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688 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 35
THE Grenfell Mining llecord informs us that, at the Milkman's Gully, Sneddon and party, having bottomed a shaft a little aboyo Pullen's dam, raised a quantity of wasbdirt, which, though not promising in prospects,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A FEW weeks ago, Mr. Mucauley called at our office with a sample of gold, said to have been obtained from a place near the western side of the Nepean River, a few miles below Penrith. The publicity we…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the correspondence of the Braidwood Dispatch, 24th ultimo, it is reported that mining matters are improved. Several of the claims washed exceedingly well, but still there is a want of richness in most of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE Ravenswood gold-field is rising so rapidly in public estimation, and is evidently so very well adapted to supply employment for thousands for years to come, that a brief description of it may bo acceptable to the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →THE Ravenswood gold-field is rising so rapidly in public ostimation, and is evidently to very well adapted to apply employment for thousands for years to come, that a brief description of it may be acceptable to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THIS group of mines is found scattered over a considerable extent of country of a mixed character, consisting of short, bold spurs, all of a schist formation divided by alluvial flats, the leavings of creek MR. W. A. Jacob supplies the following to the Wagga Wagga Advertiser, in reference to the cultivation of the Planter's Friend in the Murrumbidgee District. He states in the introduction that he has discovered what…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A[?]ALUEN.—Writing on Thursday evening last, the correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch says:—Nearly all the claims are washing, but what they are getting is really more than I can venture to say. It is satisfactory to know…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HARDLY a mile from Berrima, stands a solitary weatherboard house, and by the side of this leads a road to the mines. The vegetation is similar to that described in a former paper on the Wallaby…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Gold Commission is proceeding very slowly with its work, and by last accounts was in the vicinity of Wagga Wagga. Thus, the examination into the state of the Southern Gold-fields has not yot been concluded. When…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NORTH JUNEE.—Writing on the 27th ultimo, the correspondent of the Fass Courier reports:—Mining, in our smallway, is processing favourably, and although since my last letter, we have again been visited with rainy,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farningham, for Mauritius, 10,120 sovereigns. Henry Miller, for Hongkong, 675 oz. gold Avoca (s.), for Galle, 14,667 oz. gold, 41,561 sovereigns…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →HARDLY a mile from Berrima, stands a solitary weatherboard house, and by the side of this leads a road to the mines. The vegetation is similar to that described in a former paper on the Wallaby…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →WE republish in another column a printed address to the members of the Legislatures of New South Wales and Victoria, recently issued by Mr. E. H. Hargraves, who appears determined not to allow the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE Moruya Examiner reports that a new ground has been struck, about three miles from Mogo, towards Bateman's Bay, and that the diggers have had pretty good findings. — The place is called Myrtlo Creek; the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →CONTINUING tho history of gold-fields' 'management of the past, I find that under the Act of 1861 there were four local court districts gazetted, viz., The Gulf gold field (now Nerrigundah) on the 29th May, 1862; the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →we annex a representation of the Patont Gold and Diamond Cradle Amalgamator, invented by George Milner Stephen, Esq., of Darlinghurst, for which a broze modal was awarded at the Metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →MAJOR'S CREEK.—The correspondent of the Braidwood Liberal on Thursday writes:—The United Miners' Company (Wilson and Co.) have just finished crushing 100 tons of stone from their own reef, which has yielded 150 oz. of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CONTINUING the history of gold-[?] management of the past, I find that under the Act of 1861 there were' four local oourt [?], viz. The Gulf gold held (now Nerrigund[?]) on the 29th may, 1862 ; the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Braidwood Monitor has the following mining report from Major's Creek:-The United Miners' Company (Wilson and Co.) have just finished crushing 100 tons of stone from their own reef, which has yielded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FEW districts in the colony exceed the country lying immediately about and south of Wollongong in rural and picturesque scenery. Whether you look eastward, from the bold heights of Mount Keira and…
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