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688 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 35
I SEE all your correspondents on the various gold—fields made it a point to chronicle the advent of the Goldfields' Commission of Enquiry amongst them, and I am going to follow in their wake, hoping you will find…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE Gympie gold-field, an illustratten of which appears in this weok's issue is the principal gold-field in Queensland. It is situated in the Wide Bay district, on the banks of the Mary River as also is the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →From the Ironbarks we learn that Stoney Creek was "Wed nigher last week than waa ever known; so Inspected was the rain that a number of miners working on the creek lost the whole of their mining tools…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →MAJOR'S CREEK.—There is nothing from this quarter of importance to record. The correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch, 16th instant, says:—All are busily employed either reefing or alluvial working, some meeting with a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. Baker, late member for the Gold Fields South, in a letter, published on Wednesday last, replies, in a telling manner, to the charges made against him by Mr. David…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—In answer to Mr. G, A. Lloyd, the Secretary for Public Works said there was no truth whatever in the statements which have appeared in the telegrams insorted in the Herald as coming from Newcastle in reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE intelligence from the gold-fields during the past month is not altogether encouraging. The long-continued occurrence of wet weather has materially checked work on many of the gold-fields; whilst, from the wet state of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MAJOR'S CREEK.âThere is nothing of note (says the Braidwood Dispatch's corresponden) from here in the matter of important finds or heavy crushings; our mining population are working away as usual with various results…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE prospects of the miners have been considerably depreciated in consequence of the wet weather; but where operations are in progress, the returns continue to be satisfactory. In a previous summary it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I AM glad to be able to announce the arrival among us of the Gold-fields Commission on Thursday last, and they lost no time, but immediately opened their court and proceeded to the taking of evidence; and I flatter…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The returns from the Morning Star Reef (four-acre lease), Junee, show a decided improvement in the quality of the stone during the last three or four weeks. The only other claim at work in this reef is No. 1…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →MAJOR'S CREEK.—There is nothing of note (says the Braidwood Dispatch's correspondent) from here in the matter of important finds or heavy crushing; our mining population are working away as usual with various results…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ADELONG.—The Gundagai Times of the 3rd instant reports that Messrs. D. Wilson and Co. have just completed 65 tons of stone, yielding 114 ounces 3 dwts.; Prouse and [?] are now crushing, at the same machine, and a number…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE WORKS AT WOOLGARLO.—We understand mining operations are being steadily prosecuted at the Woolgarlo Lead-mines, and that some thirty men are constantly at work. Both the stampers and rollers are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE WORKS AT WOOLGARLO.—We understand mining operations are being steadily prosecuted at the Woolgarlo Lead-mines, and that some thirty men are constantly at work. Both the stampers and rollers are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"FORTY diggers on the ground, and paying well!" was the somewhat startling information conveyed to my ears one morning this week shortly after I had written a cautiously-worded paragraph to the TOWN…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The new lead at Forbes has not yet been declared payable, and indeed the prospect of its being so, seems rather remote. Tho prospectors have been engaged carting and washing, but the prospects…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →MAJOR'S CHEEK.—There is nothing in the shape of in[?]sting news from this place. The Braidwood Dispatch correspondent, writing for the issue of the 30th ultimo, says:—The same machines are working away, some…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LITTLE RIVER.—Mining matters both in the alluvial and reefing are stated by teh correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch, of Saturday, to have been looking well during the week. In Burrell's reef they are still sending up good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE accompanying reports on the state of the Gulgong Gold-fields have been received by the Government, and are now published for general information:— "Police Station, Gulgong,…
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