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279 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 14
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 Orange, 366 ozs [?] dwts 11 grs; Tambaroora, 307 ozs 12…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Those who had a sufficient stock of patience and perseverance to remain at the new rush to Mount Welsh seem now to be reaping the fruit of these two great requisites in a gold digger's life, one party getting as high…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HITHERTO our extracts from the papers, concerning the reported gold discoveries on the Frazer River, have presented generally only the bright [?] of the picture. The following quotation from the Crescent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It was on Saturday evening, the 17th instant, that we took our place in the Yass mail, on the way to the farfumed Adelong, of which we had heard so much lately that we determinad to seize an opportunity which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thursday the 23rd instant having been fixed for the shirting of the Engine at those Gold Mines, a very considernble number of persons, evidently much interested in the event of the day, were congregated on the scence of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A writer in the Kiama Examiner says on this snbject —Having lately heard a good deal of talk about the probability of finding a payable deposit of the above in this distriot, I take the liberty of addressing you on the sub…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We are gradually becoming isolated in the midst of a dense Chinese population; in every direction we see them wending their way in search of the auriferous deposit, malting rushes similar'to those we were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As I have written much respecting the quartz' mines of California, and the process used for collecting the gold, I have thought perhaps it would not be uninteresting to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The great experiment—for experiment it unquestionably was—of establishing Municipalities under Captain Clarke's Act, has been eminently successful; in some cases, it must be admitted, less so than in others;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HIS Excellency the Governor-General, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to establish the following Regulations, under the provisions of the Act of Parliament, 20 Victoria, No. 29, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Western, Southern, and Northern Escorts have arrived during the week, from the several gold-fields, and delivered at the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint, the following quantities of gold-dust. WESTERN.—From Bathurst: 408 ozs; Sofala, 1019 ozs 7 dwts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal of a superior quality has recently been found in the Berrima district. A late number of the Goulburn Herald contains the following paragraph:—A beautiful sample of coal from the mines near Berrima has during…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It would appear that a remarkable increase has taken place during the last few months in the productiveness of our gold fields. In the year 1856, the quantity produced for the six months, ending in June, was 45,1[?]0…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In connection with the new regulations for the gold fields published in another part of the EMPIRE this morning, we may mention that the following circular letter will be addressed to the Gold Commissioners:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Government Gazette Extraordinary issued August 5 contains the following regulations:- Department of Land and Public Works, Sydney, 5th August, 1858…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →By the arrival of the George Raynes, on the 16th ultime, we have received information of the discovery of rich gold-fields on Vancouver's Island, Puget Sound, and such has been the rush, that three steamers with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE proposition for extending the elective franchise to the gold-diggers of the colony was affirmed by a large majority in the Assembly last night The minority and majority…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE opinions which have been from time to time, for some years past, expressed through the columns of the Herald as to the extraordinary extent of the coal and iron mines of New South Wales, and the value of their…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The diggings here are decidedly more prosperous than they were a month ago, and although then has been no visible increase in the population of late, I am confident there shortly, will be when it becomes known that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—No doubt now remains of a very remunerative working gold-field having been discovered at Rockhampton. Working men themselves state that they can with facility wash out from the value of 15s. to 25s…
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