 · page 2

THE old axiom that " out of evil cometh good" is ever, in some shape or other, being forced upon us, either individually, by the incidents of our daily life, or collectively, by the aggregate history of classes and…

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Gold Circular

Empire · Saturday 9 December 1854 · page 5

The price of gold this week has a downward tendeney, and saled ham beou lower; a much larger quantity of gold is being brought into town, and our average weekly returns are now about 8O00 [?]…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Hanging Rock. (From a Correspondent of the Maitland Mercury.) Hanging Rock, Saturday, December 2,1854

Empire · Tuesday 12 December 1854 · page 5

Palmer's Flat, we hear, is turning out well, but the diggers, from some cause or other, do not give publicity to the amount of gold they are getting…

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Discontent at the Gold Fields Appointment of a Commission of Inquiry

Empire · Wednesday 13 December 1854 · page 7

A Government Gazette Extraordinary, publiuhed yesterday (Thursday), announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquliy into the causes of the discontent which is now prevalent in…

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Export of Gold Dust and Specie, Per Hannah, for London

Empire · Thursday 14 December 1854 · page 4

Gold. English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank..................... 1000 ounces Sovereigns…

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Gold-circulars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 December 1854 · page 8

THERE has been a large amount of gold in the market this week, and the prices obtained fully equal to last week's quotations. From the Meroo a good stroke is now doing a good deal of gold obtained. It is anticipated that the Exchange will be altered,…

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Gold Circular

Empire · Saturday 16 December 1854 · page 7

There has been a large amount of gold in the market this week, and the prices obtained fully equal to last week's quotations. From the Meroo a good stroke is now doing—a great deal of gold obtained. It is anticipated…

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The Diggings. the Northern Gold Fields. the Hanging Rock. Hanging Rock, Saturday, December 2, 1854

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 December 1854 · page 4

Palmer's Flat, we hear, is turning out well, but the diggers, from some cause or other, do not give publicity to the amount of gold they are getting…

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The Geological Age of Australian Gold. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Thursday 21 December 1854 · page 5

SIR—In the Catalogue of the natural products of New South Wales, intended for the Paris Exhibition, the well-known indefatigable geologist and chief contributor of mineral specimens, in…

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Gold Circular

Empire · Saturday 23 December 1854 · page 7

The Exchange being now reduced to a per cent, in London, the prlee of gold has gone down in proportion, but the purchasing to regulate prices is only carried on by one or two of the recent established Anglo Banks…

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The Gold Diggers. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 December 1854 · page 5

SIR,—I am not one of those who believe that the late insurrection at Ballaarat was caused by the license fee paid by the diggers; nor do I believe that the many causes of complaint against the Government, which…

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The Gold Fields of the Russian Empire. No. I. Character and Age of the [?]Ural Alluvia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 December 1854 · page 4

MUCH has at various times been said and written of the Oural Chain of Mountains, and, perhaps, few of the many who have spoken of it know very little respecting it. It may be interesting to place before…

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The Northern Gold Fields. (From Correspondents of the Maitland Mercury) the Hanging Rock. Saturday, December 16, 1854

Empire · Monday 25 December 1854 · page 5

There is a great stagnation in mining operations just now, owing to the searcity of water, occasioned by the long continued dryness of the season,…

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The Copper Mines of the Cape of Good Hope. (From the Commercial Advertiser and Cape Town Mail, November 11.)

Empire · Wednesday 27 December 1854 · page 3

California and the Copper Mines and Gold Diggings of Australia have restored the credit of mining for metals, which numerous failures in South America had…

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Armed Government at the Mines. [From a Correspondent.]

Empire · Thursday 28 December 1854 · page 4

The management of the Gold Fields of Victoria appears to be a matter of considerable difficulty to out southern neighbours. Although possessing the same elements of population as New South…

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Gold and Silver Statistics. (From the Daily News.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 December 1854 · page 5

ON Thursday we directed attention to a "Return," just issued by the authority of the House of Commons, of "all the gold and silver imported into and exported from the United Kingdom," and to the fact…

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Gold Circular

Empire · Saturday 30 December 1854 · page 6
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The exchange having been again turned, the gold market, in consequence, has had a sudden check, and prices much reduced. This will of course have the effect of sending a large number of buyers into the market…

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Gold Circular

Empire · Saturday 30 December 1854 · page 6

The banks have again reduced the rate of exchange which is now 2 per cent, premium; and the price of gold has suffered a proportionate decline, with a further downward tendency…

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