Reported Discovery of Gold at the Nepean. Between Penrith & Richmond
Evening News · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 2
MR. A. M'CAULEY registered & claim yesterday, with the Colonial Secretary, with a view of special reward for the discovery of a payable gold-field on the Nepean River, between Penrith and Richmond The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Report[?]d Discovery of Gold at the Nepean. Between Penrith and Richmond
Empire · Saturday 13 August 1870 · page 3
MR. A. M'CAULEY registered a claim yesterday, with the Colonial Secretary, with a view of special reward for the discovery of a payable gold-field on the Nepean River, between Penrith and Richmond. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cudgegong Mines
Evening News · Tuesday 16 August 1870 · page 4
THE beautiful valley of the Cudgegong River is exceedingly interesting to the miner and geologist as pre-enting within a small area of ground, samples of almost, if not quite, every mineral, metal, and…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 August 1870 · page 3
ARALUEN.âThe correspondent of the Braid[?]ood Dispatch of the 13th instant, writes:âThe mining news is somewhat a little more encouraging this week. The Big Engine have washed once or twice, but the yield was very…
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Empire · Thursday 18 August 1870 · page 4
GRENFELL.âA correspondent writes: There is no news of importance worth mentioning about Grenfell, the weather continues very unsettled, the extraordinary wet time has caused much trouble and…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 August 1870 · page 3
SPRING CREEK, JACQUA.âThe correspondent of the Goulburn Herald, under date the 12th instant, observes:- A new reef has been struck in Lodge and Co.'s claim (Red, White, and Blue), on the Jacqua; the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Western Coal Mines. To the Editor
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 August 1870 · page 7
SIR,—The artlcle in your issue of the 30th ultimo respecting the Western collieries agitation, informs the public that the residents in the Western districts are taking a deep Interest in all matters connected with the opening out of the Western…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Adelong. (From a Correspondent.) Gold-fields Commission
Empire · Saturday 20 August 1870 · page 4
IN perusing your journal of the 13th instant I find a circular has been published by the Royal Commission, in which many points are laid down, and wishing the opinion of miners. This was anticipated by the miners…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 August 1870 · page 11
GRENFELL.—A correspondent writes: There is no news of importance worth mentioning about Grenfell, the weather continues very unsettled, the extraordinary wet time has caused muon trouble and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mining Gazette. Araluen
Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 August 1870 · page 8
THE correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch of the 13th instant, writes:—The mining news is some-what a little more encouraging this week. The Big Engine have washed once or twice, but the yield was very…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mines and Miking. Our Mining Letter. the Two-mile, Reedy Creek, and Merrindee, and Burrandong. (From Our Travelling Reporter.)
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 August 1870 · page 10
THE formation of the Cudgegong district, from Mudgee to almost Wellington, may be generally staled as trappean, the igneous rocks having penetrated the incumbent schists in the form of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Rates for Coal. To the Editor
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 August 1870 · page 7
SIR,—Having observed a communication in the "Town and Country Journal" of the 13th instant, under the above heading, and over the signature of "John Mackenzie," I was induced to make some inquiry Into the matter, with a view to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Visit to the Hulfe Gottes Silver Mine. To the Editor
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 August 1870 · page 10
SIR,—In your edition of 6th instant your travelling reporter described a journey he made from Musolebrook to Aberdeen, Scone, and Murrurundi. Had I known that he had been in those regions I should have…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Western Coal Mines. Meeting at Rydal
Evening News · Monday 22 August 1870 · page 2
A MEETING took place at the Globe Hotel, Rydal, on Saturday evening, the object being to consider the Government policy in the matter of coal carriage, and to urge upon Ministers the necessity of cheaper rates…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 August 1870 · page 2
LITTLE RIVER.—The Braidwood Liberal 17th instant says:—Considerable disappointment has been felt by the new pump recently elected in the Homeward Bound claim proving insufficient for the work required of it…
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Empire · Tuesday 23 August 1870 · page 4
A MEETING took place at the Globe Hotel, Rydal, on Saturday evening, the objeat being to consider the Government policy in the matter of coal carriage, and to urge upon Ministers the necessity of cheaper rates…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gulgong Gold-field. Official Declaration of the Lead
Empire · Tuesday 23 August 1870 · page 4
THERE has been a great excitement in Gulgong this last few days, and a Bound of revelry by night, nor has it yet returned to its normal state; for verily the commissioner has at length visited us. Gulgong is grateful,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Diamond Mining in the Mudgee District
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 August 1870 · page 3
The following account of diamond mining in the district of Two Mile Flat, near Mudgee, New South Wales, has been furnished to us by Mr. John Hunt, sen., manager of the Australian Diamond Mining Company's Works. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand. Foundering of the Tauranga.-loss of Twenty-one Lives. the Dunstan Gold Robbery
Evening News · Tuesday 23 August 1870 · page 2
FORMER advices from New Zealand brought the news that the steamer Tauranga had come into collision with a ketch, and that, as she was still missing, uneasiness was felt respecting her. The news brought yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest From New Zealand. Foundering of the Tauranga.—loss of Twenty-one Lives. the Dunstan Gold Robbery
Empire · Tuesday 23 August 1870 · page 3
FORMER advices from New Zealand brought the news that the steamer Tauranga had come into collision with a ketch, and that, as she was still missing, uneasiness was felt respecting her. The news brought yesterday…
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