Mines and Mining. Peel River Diggings. [From a Correspondent.]
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 August 1870 · page 14
IT has occurred to me that a few of your readers may feel interested with some account of this gold-field and its prospects; and, if I have surmised lightly, it will also be a pleasure to me to supply any information…
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Sydney Mail · Saturday 6 August 1870 · page 8
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal
ANOTHER MONSTER CAKE OF GOLD.— A. cake of retorted gold, weighing 291 oz. 16 dwts. 12 grs. has been sent (says the Braidwood Monitor, of the 29th instant) to the Australian Joint Stock Bank,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining [?] Escort Returns
Sydney Mail · Saturday 6 August 1870 · page 8
THE Western Escorts brought down the following quantities of gold:— Sofala, 1826 oz. 6 dwts. 12 grs.; Bathurst, 1950 oz. 13 dwts. 3 grs.; Hargraves, 314 oz. 2 dwts. 12 grs.;…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining Reform, to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 August 1870 · page 5
SIR,—I learn that a Mining Commission is about visiting Uralla, New England, for the purpose of collecting evidence for an intended report to the Legislative Assembly. Not having had much access to newspapers of late, I am not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold-washing in Brazil. [From Burton's Explorations in the Highlands of Brazil.]
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 August 1870 · page 15
WE have just seen the stone sent up by the kibble fillers. The whole process between the lode and the ingot will now be under the charge of the reduotion officer, Mr. Dietseh, whose department employs some…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 August 1870 · page 2
THE GULF DIGGINGS.—The Nerrigundah correspondent of the Moruya Telegraph, 2nd instant, reports:—On the 22nd ultimo, we had another considerable fall of rain[?] which entailed upon the miners the loss of two or three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold and Other Mining
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1870 · page 6
THE Gold Commission has at last got to work and is now making a partial inspection of the Northern gold-fields. It has visited the Peel and Ha[?]ging Rock, and taken such evidence us offered; and our…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining
Empire · Wednesday 10 August 1870 · page 3
THERE has been a very large increase in the receipts of gold per escort, at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint, the total receipts being 53,697oz., of which 18,526oz. came from the Southern, and 1243oz. from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Export Op Gold and Specie
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1870 · page 8
Rifleman, for London, 3493 oz. gold. Albion, for Mauritius, 5000 sovereigns. Tasso, for Mauritius, 20,150 sovereigns. Dandenong (s.), for Melboune, 40,000 sovereigns…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 August 1870 · page 7
THE GULF.âWork in the claims (says the Moruya Examiner of the 6th instant) is being vigorously prosecuted repairing damages caused by the late disastrous floods, which carried away all the dams and effacod the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold-fields Inquiry Commission
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 August 1870 · page 5
THE following circular has been issued by the Gold-Fields Commission:- The Gold-Fields Inquiry Commissioners (finding it impossible to personally visit all the various gold-fields of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gold Fields Inquiry Commission. Geld Fields Commission Office, 99, Elizabeth-street, Sydney, 1st August 1870
Evening News · Friday 12 August 1870 · page 4
THE Gold Fields Inquiry Commissioners (finding it impossible to personally visit all the various gold fields of the colony, and at the same time being anxious to obtain every information upon the subjects of their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mines and Mining—. Our Mining Letter. [From Our Travelling Reporter.] the Cudgegong- Mines
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 14
THE beautiful valley of the Cudgegong River is exceedingly interesting to the miner and geologist as presenting within a small area of ground, samples of almost, if not quite, every mineral, metal, and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Gold-fields Inquiry Commission
Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 4
THE following circular has been issued by ,the Gold-Fields Commission:— The Gold-Fields Inquiry Commissioners (finding it impossible to personally visit all the various gold-fields of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Items
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 15
THERE has been a very large increase in the receipts of gold per escort, at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint, the total receipts being 53,697oz., of which 18,526oz. came from the Southern, and 1243oz. from…
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Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 12
THE Gold Commission has at last got to work, and has made a partial inspection of the Northern gold-fields. It has visited the Peel and Hanging Rock, Uralla, and Armidale, and taken such evidence as…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Reported Gold Discovery at the Nepean
Evening News · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 2
A DISCOVERY of gold deposits in the valley of the Nepean, between Peurith and Richmond, has been made by Mr. M'Cauley, and there is great probability, according to the statements made to us, that a payable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Rates for Coal. To the Editor
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 7
SIR,—Would you oblige me by inserting the enclosed letter in your next issue. If rates for coal were 4s 3d for ninety-five miles in owner's trucks, and 8s for ninety-five miles in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Fields Inquiry Commission. Gold Fields Commission Office, 99, Elizabeth-street, Sydney, 1st August, 1870
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 6
THE Gold Fields Inquiry Comniissionein (fiucliug it impossible to personally visit all the various gold held. of the colony, and at the same time being anxious to obtain every information upon the subjects of their…
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