Gold News. Bumoured New Gold Field
Letters were received in town on Thursday, announcing the discovery of a payable gold field in the immediate vicinity of Mount Dromedary, hear Twofold Bay, and within a very few miles,…
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New Gold Field
We understand that considerable excitement prevalls at Carcoar, in consequence of this discovery, by a Chinaman, of a payable gold field, situate withtu a mile or two of that township. It appears that the fortunate…
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SIR,—As there seems to be some contention between two clergymen of the Church of England, about the empty honour of priority as chaplain at the gold-fields, the Rev. Mr. Allwork asserting, at a public meeting in Sydney, that he received the…
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THE steady decrease in the production of the Victoria gold-fields is remarkable. With all the improved appliances brought to bear on the extraction of the precious metal, and all the aids…
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THE BINDOCK, DIGGINGS.—On Thursday last, Mr. T. Jackson, Bendock, brought into Bombala 153 ounces of gold, the produce of the above diggings. It is a very fine sample. Mr. Kesterton purchased it at £3 15s. per ounce. Several hundreds of…
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SIR,—Having passed through New South Wales some eight years ago, and thinking that there is a chance of discovering a new gold-field there, and not being acquainted with any person in Sydney, I have taken the liberty of troubling you, knowing your…
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N. P. B. writes to our Mudgee contemporary, the Western Post, stating that as he has had frequent opportunities of observing the process of golddigging in the Western districts since the first…
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SIR,—No one, I imagine, [?]ests; to point to the any indifference to [?] on the Northern Gold-fields able series disprove any charge of that kind. You have however, so far ignored the tenor of your…
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A GENTLEMAN well known to the mercantile community of this city returned yesterdny from the Kiandra Gold Fields. He left there on Thursday last. Snow had not fallen, but it was confidently expected by…
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SIR,—The apathy of the communitty here with respect to the development of the auriferous resources of the colony, recently so amply discovered at the Snowy River, strangely contrasts with the activity p[?]t forth by our Southern neighbours. While we…
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SPECIMENS OF GOLD—The Oriental Bank has now in its possession some fine specimens of gold from Eagle Hawk Gully, Bendigo, Kiandra, and Tenterfield. Those from Bendigo, four in number, are…
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WE have been favoured with the extract of a letter from Orange, dated 28th instant, in which the writer gives some interesting particulars of repeated visits to these works. He says:- "Since I last wrote, I have…
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THE BRAIDWOOD GOLD-FIELDS.âThe Valley of the Araluen is now like itself again, and reminds us of old timesâeverywhere smiling faces are to be seen, and no one appears to be "down on his luck." A good…
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IN the good old times of gold-digging I became acquainted with a party of three men who went by the name of the United Kingdom Mob. Their names will not be necessary, but their birth-place, to…
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" Ok, Charles, do not go down to the township tnight you promised me you would not go there this week—now don't break your promise; try and keep it this time' "I must go, for I promised to meet…
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KIANDRA.—A correspondent writes on June 28th as follows:—The weather here during the past week has been bad, with the exception of Saturday morning, which was frosty; but by sundown rain set in,…
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THE public will look with interest for the reports of Captain WARD and Professor SMITH, who, it will be remembered, left Sydney some weeks ago to gather information in reference to…
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GOLD-DIGGERS may be divided into two classes—one class who settle in a certain district and seldom move away, having a general knowledge, of the ground in the neighbourhood, and content themselves by making…
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SEVERAL letters were received in town yesterday from Binalong respecting a new gold-field which is likely to turn out very rich. One was an order to a mercantile house for a number of tents and canvas to be…
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