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185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 10
ONCE again to the Pyramul. Three minor ranges diverge from the Bogie table mountain, in which many small streams have their source, and have enriched this neighbourhood. There is a large extent of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE sun shines bright and glorious; and, as the fleecy vapours sail across the clear blue sky their shadows flit over hill and valley, and the fitful breeze in playful mood rushes wildly through the forest,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →APRIL 23.—Alluvial sinking is nearly at a stand-still, many of those formerly digging here having gone to tempt fortune at Merendee, but matters are looking very bright on the reef…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AFTRR the digression in my Inst, into the various formations or granitic gold-fields, originating in the finding of a fragment of igneous rock, we shall proceed leisurely down the Devil's Hole Creek. Below…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE operations of this Company are proceeding satisfacterily in every respect. The extensive machinery imported from England, and already erected at Mittagong; and late advices of the immediate shipment,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THERE is no person for whom hope does so much as the gold-digger; she sustains him through hardships and dangers at the bare contemplation of which our nature quails, and from which the greatest hero, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WHEN I wrote last we separated at Richardson's Point, and now we meet again on the ranges to the southward of that place. When passing over numerous gullies, all falling through deep ravines into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AFTER leaving the Chinese encampment at Golden Point, referred to towards the close of my last, you pursue the track round a point where the clay slates alternate with coarse grit, and about half a mile…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR.—It is a matter of surprise to me that no candidates have presented themselves to represent any of these constituencies; the mining interest being one of the most important in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CONTINUING our journey down the wild and gloomy Meroo from the World's End, we cross the junction of Grati Creek, on the north bank. This stream has its source in the descents from the main chain of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CHURCH AND SCHOOL LANDS.—Mining operations here are just now rather dull, and the yield during the past week has not been equal to that of the previous one. This is to attributed in a great measure to the number of diggers who have left for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE unstable character of the mining population has been exemplified on the western gold-fields within the present year, which, although still young, has seen many changes. 1858 closed upon a thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE following communication respecting the gold discovered by the natives of New Zealand, has been obligingly handed to us for publication by Mr. C. A. Harris, of Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MAJOR'S CREEK.—The prospects of diggers residing at Major's Creek are not very flattering. The want of water is the chief cause of the present depressed state of this gold-field. Numbers of the miners are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE following is the substance of a paper, read before the Mining Institute of Victoria, on Monday, 23rd May, by Mr. MANUEL, C.E. "The absence of knowledge, scientific and mechanical,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To my remarks in a previous communication, on the occupancy and mode of disposing of the public lands in America, I shall now add a few observations illustrative of the effects of the system in a particular…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN our Mail Summary of News for the Columbian, on the 13th ultimo, we stated that the Chairman and Directors of the Fitzroy Iron and Coal Works had requested an inspection of them, on the part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →THE Maitland Merciny, of Saturday, publishes the following correspondence respecting the employment of divers to repair the pumping machinery of Coal Mines: The following communication and enclosure, with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bathurst Free Press of Wednesday says:- We learn from a correspondent, that R. Wisdom, Esq., has been elected the representative for the Western Gold Fields without opposition. Mr. Redman, who was not present, was we believe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CHURCH AND SCHOOL LAND.—The want of rain is still severely felt here, but, nevertheless, none of the parties who are at work are crumbling. Morris and party, who some three months ago lost the lead, dropped on it last week and are now…
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