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249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 13
THE night was clear, sharp, and frost[?] and made the bushwood fire that named and crackled on the hearth a by no means bad companion. Going into the bedroom was like taking the first plunge into a cold bath,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—At the meeting of the Moruya Silver Mining Company held at the Exchange on Friday, I think there were advanced some rather strange ideas of mining, minerals, and machineiy. As a shareholder I cannot but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE blowing apparatus is worked by a pair of compact 25-horse power horizontal engines. The piston of ench engine works directly upon what may be termed the blowing cylinder, there being one to each…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FEELING certain that, as the time draws near, there will be an extensive rush to Glanmire, and aware how little is known upon which to base the supposition to its permanency as a gold-field, we have taken the trouble to procure…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →APPROACHING the mine the road runs very nearly east and west, the east being the Sydney, the west the Berrima end. Coming in, then, from the west, the toad descends a long sloping hill, fully half-a-mile in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →JUNE 1ST.—The stoppage of the Phconix works, the continued dry weather, and on fresh payable ground opened up makes the Rocky River the dullest of the dull. Since the time this ws proclaimed a good gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EVERY day appears to bring a steady increase of miners on the ground, and the noise of the axe and the hammer are to be heard in all directions sounding the notes of preparation Allotments in the main…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Western Escorts have arrived during the week, and have delivered at the Sydney branch or the Royal Mint the following quantities of gold:- Oz. Dwts. Grs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PERSEVERING MAN—About sixty yards in front of the Reporter office, and twenty yards east of the Court-house, a man by the name of William Quick, native of Cornwall, England, is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Though it is not unlikely that a considerable population will come to try luck on this gold-field, we are under no apprehension that there will occur such a rush as many appear to anticipate. It has become a custom…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EVERY day appears to bring a steady increase of miners on the ground, and the noise of the axe and the hammer are to be beard in all directions sounding the notes of preparation. Allotments in the main…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THERE is very little change in the accounts from our goldfields during the past month. There is some little excitement amongst the mining population with reference to the opening of the Glanmire gold-field; but as, under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accounts from the Rocky River state that a great deal of time is literally wasted from the want of water, and ground which with constant water would yield handsomely, scarcely supplies salt to season the potatoes. At Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From Burrangong, Lambing Flat, we learn that the late rush to Tipperary Gully is still looking up. At the rash at the back of Sherry's store there are about two hundred miners, but a great many of this number are only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rather more excitement has been evinced by the mining population of New South Wales during the last week or two than we have had to record for many months past. This reaction has been caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GLANMIRE.—Since our last issue we have little to report of proceedings at the rush. Many miners have availed themselves of the opportunity of taking out receipts for applications, which enable…
Continued on Trove, page 389 →The Northern and Southern Escorts have arrived during the week, and delivered at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint the following quantities of gold: NORTHERN…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the whole of Sunday, the 18th instant, the scene presented in the township was one of great life and bustle,—crowds of people on foot, on horseback, and in every description of vehicle,…
Continued on Trove, page 395 →GENTLEMEN,—Parliament having been propogued, I deem it my duty addtess you, venturing the expression of a hope that I have so far justified the confidence you have been pleased to repose in me as your…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I Visited the Glaumire gold-field on Monday last, the day of opening, and upon inquiry, I found that nearly twelve hundred licenses had been issued. The opinion expressed by nearly all was decidedly…
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