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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1861

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Lachlan Gold-field

Sydney Mail · Saturday 28 December 1861 · page 8

DECEMBER 23RD.—The escort to-day takes 1325 ounces. I forwarded you a telegram on Saturday, stating that the prospects of this place had improved…

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Gold Fields

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 December 1861 · page 5

LAGHLAN DIGGINGS.—On Saturday evening, last week, we met with a gentleman who had just returned from the Lachlan and Lambing Flat diggings, and he informed us that a few…

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New Zealand. the Otago Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 December 1861 · page 5

WE have papers from Dunedin to the 14th instant, for which we are indebted to Captain Poole of the Ellen Simpson. Writing from Gabriel's Gully on the 10th, the…

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To the Gold Diggers of New South Wales. Per Favour of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 31 December 1861 · page 8

ASSUMING that you, as a body, are in favour of fair play and no monopoly, it behaves you at this juncture to carefully consider the merits, or otherwise, of the adoption of a scheme whereby the first few in possession of a…

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