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Mining & the mines, 1868

282 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 15

Export of Gold and Specie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 July 1868 · page 8

Alexandra, for Melbourne: 1514 oz. gold, 10,000 sovereigas…

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The [?]-Up of Mr Gold Com[?] Sioner Clarke, Near Kilkivan

Empire · Thursday 16 July 1868 · page 3

The following account of this affair appeared in the Nashville Times of Wednesday w[?]k:— News was received in town yesterday to the effect that, on Friday morning last, Mr. J. C. Clarke, the…

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The Gold-fields of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 July 1868 · page 5

RICH DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT OPHIR.—On the 24th of last month (says the Bathurst Times) a miner named Joseph Christopherson, and two other men, registered at the Gold Commissioner's Office, Bathurst, a prospecting…

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Mining Gazette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 18 July 1868 · page 8

FROM the Sassafras correspondent of the Kiama Pilot we find that the hope of discovering payable gold, in the lower portions of the country drained by the Shoalhaven, has not yet…

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Currawang Copper Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 July 1868 · page 2

THE following letter from Mr. Joseph Dyer appears in the Goulburn Herald of Saturday last:— Sir,—During a visit which I recently made to your beautiful district, I was tempted to ride over to the…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 July 1868 · page 5

THE BELMORE DIGGINGS, WOOD'S FLAT.—From the Cowra correspondent of the Bathurst Free Press we take the following:—This last week has been rather an exciting one at these diggings; six alluvial holes having been…

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Ophir Diggings. Rich Find of Gold

Empire · Tuesday 21 July 1868 · page 3

We have lately received reports of a wondrouw find in this locality, and from a personal inspection are enabled to place before our readers, such lacts as we have gleaned. With the usual reticence of miners,…

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The Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 July 1868 · page 5

EMU CREEK.—The Mining Record, of Saturday last states that "since last report the following lots of quartz have been completed at the machines:—At Mathison's, 190 tons, from O'Brien's leased ground, 12 dwts. per ton. At…

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Mary River Gold Fields

Empire · Friday 24 July 1868 · page 3

The Na[?]ville, Times of Saturday, the 18th on the rush from Melbourne remarks:—" Tint there is anything to justify this sudden immigration we should [?] sorry to say. There have been extraordinary rich…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 July 1868 · page 7

CHAMBERS'S CREEK.—The news from Chambers's Creek (according to the Bathurst Times), is very satisfactory, Some exceedingly rich specimens of quartz have been brought into town from various claims. Pendray's and…

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Currawang Copper Mines

Sydney Mail · Saturday 25 July 1868 · page 9

The following letter from Mr. Joseph Dyer appears in the Goulburn Herald of Saturday last:— Sir,—During a visit which I recently made to your beautiful district, I was tempted to ride over to the…

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Mining Gazette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 25 July 1868 · page 9

FROM the Araluen valley the accounts received ere sufficiently satisfactory, the work going Steadily on, and the yield being sufficient to satisfy claimholders…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 July 1868 · page 5

TALWAL DIGGINGS.—A well informed correspondent writers to us (Illawarra Mercury) from the above locality, on the upper Shoalhaven, where gold has been found in some quantities for some time past, stating that a few…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 July 1868 · page 2

ARALUBN.—The correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch writes on the 23rd instant:—The yield of our gold-field last week fully carne up to the average, and one or two of the claims which had fallen off during the previous week…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 July 1868 · page 3

BOWLING ALLEY POINT.—The correspondent of the Maitland Mercury says:—"There is a tide in the affairs of man, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." trust that our diggers will keep this practically in view, for,…

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The Gold-fields of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 August 1868 · page 4

THE correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch, writing from the Aral[?] Valley on the 23rd July, continues to given good accounts of the mining interest; and as the weather is exceedingly favourable for gold…

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Mining Casette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 August 1868 · page 9

IT would seem that several parties of miners have continued at work for some time past on the Talwal diggings. The place was spoken of some time back as a promising spot from which…

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The Gympie Gold-field. (From the Brisbane Couries, July 29.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 August 1868 · page 5

MR. FYFE, of the firm of Brabant and Co., informs us that be left Gympic about 7 o'clock on Sunday morning, 26th July, and rode down to Brisbane, arriving in town about 8 o'clock on Monday evening. Notwithstanding the…

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Export of Gold and Specie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 August 1868 · page 4

Alexandra, for Melbourne: 1514 oz. gold, 19,000 sovereig[?]. Avoca, for Galle, 35,800 sovereigns. Onward, for Hongkong, 1000 sovereigns, 155 oz. gold. Danderong, for Melbourno, 50,000 sovereigns…

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Currawang Copper Mine. [?]er favour of the Sydney Mail

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 August 1868 · page 9

TO THE INSPECTOR OF THE COUNCIL OF EDUCATION. SIR,—We, the miners and inhabitants of the Copper Mines, wish to know whether you or the Board of Education have received any money for the building of a Public School a…

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