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403 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 21
SIR,—Your paper of this morning contains a paragraph from the Home News announcing the award of the honorary gold medal of the College to Mr. Crowther, of Hobart Town, with whose name those of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EMU CREEK.—The Mining Record of Saturday states:- The reports furnished us of the doings at the machines since our last report are as under:—At Wellington's from 374 tons prospecting claim, O'Brien's 400 oz. of gold were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Mercury contains a summary of a [?]ting reported in the Armidale Express, tho result of a vigorous agitation on the Rocky River diggings, for an inquiry by Government into the working of the Gold-fields Act, as respecting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the half-yearly general meeting, held at the Chamber of Commerce, yesterday, the following reports were read, and adopted on the motion of the chairman, Mr. J.L. Monteflore:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The shareholders of the claim known as the Pride of K[?]raka, Karaka Bill, close to the township, yesterday exhibited some marvellous stone taken out of their ground, which is estimated to yield over four ounces to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE RINGAROOMA TASMANIA GOLD FIELD.— We have already called attention to the suspension of digging operations at Ringarooma, pending the decision of the government as to the dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →FINE weather, an abundance of water, and the absence of holidays, have enabled the miners to keep steadily at work in a more hopeful vein than they have been ia for some time past…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE Mercury contains a summary of a meeting reported in the Armidale Express, the result of a vigorous agitation on the Rocky River diggings, for an inquiry by Government into the working of the Gold-fields Act, as respecting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →KIMO.—The Gundagai Times of Saturday says:—Many miners have visited the Long Flat, Kimo, during the present week, and the reports we have heard of the place are encouraging. Mr. M. Doyle has, we believe, leased…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BURRANGONG.—The correspondent of the Mining Record writes:—"With the exception of another rush of very limited extent at Wo[?]bat, there are very few mining items to report. The rush, if it can be so called, is situated in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →KIMO.—The Gundagai Times of Saturday says:—Many miners have visited the Long Flat, Kimo, during the present week, and the reports we have heard of the place are encouraging. Mr. M. Doyle has, we believe, leased…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Who quails at the frown of power 1 Who talks of a hopeless land ? There's hope for the daring ever, and strength for the willing hand…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SIR,—Will you permit me to point out a serious mistake in the award of the jurors, as given by you this morning. Your copy has these words—"whose exhibits appear to be of equal merit, but in no degree complete." What we…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FORBES.—The Lachlan Reporter states that the prospectors of the Vine Lead bottomed a duffer, and have abandoned the ground. The New Spec party are busily engaged raising washdirt. Alf Foster and parly are boring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ARALUEN.âWriting on the 6th instant, the correspondent of the Braidwood. Dispatch states:â"Our monthly escort which left on Monday was smaller than we have had it for some months past, only amounting to 2651 oz. 3 dwts. 23…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OUR mining intelligence is more than usually meagre this week, and we have only to hope that the diggers and reefers are really too busy after the recent copious fall of rain to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The efforts to obtain access to the men and boys imprisoned in the B[?]ierley-bill Colliery, near Stourbridge, were continued thout intermission on Friday, March…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ARALUEN.âThe correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch writes:âAmong the various districts that have suffered from floods the Unhappy Valley has come in for its share. During Friday and Saturday it rained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE copious rains which have fallen during the past month huve given a fresh impetus to our gold-mining industry, and have allowed many spots, which were known to be auriferous, but could not be worked from the want of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →With the exception of Araluan, where a temporary cessation of gold washing is necessitated in consequence of the filling up of some of the claims, there seems to have been no material injury sustained on…
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