Our Gold Fields
THE NEW TWELVE-MILE RUSH.—The Herald's correspondent at Young writes on the 28th ultimo:— Although dulness still pervades the town, the reports from these diggings are turning out satisfactory, and…
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Mining Intelligence
The Ajax Company, Castlemaine, have had another good crushing, 150 tons of stone having produced as many ounces of gold. The Vineyard reef, at Forest Creek, continues to give good…
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THE BURRANGONG GOLD FIELDS.—The Twelve Mile Bush.—The Herald's correspondent writing on the 5th instant, says:—Since my last communication I have visited this rush, for the purpose of furnishing…
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SIR,—In the Miner of the 9th instant there appears an account of a meeting held at the Theatre Royal for the establishment of a prospecting association. This no one can possibly object to; but when, according to the report…
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THE WENTWORTH MINES—During the past week, matters at the Wentworth Mines have much improved. No. 13, in the new ground towards Frederick's Valley, has obtained the…
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THE past month has perhaps been, without exception, the dullest that we remember for some years past, and presents at the same time the fewest incidents. Gardiner and his gang, who had kept themselves…
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The receipt of [?] by escort during the month which has intervened since the departure of last mail, although it shows an increase on the preceding month, exhibits a very large falling off as compared with the…
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From the Lachlan we have scarcely a line of news. This once famous field seems to have absolutely dropped all at once out of notice; its very name, when mentioned, eliciting only one of those melancholy…
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FAVOURABLE accounts have been received from the St. Helena Diggings, which lie at no very great distance from Tamworth, on the Walcha Road. The appearance of the country gives every promise of a gold…
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THE following is the quantity of coal entered at the Sydney Customs, coastwise, from 18th April, to 18th May, 1863, inclusive:— From Newcastle............ 12,495 tons…
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IN writing of Burrangong, an old correspondent from this quarter says:—"Compared with what this township was some twelve or eighteen months since, it presents a dull, dreary, dilapidated appearance, but little…
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From 1st January, 1863. Sovereigns. Ozs. Jason, for London.................. 5 Madras, for Galle............ 143,260...... 3,076 Wonga Wonga, for Melbourne...... 10,000...... —…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fearful Colliery Explosion.—nineteen Lives Lost. (From the Durham Chronicle, March 19th.)
IT becomes our painful duty once more to record another of those dreadful [?] accidents which are constantly occuring in this neighburhood, and which, by their desolating influence, carry sorrow and sadness into the…
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ROCKY RIVER, MAY 11.—The special correspondent of the Armidale Express says:—Some fresh ground baa been opened during the past fortnight on Maitland Point—apparently a run or channel above the one…
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SIR,—As so many of my fellow-miners are so deeply interested in the gold-fields of New Zealand, I think the following brief account of the experiences of one of themselves will not be found uninteresting…
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BROOKS' CREEK DIGGINGS.—This locality is yet destined to become an important gold field. We were in its vicinity on Tuesday last, and from our own observations, and information we…
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GOLD NEWS.—The Herald's Bathurst correspondent writes on the 23rd instant as follows:—At F[?]ntana Reef, Oakey Hill, matches are progressing slowly. The prospecting claim is at being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Quotations. To the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—In an April circular of one of the Calcutta banks, I find, under the head of bullion, the following quotations:— GOLD. Leaf, 100 touch, 16.70…
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YESTERDAY morning, about one hundred and fifty gentlemen, many of them connected with leading mereantile firms in this city, who had been invited by the directors of the Bulli Coal Mining Company to spend the day in a visit to…
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THE Bulli Coal Mining Company, having completed their works read for bringing the produce of their m[?]es into the market, invited a number of gentlemen to witness the formal opening of the works. Yesterday…
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