The Gold Magnet
A late number of the Atlas contains the following marvellous statement, furnished by its Paris correspondent: The scientific world has been kept in a state…
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Commercial. Gold Circular
THIS market is without alteration; a good quantity has been received by private hands, particularly from the Northern Digglage, which appear to be yielding more than the usual average. The Western Escort brought down 1185 ozs. 13 dwts. 13 grs., as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday's Receipt of Gold
BY the Government escort, the following quantities of gold dust were deposited yesterday at the Colonial Treasury: From Tambaroora, 200 ozs. 2 dwta.; from Sofala, 479 ozs. 13 grs; Avisford, 509 ozs. 11 dwta. Total, 1188 ozs. 13 dwta…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The World of Sydney. Or, Pure Gold and Gewgaw Glitter. Pen and Ink Sketches. Law and Its Consequences. -- a Brief Sketch
How sad it is for mankind that Courts of Law so widely differ from Courts of Common Sense, and the broad, plain, straight highroad of equity is twisted and turned into a thousand tortuous by-ways full of pit falls and springes, ready…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Southern Gold Fields, From a [?] of the G[?] C[?] of Saturday.)
BRAIDWOOD,—The reports from the diggings are of a nature. There has been some very good gold got at the Eittle River, near the Sergeant's Camp. A party of three took oat twenty-one ounces on Saturday last, including…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mines and the People of Placer County. (From the Correspondent of the California Chronicle.)
A RIDE from Sacramento over the Plains towards Yankee Jim's is characterized by nothing peculiar from one in any other direction. Yet we could but notice, as at other times when from month to month…
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If England and France were to take possession of the whole of the Crimea, and wished, without keeping up any army of occupation, at a vast expense, to prevent Russia from ever re-establishing her power, they have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Gold Fields. Rich Discovery at the Hanging Rock
A correspondent of the Maitland Mercury, writing from the Hanging Kock, December 9th, reports the following discovery of rich workings:— In making the following communication, I have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Paper. Gold Fields, Murru[?]didgee District, (Report From Mr. Commissioner Lockhart.) Murrumbidgee District, Crown Lands' Office, 1st November, 1855
SirâSince my report to you on the general state of the gold fields in this district, dated April 19th, 1855, No. 55-158, until lately, there has nothing occurred which called for any report from me, other than appears…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday's Recept of Gold
THE Western Escort arrived yesterday, at the Colonial Treasury, and delivered the following quantities of gold dust:— FROM BATHURST, 207 ozs; Tambaroor[?] [?] oz[?] 15 dwts;…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining Intelligence. Hanging Rock. Rich Discovery at Golden Flat. Sunday, Dec. 9, 1855
In making the following communication, I have named the locality, Golden Flat, to distinguish it from other spots frequently alluded to. Since the discovery of the Hanging Rock diggings, I believe such a prospect of a large and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Diggings. the Northern Gold Fields the Hanging Rock Rich Discovery at Golden Flat. Sunday, Dec. 9, 1855
In making the following communication I have named the Golden Flat, to distinguish it from other spots frequently alluded to. Since the discovery of the Hanging Rock diggings, I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Washing Sands for Gold. To the Editor of the Southern Cross
SIR,—The following observations, having reference to simple hand explorations for native gold in auriferous sands, without reducing or amalgamating processes, may not be deemed by you uninteresting, or unworthy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. Gold Circular
The Western and Southern Escorts have brought down this morning 2451 oz. 7 dwts. 6 grs., as under; this, considering the holidays, wet weather, &c., is a very fair average; besides rather large quanti[?]es have been received from the Adelong diggings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday's Receipt of Gold Dust
THE Western and Southern escorts arrived yeste[?]day at the Colonial Treasury, and delivered the following quantities of gold dust. WESTERN. From Bathurst, [?] 4 dwts 12 grs; Sofals, 407 oz[?] 18 dwts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Poet's Corner. Labour! a Ballad for Our Mines and Manufactories
Fair work for fair wages! it's all that we ask, An Englishman loves what is fair,— We'll never complain of the toil or the task, If Livelihood comes with the care…
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