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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1855

435 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 22

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

Empire · Tuesday 25 September 1855 · page 5

Everything has been much in stata since last week, except the wet state of the weather and rise in the river, which has a good deal interrupted mining operations…

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Gold Circulars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 September 1855 · page 8

[?] which arrived by the [?] this morning is 1816 [?] [?] [?] [?]…

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Gold Circular

Empire · Saturday 29 September 1855 · page 5

ThE quantity which arrived by the escort this morning is 1816 oz. 14 dwts. 16 grains. The market is very inactive, and although we continue our quotations, so few have been the transactions which have…

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Mining Intelligence. the Hanging Rock

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 29 September 1855 · page 6

For the last two or three days we have had some very heavy rains, and it is feared much damage will be sustained in some of the old claims; but generally, during the last week many of the diggers have been doing better, one party alone selling…

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(To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 September 1855 · page 3

SIR,—One who subscribes herself "An Injured Wife," although she should rather have called herself an "angry one," inserted in your paper of the 7th of July, a most exaggerated, uncharitable,…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Hanging Rock. (From a correspondent of the Maitland Mercury, September 29.)

Empire · Monday 1 October 1855 · page 3

Oakenville is still giving good returns to the diggers, and some parties are making extensive preparations for the summer work. Happy Valley is again the scene of considerable…

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Oregon. Discovery of Gold

Empire · Wednesday 3 October 1855 · page 3

OUR Intest intelligence from the Oregon Territory is to the 25th June. The Standard, in its issue of June 21st, announced that there were rumours to the effect that gold in…

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Southern Gold Fields. Braidwood

Empire · Wednesday 3 October 1855 · page 2

A correspondent of the Goulburn Chronicle of Saturday last, writes as follows from the Braidwood Diggings:- We have several parties out prospecting for gold, and from their reports, there is but little doubt but that a…

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Gold Circular

Empire · Saturday 6 October 1855 · page 5

In consequence of the Government having taken off the escort from Mudgee, the storekeepers and others are compelled to take their gold to the Meroo diggings for transmission to Sydney, or run the risk of acuding it by post or by private hands. This is a very…

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Gold Circular

Empire · Saturday 6 October 1855 · page 5

This market is very dull. The quantity offering very small, and the demand trifling: this may be accounted for by the low prices in the sister colony of Victoria. The banks, &c., are enabled to get their supplies much cheaper there than in this…

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Yesterday's Receipt of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 October 1855 · page 5

THE Western and Southern Gold Escorts arrived yesterday at the Colonial Treasury, and delivered the following quantities of gold dust. WESTERN…

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The Diggings. the Southern Gold Fields. Braidwood

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 October 1855 · page 9

A correspondent of the Goulburn Chronicle of Saturday last, writes as follows from the Braidwood Diggings:—"We have several parties out prospecting for gold, and from their reports, there…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Hanging Rock

Empire · Monday 8 October 1855 · page 6

A correspondent of the Maitland Mercury writes as follows from Oakenville Creck, under date October 1:- It is rumoured that a new gold field has been discovered in the neighbourhood of the Crawney…

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I-Mining Right

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 October 1855 · page 3

All persons holding the Miner's Right under the provisions of the Act of the Governor and Council, l8 Victoria, No. 37, will be authorised to mine for gold upon any Waste Lands of the Crown, and to…

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New Regulations for the Gold Fields, Victoria. (Published on Thursday, October 4, 1855)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 October 1855 · page 3

SUP[?]MENT to the Victoria Government Gazette of Tuesday, October 2, 1855. Colonial Secretary's Office, Melbourne, 3rd October, 1855…

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Gold Circular

Empire · Saturday 13 October 1855 · page 3

By the Western Escort this morning 1282 ou[?]ces have been received, which is rather below the overage quantity; nor is there much reported as having come to hand through other channels. The demand, however, keeps very slow; and although…

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Gold Circular

Empire · Saturday 13 October 1855 · page 3

A very fine nugget has arrived in Sydney from the Louisa Creek, weighing 126 ounces, and one also from the Meroo, about 42 ounces; this looks well, and it is to be hoped will be followed by a very large increase of gold, as the fine weather is now…

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Gold Circulars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 October 1855 · page 5

BY the Western Escort this morning, 128[?] ounces have been received, which is rather below the average quantity. Nor is there much reported as having come to hand through other channels. The demand, however, keeps very slow; and although a reduction…

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Mining Intelligence. BRAIDWOOD October 4th, 1855

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 13 October 1855 · page 6

GOLD FIELDS. -- Nothing new has turned up since my last. The Araluen still goes a head, and the old Major's Creek seems inexhaustible. I know several old hands that are doing well there; that Gold is got, and that in considerable quantities,…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Hanging Rock. (From a Correspondent of the Maitland Mercury.)

Empire · Monday 15 October 1855 · page 5

Within the last few days the diggings here have taken a new aspect. An American party of five having arrived from the Turon, set in at Happy Valley, and have daily since taken from five to eight ounces. In consequence…

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