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In my last I referred to the advance made towards making gold digging more thoroughly a mining operation. The Bathurst Free Press of last week reports a proposed meeting of miners to be held the following Monday to organize scheme for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Western Escort arrived yesterday from the respective goldfields and delivered at the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint the following quantities of gold dust:— From Bathurst, 740 oz 6 dwts; Orange, 33 oz 13, dwts 4 grs;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An explosion occurred on Tuesday, the 15th July, in the collieries of Messrs Insole and Co., at Cymmer, situate in the Rhoudda Valley, about fourteen miles above Cardiff, which has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE following is a letter from a practical digger, who has been at work at most of the mnines at Victoria, and left Sydney for the Rocky River a few weeks since:— OCTOBER 19TH.—According to promise, I let you…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE evening, as we learn from an authentic source, the Overland Mail will carry away to the East not less than £600,000 worth of the precious metals. A fortnight since, when the last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The rush alluded to in my last, to the Head of the Sawyer's Gully, has to a certain extent, turned out a winner. I can safely say, that two shafts out of every four will pay. This week will go far to prove whether…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE DELEGATE DIGGINGS.—Mr. Phillip Hart, of George-street, received a fine sample of gold from these diggings, weighing 38 ounces, by the City of Sydney, from Twofold Bay. They are considered good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From a private letter from the above diggings, dated Paterson Hill, October 21st, we extract the following items of intelligence:— A melancholy and fatal accident occurred on the 20th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT would appear from the subjoined letter, which we have received from a highly respectable party, that gold in paying quantities has been found on the Tumut. The "prospects" which were procured by Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Since I last wrote to you, things have been progressing much as usual with ns, although our appearance in the escort returns has been rather unimportant. The reason is that the Banks in Bathurst have been giving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following is an outline of the interesting and instructive lecture delivered by Mr. H. Waymouth, at the School of Arts, on Tuesday evening. Having made a few preliminary observations, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1 AM informed to-day, on good authority, that the diggings are advancing. The report says that Mr. Pratt's party of five, last week realized £50—ten pounds per man,—and that others are also doing well…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Western and Southern Escorts arrived yesterday from the respective gold-fields, and delivered at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint the following quantities of gold-dust:— WESTERN…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Writing to the Armidale Express on 22nd October, the special correspondent of that journal says:— The weather continues beautiful; the grass is springing up fast, which is much required to improve the condition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our townsman, Mr. A. Levien, who returned on Thursday from the Rocky River, has obliged us with the following account of the present state of the diggings there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Northern Escort arrived in Maitland on Sunday evening from the Rocky River, with 2236 ounces 11 dwts. 7 grs.; and bringing also 870 sovereigns. The journey down was fine, until arrival at Muswell Brook on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WE have been favoured by a mercantile firm with the following extract of a letter, dated October 30:— "I have to inform you of a most melancholy affair which happened here yesterday evening. Five men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last Friday's southern and western escorts, closed the last month's receipt of gold by official sources in Sydney. The total received by escort and post being for the month of October 24,062 ounces. The first three months of this your brought into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEW DIGGINGS AT FITZGERALD'S SWAMP.— We are informed by Mr. Smith, who called at our office yesterday morning, that some now ground had been struck at Eitzgerald's Swamp, about fourteen miles…
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