The Northern Gold Fields. the Hanging Rock
"We quote as follows from the Maitland Mercury [?] yestertlay:— Mr. Bradford, of the firm of Messrs. Davies and Bradford, called on us yesterday, and favoured us with…
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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River. (From the Armidale Express, August 8.)
On Sunday evening last, a melancholy occurrence took place on the River. A man of colour, named Simmons, from Philadelphia, had gone down an old shaft, and was in the act of scraping out some gravel at the entrance…
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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, 505 ozs 9 dwts; Stoney Creck, 371 ozs 3 dwts; Sofala, 438 ozs 18 dwts 23 grs;…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our Gold Fields. Araluen. [From a Correspondent.]
AUGUST 10.âThe late heavy rains have occasioned a stoppage in a[?]ing operations as well as delay in the reception and transmission of the mails, no communication having been received from Sydney for upwards…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Southern Gold Fields. (From the Geulburn Chronicle of Wednesday.) BRAIDWOOD
THE GOLD FIELDS.—I am rather surprised that for some time past no information has appeared in your journal respeoting the diggings on Major's Creek. Considering tho quantity of gold sent regularly by escort it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Gold-fields. Louisa Creek
BEING an advocate for the welfare and advancement of our mining community, as I am in receipt of your paper weekly, it is with some surprise I find so little said of these gold-fields, which are of such importance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. the Coromandel Gold Fields
WE copy the following from the Southern Cross, July 21:— Yesterday a quantity of gold, mainly in quartz, obtained at Coromandel, was brought to our office for…
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A correspondent of our Mudgee contemporary writes as follows:— Being an advocate for the welfare and advancement of our mining community, as I am in receipt of your paper,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Orange. the Gold Robbery. (From the Correspondent of the Bathurst Free Press, August 12.)
On Monday, the 3rd instant, Thomas Dalton and Henry Curran appeared before our Bench on remand. Joseph Aaron, junior, on oath, said: I am a gold buyer; I buy extensively; bought some gold from the…
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A correspondent of the Goulburn Chronicle writes from Major's Creek, under date August ll, to the following effect:— Our creek, notwithstanding the silence of your…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gold-fields of New South Wales. [From Our Special Commissioner.] No. 24. Tuena to Goulburn
AFTER leaving Tuena, the road to Goulburn lies over heavy mountain ranges, now ascending a gully, then piercing a scrub on the stony summit of a ridge, then again descending by a winding pathway along the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Works in England. (From the Times, June 8.)
PEOPLE who only know of gold in nuggets, and who are accustomed weekly to read of the arrival of half-a-million in ounces from Australia, may be surprised to hear of works for the crushing of gold quartz being…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Wentworth Gold Field Robberies. (From the Bathurst Free Press, August 15.)
The Western Districts have for some time past been happily free from depredations of larger magnitude than would be properly designated as a petty larceny or of pettifogging character, and with the exception of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Northern Gold Fields. (From the Armidale Express, August 15.) the Rocky River
To show the profit and loss account of the Rocky River diggings lately, I cannot do better that quote the last escort returns—namely, 750 ozs, a week. Reckening as high as 900 diggers, this gives £3 per man a week. The…
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THE Southern Escort arrived yesterday from the respective goldfields, and delivered at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint the following quantities of gold dust:— From Goulburn, 326 ozs 10 dirts 17 grs; Braidwood, 857 ozs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Works in England. (From the Times, June 8.)
People who only know of gold in nuggets, and who are accustomed weekly to read of the arrival of half-a-million in ounces from Australia, may be surprised to hear of works for the crushing of gold quartz being…
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THE Western Escort arrived yesterday from the respective gold-fields, and delivered at the Sydney bran[?] of the Royal Mint the following quantities of gold-dust:— August 18th.—From Bathurst, 25 oz. 12 dwts. 6 grs.; Stoney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Melbourne Gold and General Mining Association. Vice-chancellor's Court, 13Th June. Robson V. the Earl of Devon
THIS case was finally heard, and decided to-day, before Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart. The case alleged by the plaintiff in his bill and at the bar was as follows:—In April, 1852, the Earl of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Reedy Creek Gold Field. (From the Bathurst Free Press, August 29.)
We have from time to time taken notice in our columns of the operations now being conducted in the vicinity of Reedy Creek, by a body of miners who have for some weeks been employed in deep sinking, and as we now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River. (Correspondent of Armidale Express, August 22.)
Several times within the last twelve month's there have been migrations from our diggings, and at such times we were assured that the Rocky, was certainly done, and yet the Rocky has outlived these unfavourable…
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