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279 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 14
A correspondent of the Goulburn Chronicle writes:- We have been blessed with a copious supply of [?]rain, which has done a great deal of good on all the diggings, particularly on the Old Creek and Long Flat. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Western escort arrived yesterday from the several goldfields, and delivered at the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint the following quantities of gold-dust. From Bathurst: 251 ozs 17 dwts 2 grs; Orange, 30 ozs 10 dwts;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—The following notices from a thoroughly practical miner of the gold-diggings on the Rocky River, in New England, are so pregnant with interest to all who are conversant with the subject, either in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Bendigo Advertiser states, that in consequence of an arrangement come to between the bankers and gold buyers, at a meeting held on the 1st instant, the price of alluvial gold will he £3 15s. per ounce…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The quantity of gold-dust delivered by the escorts from our several gold-fields during the month of May has been 17,915 oun[?]es; for the same month of 1857 the quantity was 11,750 ounces. The increase on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The prospects of our gold fields have of late brightened. A visible increase has taken place in the yield. Beyond the addition of a large number of Chinamen to our mining population, it is not more numerous than…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →5000 sovereigns Oriental Bank 1000 Mason 96 ounces gold dust Molison and Black. The barque Glimse, from San Francisco, is 51 days out, with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TUNNELLING WORKS ON THE ROCKY RIVER.—On a late visit to the Rocky, we were delighted by proceeding on two occasions through the German tunnel, in Mount Jones—once with Mr. Rae, and again with Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Western, Southern, and Northern Escorts have arrived during the week, and delivered at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint the following quantities of gold dust. Western.—From Bathurst, 738 o[?]s 16 dwt[?] 5 grs; Stoney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—It is a very long time since I have written anything on the subject of gold in Australia, but I have received a refresher and must awake. In your impression of the 7th instant, is a letter from Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE special correspondent of the Armidale Express, at the Rocky River,[?]writes, under date the 9th instant:- I observe that several parties are at work on the shallow ground (five to nine feet) on the face of Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Those who pretend to be good judges of the weather give it as their opinion that severe frosts are generally followed by heavy rains. If such doctrines hold good, we may soon expect wet weather, as the frost of the last week have been so intense…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Western Escort arrived yesterday from the several go[?]. fields,and delivered at the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint, the following quantities of gold-dust:- From Bathurst, [?]1 ozs 2 dwts; Louisa Creek, 886 ozs 19 dwts;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR, —In Monday's Herald there appeared a letter from Mr. Hodgson, the A. A. Company's Superintendent, respecting the quality of their coal for steam purposes, accompanied by a certificate of trial from the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, which paper…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ballarat has once more placed itself in its old and proud position of having produced from its auriferous treasures, the largest, mass of gold that has over been discovered in its virgin state. After the finding of the Blanche Barkly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE opinions which have been from time to time, for some years past, expressed through the columns of the Herald aa to the extraordinary extent of the coal and iron mines of New South Wales, and the value of their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →JUNE 22.—Our miners continue with undiminished vigour to search for and obtain, in many instances with well deserved success, a renewed supply of the precious metal; and that the Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It was generally supposed that gold in paying quantities was not to be found in the bed of the Rocky beyond the lower end of Brown's paddock, but for some time past a large number of Chinese have been working the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Western Escort arrived yesterday from the several gold-fields, and delivered at the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint the following quantities of gold-dust:- From Bathurst: 737 ozs 2 dwts 10 grs; Louisa Creek, 1022 ozs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We have just been informed that a party who has been prospecting the back tributaries of the head of the Turon, has come upon some beautiful specimens of gold and that several parties are about settling down there…
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