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Mining & the mines, 1868

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Mining

Sydney Mail · Saturday 7 March 1868 · page 15

THIS week our intelligence from the gold fields of the colony is more than usually sparse, the country papers containing hardly any diggings news…

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[?] From New Zealand. the Thames Gold-field. a Man [?] to Death

Empire · Saturday 7 March 1868 · page 2

We have papers from Hokitika to February 29th, Auckland to 28th, Nelson to 25th. Our Wellington fiels are not so late as those received per [?] The papers contain but [?] news of general…

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Additional Gold-fields Regulations. (From the Government Gazette of 10th March

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1868 · page 3

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has approved of the following additional Gold-fields Regulations, under the Act, 30th Victoria, No. 8:—…

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Additional Gold-fields Regulations

Sydney Mail · Saturday 14 March 1868 · page 6

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has approved of the following additional Gold-fields Regulations, under the Act 30th Victoria, No. 8:—…

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Mining Casette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 14 March 1868 · page 15

THE Araluen correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch, writing on the 5th instant, reports that in mining matters there is but little to record. But few of the claims are yet fairly…

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Cape River Gold-fields. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1868 · page 5

SIR,—Having just returned from a tour through the north of Queensland, I deem it my duty as a colonist to report. with the assistance of your valuable paper, the vast importance of the Cape River gold-fields, which already of…

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Mining Gazette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 21 March 1868 · page 15

THE Shoalhaven paper says:—"A great many are going to the new diggings at Talwang. They are close as to the result, but it may be assumed that they are making wages, or they…

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Visit to a Coal Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1868 · page 6

Shortly after 11 o'clock, on the 5th instant, the Prince, the Governor, the Ministers, the Commodore, together with Lieutenant Haig, Captain Beresford, and Lord Newry, went out by special train to the Bore Hole Mine, No. 2 shaft, the…

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The Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1868 · page 12

MINING matters generally are dull, as they have been for months past. The small measure of success which has latterly attended the labours of the majority of miners has created a restless and discontented…

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Export of Gold and Specie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1868 · page 11

Sovereigns. Gold. oz. dwt. Bombay, for Galle......... 25,935 19 15 Spirit of the Sea, for Hongkong......... 268 15…

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Mining Gazette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 28 March 1868 · page 15

ON the gold-fields generally, the continuance of fine weather has allowed work to be proceeded with energetically, whilst the supply of water given by the late rains has furnished the miners…

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The Cape Gold-fields. (From the Graham's Town Journal, Feb. 4.)

Empire · Thursday 2 April 1868 · page 4

At present the information as to the locality and natural capabilities of the reported gold country is meagre and unsatisfactory. Herr Mauch is saving his knowledge, in the first instance, for Dr. Petermann, of…

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Parliamentary Paper. Gold Fields Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 April 1868 · page 3

THE following amended regulations under the Gold Fields Act of 1866, were ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed, 11 March, 1868:— Department of Lands,…

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Mining Gazette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 April 1868 · page 15

AT the Araluen things are not so promising as accounts to hand last week led us to believe. The correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch, writing on the 26th ultimo, says:—"In mining…

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Gold Fields Act

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 April 1868 · page 15

THE following amended regulations under the Gold Fields Act of 1866, were ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed, 11 March, 1868:— Department of Lands,…

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Discovery of Gold at the Cape of Good Hope—supposed to Be the Ophir of Solomon

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 April 1868 · page 3

The discovery of gold is thus referred to in the Natal Herald:—The discovery, or, rather, the re-discovery of gold in the country north of the Transvaal, has been made by Mr. Manch, a German naturalist. So circumstantial…

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The Gold Fields. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 10 April 1868 · page 3

Sir,—The Gympie gold-fields should be a warning to the miners, but I fear all that is said or written will not prevent that very speculative portion of the population from "rushing" every spot which is…

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Mining Gazette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 11 April 1868 · page 15

THE Newcastle Chronicle reports that efforts are being made to work the Silver and Lend Mine, discovered some three years ago at the head of the Isis River, by means of a company…

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Mining Gazette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 18 April 1868 · page 2

THE Shoalhaven News of the 11th instant reports the discovery of copper in that district. It says:—"We were shown the other day several specimens of copper obtained within a few…

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Queensland. the Reported Gold Field on the Kolan River

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 April 1868 · page 10

A Gayndan Correspondent of the Maryborough Chronicle furnishes the following intelligence of a state of affairs at the Kolan River and in its neighbourhood:—…

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