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SANDY CREEK is almost deserted. We have no intelligence either from the Ovens or the mythical diggings of Mount Gibbo. The district as usual is very orderly, and there is a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—I am induced to offer a few remarks in reply to the Retired Gold Digger respecting the origin and deposit of gold, because the tone of the letter indicates a love of truth, and whilst in words…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE demand for gold this week has been very limited—and very little has been offered for sale—but the low price in Port Phillip will no doubt bring a large quantity here, as it realizes a much higher figure. From correspondet [?]s at the diggings I am…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The state of the weather being the all-absorbing topic, we of the Turon may be thankful that we have not to record any deaths from the extreme heat of the sun, although we are not without a great many cases of bronchitis and influenza, arising…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The above Company have determined to throw open their Gold Field, at Frederick's Valley to the public, under the same regulations as at the Turon, and what may be considered a very moderate fee. £1 sterling per calendar month. We hail it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SPRING CREEK.—The new rush at the Junction still continues to attract the attention of considerable numbers of miners. About 400 persons are now collected there, and though many "duffers" are undoubtedly sunk, some parties are doing remarkably well…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We have been favored with a heavy full of rain, which did considerable damage to the claims in Oakanville Creek, and has driven many of the miners who were working there to the dry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is evident from various historical sources that in most ancient times the proportion between gold and silver fluctuated between 1:10 and 1:15, s.e., that for every pound weight of gold was given…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have had another fall of rain, which has grently benefited Happy Valley, and those diggigns are now being actively worked by a large number of miners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR—I am obliged to Mr. Davison for the friendly spirit he has evinced in his roply to my observations respecting tho origin and deposit of gold, contained in last Monday's Empire, and will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE recent election of Dr. Owen, by the Bendigo diggers, as the representative member for the Gold Fields, has excited some attention and much discussion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE character assigned to this volume in some of the English reviews is not overstated. It is a plain unpretending instructive work, by an intelligent, highly educated, and accomplished man of science, gifted with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There has been very little demand for gold dust this week, and the quantity offered very small. As the escorts do not arrive in Sydney until to-morrow, it is of course impossible to from an opinion as to the quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TAMBAROORA.—Although a number of companies have for a length of time been settled in the Western district for the working of quartz veins, &c., comparatively speaking, but little has appeared in the columns…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There has been very little demand for gold dust this week, and the quantity offered very small. As the escorts do not arrive in Sydney until to-morrow, it is of course impossible to form an opinion as to the quautily…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The diggings here are doing pretty well in general. Moreing's Flat is all but abandoned, although there, is no doubt plenty of gold in that locality, but it is a great drawback to gold-diggers having to dig on private ground, the proprietors…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The buying price remains about the same as at last quotations, viz., 75s. 6d. to 76s. There has been rather more husiness doing this week; a good many diggers' parcels have been offered. The qyantlty now brought to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SPRING CREEK--The new rush at the Junction still continues to attract the attention of considerable numbers of miners. About 400 persons are now collected there, and though duffers' are undoubtedly sunk, some parties are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We have had another fall of rain, which has greatly benefitted Happy Valley, and those diggings are now being actively worked by a large number of miners…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →SPRING CREEK.—Although a considerable increase is observable in the population of this gold field, mining operations have been prosecuted but slowly, in consequence of the attractions offered by the races…
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