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"ARE you going down the mountain?" is the question asked of the traveller by them of Elrington or Major's Creek, the descent of "the mountain" being the main feature in the walk to Araluen. From Elrington Post…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The foUowing account of a journey from the Gulf of Carpentaria to the gold-field of the Gilbert Range is by a correspondent of the Cleveland Bay Express:— I left the town of Norman for the gold-fields on the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Oh! tell me why art thou weeping," Cried a boy so mild and fair, To an old man who was keeping Companionfhip with care…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →IBONBARKS. — The puddlers are setting to work in right earnest, washing the accumulated debris of the different portions of this gold field. The cry is no longer applicable that the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RETURNS prepared at the Sydney Mint, for which we are indebted to Mr. Elouis, Deputy Master, show that so far as the gold received by Escort during 1869, serves as an index, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ACCORDING to the South Australian Advertiser, the gold news at Adelaide is really getting sensational. There are various exciting accounts of the returns from the crushing of South Rhine quartz or…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE San Francisco Bulletin gives the following particulars of a plan patented by Mr. D'Heureuse, of this city, for extracting gold by zinc:—When we fairly examine the retentive faculty of quicksilver for gold we…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A terrible explosion of fire damp occurred yesterday afternoon at the No. 5 pit of the Moss-hall Coal Company, near Wigan. At the time of writing eight bodies have been brought to the surface, and although the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →IN my last letter I promised to introduce your readers to the suburbs of Newcastle, and, in doing so, I cannot help reiterating the fact, viz., that the residents of the above port have no roads suitable for an evening drive,…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →THE second half-yearly general meeting of shareholders of the above company was hold in the City Hall, Newcasle, on Saturday afternoon, 29th ultime, Mr. F. J. Shaw in the chair. There was a good attendance. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Tuesday last, in fulfilment of a promise of long standing, we paid a visit to the Woolgarlo mine. It is nearly four years since a report appeared in this journal of the then state of affairs at the mine, and we are glad to say that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The San Francisco Bulletin gives the following particulurs of a plan patented by Mr. D'Heur[?]use, of this city, for extracting gold by zinc:—When we fairly examine the retentive faculty of quicksilver for gold we…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In my last letter I promised to introduce your readers to the suburbs of Newcastle, and, in doing so, I cannot help reiterating the fact, viz., that the residents of the above port have no roads suitable for an evening drive,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In my last letter I promised to introduce your readers to the suburbs of Newcastle, and, in doing so, I cannot help reiterating the fact, viz., that the residents of the above port have no roads suitable for an evening drive,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TRUNEEY CREEK.—The correspondent of the Bathrst Times writes:—Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and, above all, "5," are either "taking it out " at the "Royal" or "napping" stone at the paddock—the latter a far more entertaining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. Baker, M.L.A., Mr. J. Hoskins, M.L.A., Mr. Watson, M.L.A., Mr. W. Cummings, M.L.A., Mr. W. Church, M.L.A., Mr. J. B. Suttor, M.L.A., Mr. T. Garrett, M.L.A., Mr. E. C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. Baker, M.L.A., Mr. J. Hoskins, M.L.A., Mr. Watson, M.L.A., Mr. W. Cummins, M.L.A., Mr. W. Church, M.L.A., Mr. J. B. Sutton, M.L.A., Mr. T. Garrett, M.L.A., Mr. E. C…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THIS promising galena or silver and lead nime is the road fifteen miles from Yass, four miles from "Good Hope," on the Mun-umbidgce, and two mile from the junction of the Yass and Mumunbidges…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →ON Tuesday last, in fulfilment of a promise of long standing, we paid a visit to the Woolgarlo mine. It is nearly four years since a report appeared in this journal of the then state of affairs at the mine, and we we glad to say that…
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