Complex sentence: A prospector named George Woodley disovered gold in the area in 1894 and initially the area was known as Woodley's Find.Within a year all of the leases had been pegged and in 1895 Woodley sold his claim to a Scottish mining company.
Split into simpler sentences: A prospector named George Woodley disovered gold in the area in 1894 and initially the area was known as Woodley's Find. In 1895 Woodley sold his claim to a Scottish mining company.