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688 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 35
The news from the gold-fields is not very exciting this week. At Adelong the ground sluicers have been blessed with a pluvial discharge, which will prove beneficial to them for a short time, and as the weather…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →WITH regard to the Gold-fields laws, which the present Government have proposed to introduce, and which we believe were in type last session, the Wagga Wagga Express makes the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →TRUNKEY CREEK.—The correspondent of the Bathurst Times writes :—Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and, above all, "5," are either "taking it out" at the "Royal" or " napping" stone at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the West Briton of November 4, an amplifioed report is given of a trial of atmospheric stamps at Hayle. The stamps are an American invention, and tho experiment was witnessed by a large number…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →SIR,—As there is considerable discussion about railway extension, and the rates of freight charged, and as several letters have appeared in your paper respecting it, I must beg of you to allow me a few remarks thereon. Mr Emmett's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Invercargil very rich gold has been discovered; one [?]ugget weighing 30 oz has been found. The Otago Daily Times of the 28th January states that a terrific N.W. gal[?] swept over Port Chalmers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Invercargil very rich gold has been discovered ; one nugget weighing 30 oz has been found. The Otago Daily Times of the 28th January states that a terrific N.W. gale swept over Port Chalmers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TRUNKEY CREEK.—The correspondent of the Bathurst Times writes on the 11th instant:—"In mining matters great dulnees prevails There are one or two happy exceptions, and last but not least is the opening (at last) of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following regulations have been published as a supplement to the Government Gazette:— Department of Lands, Sydney, 17th February, 1870…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SINCE the discovery of gold in Australia, the Governments of different times have found no task more difficult than the Management of the gold-fields, in a manner satisfactory to the mining population, not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some rich specimens of gold have been brought from Orange to Caloola weighing in all about 6½ [?]. In appearance, the Examiner reports, it much resembles that obtained at Ophir, though brighter in appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SINCE the discovery of gold in Australia, the Governments of differont times have found no task moro difficult than the management of the gold-fields in a manner satisfactory to the mining population'…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE following regulations have been published as a supplement to the Government Gazette:— Department of Lands. Sydney, 17th February, 1870…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From the Northern Coal-fields we find the following reports from the different correspondents of the Newcastle Chronicle:— LAMBTON.—The coal trade has been slack the last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MAJOR'S CREEK.—Ellis and party have just had retorted 144 oza. from 59 tons of stone from the Big Hill lead on Government ground. This is the best return which has been yet obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOME rich specimens of gold have been brought from Orange to Caloola weighing infall about 6½ ounces. In appearance, the Examiner reports, it much resembles that obtained at Ophir, though brighter in appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →FROM Araluen, a correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch writes on the 10th instant:— I have not much to relate about mining affairs, but from what I can hear I believe the prospects are as favourable as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Burrowa Advocate has the following upon the subject of the Junee Jumping Case, which has recently caused so much excitement amongst miners in the Southern districts:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THIS place before the constant theme of conversation in Auckland, and being invited to visit some friends who had settled there, I determined on doing so, before returning to Sydney, and accordingly started, per steamer Prince…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE groat extent in Nova Scotia of metamorplie strata—sedimentary rocks which have undergone important changes through heat—has for many years engaged the studies of local geologists. The result…
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