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THE accounts which continue to reach us from various quarters is reference to the new diggings at the Snowy River justify the opinion proviously formed that a really payable gold-field had been struck. Gibson's Plain is now the great point of attraction,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It was not till the divers succeeded in lifting the starboard side of the quarter of the ship off the spot where it had fallen that they came to the gold. The bullion chest they found had shared the same…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE development of our coal mines has of late progressed so satisfactorily that they already form the main source of supply to the Australian group, and are exported to a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The first experiments were made with a small open boiler, containing a given quantity of water; the furnace and water being cold before starting. Thirty-five pounds of coal of each of the following descriptions were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Goulburn Herald of Wednesday, has the following, in reference to the Snowy River diggings. We give below extracts from letters received:— "The gold is of a coarse nuggety character, not unlike,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE excitement in reference to the new diggings at Gioson's Plains, or "Kiandra," is daily increasing, and little else is talked of now in these parts. There remains little doubt now that we are on the eve of a new ora in the history of gold mining in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Information reached Sydney on the 20th of last month that a new Gold-field had been discovered in the Maneroo district, about fifteen miles from Cooma. The account stated that the new diggings promised to be of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE development of our coal mines has of late progressed so satisfactorily that they already form the main source of supply to the Australian group, and are exported to a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held on Wednesday, 25th January, at four o'clock, at their offices, in the Sydney Exchange. Mr. C. Kemp took the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →WE take the following from the Goulburn Herald of Saturday last:— A gentleman at Bombala, Maneroo, in whom we place implicit confidence, writes thus:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A GOLD FIELD has just been discovered about 20 miles from Bathurst, and between that town and Goulburn. Messrs. R. and W. Oakes, and Mr. M'Intosh, have considerable property in that direction, and on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Adelong Mining Journal, of the 10th instant, glves the following as a reliable account from a reporter specially despatched to the diggings:— My original intention Was to visit the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FOR some time past considerable excitement has prevailed in the western district, on account of the reported discovery of rich alluvial diggings at Gilmandyke Creek, near Campbell's River, twenty-five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following, bas been extracted from the letter of a practical miner, a member of the Local Court of Adelong, who had just returned from the new diggings at the Snowy River:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A gold field has just been discovered about 20 miles from Bathrust, and between that town and Goulburn. Messrs R. and W. Oakes, and Mr M'Intosh, have considerable property in that direction, and on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In your publication or the 9th instant, there appears under the above heading, letter upon the development of our coal mines, followed up by certain experiments upon the Tomago, and other coal at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Whatever difficulties, climate o dangers may present themselves, when there is gold to be found, all the caution will not keep back people from seeking after the precious metal. It is anticipated, that if the present…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE present field can only be viewed as summer diggings, workable say from the 1st December to the end of March; after which time it is unapproachable and uninhabitable from snow and heavy drifts. The nearest point at which any permanent habitation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[The following communication, which we presume appeared in the Goulbura Chronicle yesterday, was obligingly forwarded to us by the editor of that journal in anticipation of its appearance in his own columns.]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following letter, which accompanied a parcel of gold from the Snowy River, has been handed to us for publication. We also give below the result of the assay [?]…
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