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808 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 41
The foundation stone of the St. Mary's new public schoo was laid on Saturday last by the Honorable John Robertson, M.P. The day, which broke wet and cludy, cleared up by 11 o'clcok, and before 12 o'clock a large number of children…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →AN occasional communication on the subject of quartz mining in this, the most recently opened, and the most extensive of Queensland goldfields, may not perhaps be unacceptable to the readers of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SINCE the first discovery of gold in Australia there is nothing so welcome to the true digger as a wellauthenticated account of a new rush; and for the last three or four years the Palmer-that land of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →THE following has been handed us from the Mining Department:— Warden's Office, Tenterfield, 14th May, 1877. Sir,—I do myself the honor to submit the following…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →THE following report on this goldfield has been received by the Mining Department from Mr. Warden de Boos:— Warden's Office, Braidwood…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →THE following official report has been handed to us for publication:- "Gulgong, 29th May, 1877. "Sir,—I do myself the honour to inform you that I…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NORTH Williams G. M. Co.—Mining manager reports as follows to May 28th:—" 575-feet level: The north drive has been extended 20 feet, making total distance from shaft 360 feet. The lode has not been as strong for the last fow…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Inspector of Mines, Mr. H. J. Glee, has submitted to the Mining Department a valuable and interesting report on mining prospects of Gulgong. He believes that a re-action will shortly take place in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following report on this goldfield has been received by the Mining Department from Mr. Warden de Boos:— Warden's Office, Braidwood,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following is a report on the Gulgong goldfield from the Inspector of Mines to the Under-Secretary for Mines:-"Gulgong, May 29th, 1877. Sir,—I do myself…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WILLIAMS G. M. Co.—The mining manager reports on May 28, as follows:— "400-feet Level: The tributors are sinking a winze from the 320-feet level, which will enable them to break a larger quantity of stone; they have now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A new rush has taken place to a locality about eighteen miles from this town. Its situation is between Mudgee and Hargraves, and about three miles from Maitland Bar. The prospectors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The directors, says the CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN, seem disposed to give their property a really good trial with the hope of obtaining dividends for their shareholders, and with this view, have dismissed the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our correspondent telegraphs as follows:—I have just returned, with several others, from an inspection of the alleged new gold-field near Maitland Bar. The whole thing was a hoax, as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hodgkinson Mining News of the 19th May says:—To date 5990 1/2 tons of quartz have been reduced on the Hodgkinson for a total yield of 16,360oz 14dwt 18gr of smelted gold. This is exclusive of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following is a report on the Gulgong goldfield from the Inspector of Mines to the Undersecretary for Mines:— "Gulgong, May 29, 1877. Sir,—I do myself…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →THIS measure met with an ignominious fate, on Wednesday night, at the hands of the Legislative Council. Its supporters urged that four times a measure, with the same object, had been passed by the representative branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 716 →THE following official report has been handed to us for publication:— "Gulgong, 29th May, 1877. "Sir,—I do myself the honour to inform you that I…
Continued on Trove, page 716 →The latest news trom New Zealand shows the mining industry to be carried on with marked vigour. The returns generally do not appear to be above the average. M'Sweeny s claim, at Coromandel, obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →BEVERS AND HOLTERMANN'S G. M. Co.—Under date 5th June, the mining manager reports as follows:—"The propecting shall being put down on the vein in the crossent at the 90-feet level has been sunk 3 feet since my last,…
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