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Mining & the mines, 1854

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Gold Mining Shareholders' Meeting. the Lake Bathurst Mining Company. (From the Mining Journal, December 24.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1854 · page 3

A MEETING was held at the London Tavern, on Thursday, for the purpose of considering the propriety of taking legal or other proceedings against the directors of this company. Mr. H. Guedalla in the chair…

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Tasmanian Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1854 · page 2

IN the present agitated state of the public mind in reference to the existence of remunerating gold fields in this island, we believe we cannot act more satisfactorily than to publish for the information of our…

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Hobart Town Gold Circular

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1854 · page 2

Since the purchase by this office of the last parcel of 3000 ozs. at the high figure quoted, the price has slightly receded, and Victoria may now be quoted at £3 17s. 3d. to £3 17s. 6d., and perhaps a trifle upwards, according to quality and quantity. Tasmanian…

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Lake Bathurst Mining Company. (From the Morning Chronicle, December 17.) Court of Common Pleas. Nisi Prius Sittings at Guildhall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1854 · page 3

BEFORE Lord Chief Justice JERVIS. HARVEY v. IRON. This was an action for not depositing 3000 shares in the Lake Bathurst Australasian Gold Mining…

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Our Copper Mines. (From Saturday's Bathurst Free Press.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1854 · page 5

THERE is one gratifying fact connected with our industrial progress, which is worthy of record at this particular period of time—powerful, and we may say almost overwhelming as the influence of gold has…

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The Meroo Gold-field

Empire · Saturday 25 March 1854 · page 5

We have been favoured with the following letter from a practical digger at the Meroo. There is a large section of country in the vicinity of the Mer[?] untried, or rather unworkcd,…

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Mining Intelligence. Braid Wood

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 25 March 1854 · page 7

March 13, 1854. -- Our digging population here may still congratulate themselves upon the successful results of their exertions. Although during the past week I have heard of no very great prizes being round, the absence of all complaints from them, and the…

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The Southern Gold Fieds. Braidwood. March 13, 1854

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 March 1854 · page 3

Our digging population here may still congratulate themselves upon the succesful results of their exertions. Although during the past week I have heard of no very great prizes being found,…

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The Colonial Gold Company. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1854 · page 4

SIR,—I have just seen a letter from Mr. Hargraves published in your paper of the 6th instant, written ostensibly to show that the result of operations on the quartz vein at Louisa Creek should not be considered a "test" of other veins. I perfectly agree with him,…

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The Diggings. the Northern Gold Fields. the Hanging Rock. Saturday March 11, 1854

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 March 1854 · page 3

The northern gold escort used to run monthly for the accommodation of the digging community And others, and a great advantage it was to them, but persons did not fully appreciate the value of…

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The Importance of the Australian Gold Discoveries. (From the London Morning Herald, December 24th.)

Empire · Saturday 25 March 1854 · page 3

The recent intelligence from Australia must not, even in the excitement of political speculation, he overlooked. The last accounts from the gold diggings represent discoveries of the precious…

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The Western Gold Fields. (From the Bathurst Free Press of Saturday.) the Turon

Empire · Tuesday 28 March 1854 · page 2

The items of news eoncerning this almost deserted locality, which I have to remit to you are exce[?]ding devoid of interest to the majority of your readers. Most people on perusing your…

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The State of the Money Market and the Export of Gold. (From the Circular to Bankers.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 March 1854 · page 3

ALTHOUGH no very material changes have occurred in the prices of the principal public securities during the month just ended, there is evidence sufficient to show that the monetary world is far from being in a…

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Wednesday, March 29, 1851. The Sydney Morning Herald. Gold Discoveries in Victoria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 March 1854 · page 4

WE yesterday published the Report of the Select Committee of the legislative Council of Victoria on the claims for the discovery of gold in that colony. By it, it appears that the…

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The Gold Discoveries in Great Britain. (From the Mining Journal)

Empire · Thursday 30 March 1854 · page 3

The successful results which have attended all the experiments in the reduction of auriferous rocks by Berdan's machine since our first notice of its practical operation, on the 29th of October…

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Mining Statistics of Chili

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1854 · page 2

WE have been favoured, says the Mining Journal, by a communication from Mr. A. Dillon, M.E., now in Valparaiso, on the subject of the produce of the mines of that Republic. The…

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The Times on the Gold License Fee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1854 · page 4

THE prestige which, surrounds the Great Thunderer, of Printing-House Square, would seem almost to render impregnable any position which is taken up in his columns; but we…

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The Gold Gratuities in Victoria. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1854 · page 5

SIR,—The report of the committee on claims to Original discovery of the gold fields of Victoria states "the discovery of the Victoria gold fields has converted a remote dependency into a country of world-wid[?]…

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The Northern Gold Fields. (from the Maitland Mercury's Correspondent.) Hanging Rock. 18th March, 1854

Empire · Thursday 30 March 1854 · page 3

On Friday night last we had a thunders[?]rm pass over the [?]k, with a f[?]ll of rain. The storm was of an ordinary nature, with the exception of one vivid forked flash of lightning, and…

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The Iron and Metal Trades of South Staffordshire. (From the Mining Journal.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1854 · page 2

BIRMINGHAM, DECEMBER 22.—The scarcity of motals, and consequent embarrassment to the various manufacturers, still continue, and with very little prospect of a change for the better…

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