New Zealand. the Otago Gold-fields
PER the Jane Lockhart, we have papers to the 14th instant, from Dunedin. The Otago Witness of the 8th says:—The escort from the gold-fields, which arrived in town on the…
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Silver Mine Near Moruya
WE have pleasure in reporting that a valuable silver mine has recently been discovered near the Moruya river. about two hundred miles south of Sydney. A small number of gentlemen. amongst whom we may mention Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosiveness of Coal Oils. (From the Mi[?]ing Journal, January 18.)
WHEN "kerosene," or coal oil, was first introduced to the public as an illuminating agent, its commendable qualities were largely dwelt on. Among other recommendations, its freedom from explosiveness was…
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GOLD AT COLINTON.—We are indebted to R. 0. Joplin, Esq., manager of the Commercial Bank, for the following information:—I have purchased a great many small samples of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Journey Beyond Peking, to the Coal Mines. [From the North China Herald.)
THE list of our school-day books, besides the other varied accounts of travel by land and sea, penned by writers, and travellers of near and remote ages, all quoted the then, to us,…
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CONSIDERABLE excitement existed in Sydney yesterday when it became known, that notwithstanding the large receipts of gold by the three or four previous escorts, the amount that had just arrived and was being taken to the…
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MINING NEWS.—Dry weather, or no dry weather, it is but little odds, the escort still keeps up to the mark, and that in spite of the oft-repeated fact that numbers of diggers have left us for the, Lachlan and…
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ARALUEN.—Mining matters are steady. Many of the claims are doing well, and the recently imported machine is found to be of the greatest utility. A race meeting was held on Monday…
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THE following notice appears in yesterday's Government Gazette:— His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to make the…
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IN the extensive and minute division of labour which now prevails almost equally in mental and physical employments, some persons necessarily busy themselves more with the future than with either the…
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THE quantity of gold-dust brought down by the escorts from our several gold-fields during the month of March has amounted to 57,314 ounces. For the corresponding month of 1861…
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IT is the practice at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint to take stock of whatever balance of gold dust may remain in store at the end of each quarter by melting it down into bars. Accordingly, on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle Miners. To the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—I suppose, from the intelligence contained in this morning's paper, that within a few days from the present time the miners at Newcastle will be on strike, and the coal trade of the colony be again thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Value of Tallow.—petroleum and Coal Oils. To the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—With a view of quieting the alarm which, judging from the communications to your own and other journals, appears to be entertained by some of our fellow-colonists interested in the value of tallow,…
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HIS Excellency has been pleased to make the following Amended Regulation, under the Gold Fields Act of 1861, in lieu of Clause 11 of the Regulations dated 9th February, 1862, viz.:…
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GLADSTONE.—Some of the precious metal has been found within a short distance of Gladstone, and that too under very favourable circumstances. For some time past it had been…
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THE following statement has been banded to us for publication. The circumstances connected with this matter are briefly as follows:—…
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By way of Melbourne, we have news from Dunedin to the 25th ultimo. The Witness of the 22nd says:—The escort came in on Thursday afternoon, with the undermentioned…
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THE quantity of gold received by escort yeaterday was above the average, even of the last few weeks,—the amount being 10,280 czs.; of this quantity 10,541 ozs, were from the Western diggings; 4929 ozs, from the…
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In passing through life how often do we notice that when a man suddenly becomes rich every one sounds his praises: his property is the general theme of conversation, he rises in the social scale one thousand per cent…
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