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Since my last letter respecting the d[?]gings we have been very dull, owing as [?]l to the scarcity of water. There are very few he[?], but all seem to, make a good living. A few days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE banking returns of Victoria recently suggested to us an enquiry as to what had become of all that colony's vast wealth. There had been little or none of it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE continued scarcity and increased demand for gold dust has caused a further advance in price this week, but this cannot be considered permanent, but merely one of those sudden reactions in the market which last only for a very brief period, in all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The continued scarcity and increased demands for gold dust has caused a further advance. In price this week; but this cannot be considered permanent; but merely one of those sudden reactions in the market which last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Since my last letter respecting the diggings we have been very dull, owing as usual to the scarcity of water. There are very few here, but all seem to make a good living. A few days ago…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BALLARAT.—The correspondent of the Melbourne M. Herald, writing from Ballarat on February 23rd, states that large nuggets are now getting as common as blackberries. One 331bs. odd was taken from the Eureka a day or two since; another, of the same…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold has continued steady, at the closing price of last week, via. 77s 9d. The escorts show an increase, on the whole, over last week. Ballarat, which takes the lead, shows 1000 ounces of an increase—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The decision come to by the Government relative to the water company taking water for sluicing purposes from the Dungowan Creek is most fair and impartial; for whilst it grants permission for water to be taken from thence for gold washing, it guarantees…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The price has continued during the week without alteration, viz. 78s. to 78s. 3d. for large lots. The supply has been an average one. The news from the field this week is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The high price which gold reached, last week has been fully maintained, and in some instances an advance took place. The market left off at 77s. 9d…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THERE has been no change in the buying price since last circular, the price standing now, as then, at 78s. to 78s. 3d. The supply for the week has been good, a considerable number of diggers having been about town, and who, in most instances,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thou beautiful metal! the[?] some may abuse, Who [?] not thy mission,—who mark not thy use,— To me thou appearest with purposes great: Tho[?] friend of the friendless! thou softener of hate!…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some time has elapsed since I gave you any information repeating the progress of our diggings. We are much in want of water, in fact all the springs on the table land are running very slow, and unless rain comes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NOT long ago a very learned lecturer enlivened an elaborate discourse upon national destinies by some startling speculations on the supply of coal. The observations delivered were not, it is true, of that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE banks having altered the rate of Exchange, has caused the gold market to rise in the same ratio. It is almost impossible to quote prices, in as much as the sailing of the Chusan will probably cause a decline in price greater than the almost feverish…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In our previous reports, in speaking of the auriferous ridge in Oakenville Creek, we committed an error in the name of the discoverer. Captain Madgwick is the name of the gentleman who has benefitted these diggings by prospecting this un worked ground…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE TURON.—The Uncle Tom diggings, are now the point of attraction: nearly all our miners are there, while, as a necessary consequence, much ground is being well turned over, and fresh auriferous spots are daily discovered within a few miles of that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →March 8th, 1854. -- Our gold mines I am happy to say are flourishing, and large quantities of gold are to be obtained; last week in going over the new diggings on Major's Creek I went about from one digger to another, and I could scarcely find a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our gold fields I am happy to say are flourishing, and large quantities of gold are obtained; last week in going over the new diggings on Major's Creek I went about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Banks having altered the rate of exchange has caused the gold market to tise in the same ratio. It is almost impossible to quote prices, inasmuch as the sailing of the Chusan will probably cause a decline in price…
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