New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-22
NEW SOUTH WALES.
The Gold Excitement in south Australia.

The Gold Excitement in South Australia.
The accounts received by way of Eng
land Of the discovery OF gold IN South Australia are
Nly confirmed by the intelligence from San Fran
cisco A placer has been opened IN the County
Of Bathurst New South Wales, and gold-wdshing
operations have commenced on a large scale The
EHPrt dated sydney, May 90, gives the following
CONDENSED statement of a gentleman who visited
NE sceIe D, operations
Len Sydney or FRIDAY night by mail arrived late
On Saiuida, At Bathurst hired horse and proceed
"a 10 Mrs Listers Inn, Gpyong district, twenty
tire miles from Bathurst fell IN With Mr.. nar-
saves the dsco,erer of the gold there, who kindly
Iefed to accompany me az day-orcak 10 the dig
slss al ttc creek rode down about twenty miles,
Afcueh PeInerS estate along the foot of the Three
Brother Ridges, TO the bend IN The creek cailed
0pAr. where We found iocats0. down the creek,
Ron SO to 200 people, divided INTO parties Of from
'aee to eight each busy IN dry clrglng, also wash
hslhe eslt6 from banks oi CreSA IN all instances
Pocunng. hy means OF grading ana washing, more
o. eS goli cast, many picking Jumps OF gold about
oae loot from the surface and IN NT. HargraNeS
SeeNlonlug them as 20 thcn success. found some
1ad been very successful, o'Aer> obtaining only
VEAL Quantities met win Mr.. Piper, who hsd
Soptned bed of SOf Sia'c stood watching him
sa1Aer. nom crcyceS SCvera small pieces Of gold.
"a one piece weighing one and three-Quuter
sehet> also. two pieces ~ about hdtt an ounce
sca removed the dirt from ihe large piece and
@ekt >pecimen. which NOW have IN my Dos
N~aon. Nj. HawkinSS party Produced several
ssceS way .ng in SIZE from ons-sga.h OF an ounce
an ounce IN weight. and 'he average OF his DAYS
ssSk, from TIE quantities seen ty myself and Nh
aNgrsyeS. MAS lully hall an oun~C man every
~ause mesh groups of dIggers aTlivi9g and tnc3Inp
g ali anxious to know II NJ. N-sggayeS had been
Senn'SSoaed by the Government 70 issue licenses.
~ taptesSlng their Willingness - t1Ae out Licenses
s-1eolalcy, and the majority IA t&vor OF II per
,1oa fes man everything very orderly, each parry
SAhs to their thirty fetl | ~i>O met With MT.
Tss'eeouy on the ground, who expressed an opinion
- "a, silho9; loss of time, deposit oanS should oe
seed ea the diggmgs 10 he protected. OF course a.
~ eipenSe Of The diygerS, or from the license lee
Ssslsn removed to be under proper escort 10
s,ai lie seemed perfectly sansaed a, the orderly
sr'.u oi Tie oiggerS, oU' wsS ap.TehenSlNe oi
s,IxsN OK provisions. Il - fully anticipated That
Saiarta,
M our return 10 Guyong, me; dozens Of parties
sr,nSsoins toward the diggngs len Listers went
80 bathurst on TUESDAY party of three, who
tA-aiy oevn out few days, INST brought into Ba-
r,,as L ounces, and sold the same Tor G5l EX-
iseat on he increase hOagig, nearly every one
"a, ing Bathurst for the ground would recommend
nnse1 portion OF the Baihurs, country is still I'M
s,s,. N and unSown, that the Government immedi-
by oser bounty Of Is - Is 81. per buShel 10
Sxfs within reasonable dist tncc from the DIG
A,S lor al whca, raised the next season. In Order
'"m servants may have M increased ale at