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279 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 14
The bountiful dews still descend, upon the generous earth, but the fleece of the Rocky is dry; and Christmas is coming, with the New Year on his back, and there is not a "shot in the locker" wherewith to give him a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE ROCKY RIVER.—The Armidale Express, of the 26th ultimo, says:—Nothing fresh about the diggings. I have merely observed a novelty, that Mr. Sly is preparing to sink in the gully at the foot of Mount Jones, and is dressing slates to support the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FROM Sailor's Gully and the Crudine, the Mudgee Newspaper's correspondent writes:—The rush to Sailor's Gully has not up to the present time turned out so well as was anticipated, and although some of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The rush to Sailor's Gully has not up to the present time tured out so well as was anticipated, and although some of the diggers there have done exceedingly well, it is by no means a place for men who have not the means…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Saturday, August 8, upwards of 3000 men and boys employed in the extonsive colliery works of the Marchioness of Londonderry were entertained, at dinner by her Ladyship, in a large, commodious, and tastefully…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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, 56 ozs 12 grs; Braidwood, 903 ozs 9 dwts…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The temporary excitement caused here by the rush to the back of the Scotch Church has subsided, and out of the fifty or sixty men who were working there, not ten remains; those, however, are all getting a little, though none of them are making more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A correspondent of the Goulburn Chronicle writes from Major's Creek, under date, January 11th, as follows:- Not a word from Major's Crook lately. Notwithstanding the escort took down 1500 ozs. of gold from the Braidwood gold field…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There is a great flux and reflux of diggers between this and the Crudine, and opinions vary as to the richness or poverty of the Crudine Creek as gold field. One fact, however, all admit, that coarse gold has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SOFALA, 15th January.—The inhabitants of the Turon were to-day thrown into a state of excitement by the sudden and incredulous announcement of a large nugget of gold having been found on Spring Creek. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THREE able articles on this subject having some time ago appeared in the Revue des deux Mondes, the following remarks thereon were published in a recent issue of the London Daily News—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?] Western and Southern Escorts arrived yesterday from the [?]pective gold-fields, and delivered at the Sydney Branch of the [?]yal Mint the following quantities of gold-dust:— [?]estern.—From Bathurst, 83 ozs 10 dwts 12 grs; Orange, 16…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JANUARY 14.—The miners of this gold-field, for a short time disorganised by the Christmas festivities, have again resumed the old routine of operations. The population of Araluon has lately received considerable increase by new arrivals from the Ovens…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From Richardson's Point to the World's End, a distance of many miles, there are scattered about five hundred diggers, who are, as a body, doing better than any five hundred on the gold fields. The only points,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is hardly credible, but a veritable fact neverth[?] that all the gold in the world could be contain[?] good-sized cellar. A room 24 feet square and [?] high would hold it all. At least, so says Mr. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN a letter on the "Vine Disease," addressed to the Portuguese, French, and Spanish Ambassadors by Mr. John Malam, of Holmpton Lodge, near Withernsea, Yorkshire, that gentleman suggests the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Hobart Town Gazette contains an interesting report on the coal-fields of Tasmania, drawn up by J. Milligan, Esq., F.L.S., in compliance with a request made on behalf of the Melbourne Chamber of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LOUISA CREEK.—IT is very satisfactory to be able to report a slight improvement in the aspect of mining affairs at the Louisa. Not only is there a greater display of energy amongst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This week there has been a rush to the ridge on the northern aide of Sydney Flat, in consequence of a party having bottomed a shaft there at a depth of 14 feet, where six inches thick of washing stuff was obtained,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SAILOR'S GULLEY.—"Sailor's Gully is done," at least so say the men working there. Whether such be the fact or not, when once this cry is raised on a digging, the hulk of the population may soon be expected to clear out, and accordingly the exodus from…
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