Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-02-17
Gold Diggins in Australia.

lowing account Of the extraordinary yield Of
gold in the australia diggins.
The emigration from Engond continues
to increase, and, even at New York and
Boston, there are number Of ships loading,
and which go crowded with passengers
On account Of the great influx of population
into Australia, the price of provisions is
enormously high. .
Tie amount of gold taken by the Eng
lish emigrants 10 Australia, already exceeds
two millions sterlirg-so it is stated in
London paper. .
The export of Gold from Australia, says
the Melbourne, Australia, .4rgus, Of the
Eth of September, In IL months, has been
nearly II millions sterling, or 81 millions
of dollars.
The same paper says, that the state of So
ciety in Australia is dreadful; that rob
berries and murders are committed in the
streets in open day, and that the govern
ment of the colony and the police Of the CT
ties are powerless.
From the London Times 18th.
The steamer Australian, though anticipa-
ted by the Marco Polo, has brought a mass
of important and interesting intelligence
from the gold colonies. It's leading feature
is the continued and increased prosperity Of
all the fields. Since the return of spring
that is to say since the autumn COM
mcnced in England-thc New South Wales
mines have exhibited symptoms of activity
and success. On the Turon, field known
as Church Hill has been opened, with the
promise of a large yield. Many mining
parties are known to make as much as 10
ounces per day. On the Mountain River
creek, five miles west of Mulgunia, anoth-
er new field is being worked with the best
results. At Tambaroora the men at work
are doing wonders. There are about 600
of them who, in one fortnight, obtained
about 5000 ounces Of gold. This is at the
rate Of IA ounces per man. "ln many in
stances says q corFresFpndent of the Sgd
ney .NoHing Herald, s'a single dish of earth,
yields half an ounce ofgold:" and at one
particular spot in that locality three men
took twenty -ounces in one day. Accounts
of such large yields, TO be, complete, must
have Seasoning ofnuggets also. a twelve
ounce nugget has been found al Bald Ridge,
on the Dirtho!e Road, and many nuggets
Of the respective weights of from 7 to ID
ounces are reported from the new gold field
of Bingara. Mr.. Commissioner Bligh, who
has again visited Bingara, states in lis re.
= port that he had the greatest confidence in
productiveness Of the Bingara mines, adding
that no gold field has ever been opened by
so small IL number of adventures with such
uniform success. What the success mus
be like is shown by the fact that digger!
have been known to complain of ill-luck af
having gained two ounces before dinner by
merely scratching the ground; for as We
deep sinking is entirely unknown at Bnga
ro. The diggers are all surlacing, and ye
they are all doing well.
The Hanging Rock diggins On the Pee
River are in good report, not only on &C
count of their large yields, but also becaus'
the country is said TO be exquisitely beauti
full. Never. perhaps" says cOrrespon
dent ofthe Sydney Empire, 'did men pur
sue their daily toll in such delightful am
beautiful workshops as these ravines, wher
- the dark foliage of the oak, the rugged an
fantastic piles Of rock, and the numerou
cascades combine to form pleasant pictures.
The Turon Golden Ridge Quartz Crushin
Company have engaged Brazilian mine
- to report upon their claim, but in anticIpa
tion-of this gentleman's report they hav
tested their quartz at Sydney. The re
> suits are truly startling. Forty ounces {
quartz-thus it is literally stated in Nj
> Floyd's Sydney Gold Circu!ar-yielde
:, - dwts of gold, or at the rate Of 81 20
!" sterling per TIM. Another specimen
qurrtz, in which no gold whatever W,
visible, was Tried by another assayer, al
> produced at the rate of ''152 ounces Of gol
,o per tun quartz" and a gentleman who IT
= turned from the Compony's claims in Sci
y TENDER, stated that there were hundreds
- tuns ofquartz which were at least equa
" rich. If these statements be substantial
-, y correct, the Great Nugget Vein will |
y; shamed into utter nothingncss, for Il
=. scientific of Sydney valued the Nugg
- vein quartz at only GIG per tun. tt
people OF New South Wales, who live in
state of amicable rivalry with the gold dil
gers of Victoria, eXult in the continued pro
" perity of their own fields and the brillia
~ future which is opening for their companie
j., and they protest on every occasion that Il
:" yield of gold per man in New South Wal