The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-26

ure IN the yield Of gold; but even If The amount
were less than 1t 10, there are still abundant svt
oences OF toe charaotsr of naines
VI these ne most 10 the fact that within
the last few days three unparalleled masses of nld
have been brought to ight-such AZ nerhsn ne fhe
world has never seen before: They were found in
are reports Of numerous smaller Jumps bavino
been found in the same locality. The largest ~
these three great lumps weighs a hundred and
t19rty.Ionr pounds and q ball, of which upwards
ot q hundred and ttoenty pounds are pure gold The
other two Jumps weigh SO lbs. o. dwt, and a.
los OF. dwt. respectively, only verv small
proportion being quartz. They are superb spec.
mems OF gold and quartz interbended tn. r.
est weighs many pounds more than The f.,raigs.
"Kerr hundredweight' of New Sootb w. is. noos
mas the addtionai advantage of being in one solid
lump: The fortunate finders are taking il to En-
land In the Sarah Sands for exhibition
The locality where these splendid rnassas
been found is called the Canadian Gully" and &c %
branch of the Baiaarat diggings. These d;esinra
were the flrst opened up in Victoria, and attracted
large number of people; but they were ainoost
wholly deserted when the superior richness n ths
Mount Alexander diggings was discovered Thsv
nave lately risen again into favor, however and
there is no doubt that tens of thousands will now
flock to them and explore them more thorouphIv
The difference between the two localities seems 10
be that at Mount Alexander The gold is finer and
more equally dffnsed, while at Balaarat il ia la
larger lumps, and occurs less frequently. eimi.
lar difference has been observed between the Ophr
and Turon diggings, in New South Wales The
difference would seem to indicate the existence of
an original matrix or fountain head of the gold
deposits, to which Balaarat probably lies nearer
than Mount Alexander. Our scientific men can
help us but little in the solution of that problem:
but there is no saying what continuous explora-
ton may reveal. There really seems no antecedent
bility of the existence of some such origi
nal gold bed.
SIDNEY.-Advance of FYour-7He Mines,-Our
latest date from Sidney ia to February TIE
regular correspondent of the Melbourne dreu has
the following item in his letter Of that date:
Commercial matters present but little of in
terest, except, perhaps, 10 the decided advance of
-four to E23 ton. This is supposed to arise from
the advices latey received which seem 10 prohibit
the belief that foreign importations to any extent
will take place.
The last Sidney gold circular shows that over
million OF ounces have been shipped from this port
up to that date. This would be at 7Os. per ounce
E3,570, nos. The present field of gold, Ophir, has
only about two hundred diggers successfully en-
gagged. The Braidwood mines have eight hundred
men In them. The most important intelligence
from this part of Australia comes from the far
south, or border diggings. The Ovens fields are
the great centre of attraction, and number their
New discoveries were extending along
the district between Tass and Albany in the Black
range mountains, where an exceedingly rich mine
Is revealed Lines OF escort are now in successful
operation from all the principal dggines to the
seaports 1t Is necessary that every train bea
gold should be well guarded.
The NEW ZEALAND DIeaINes-The gold 6elds
IN this part of the colonies are limited and the
gold Is very fine. though sufficiently abundant to
employ an hundred or two of men who make each
pound per day. The search is made along the
eides OF a creek in the Coromandel districts. The
oiggera did not seem contented with their pros
poets. .=.t+