The New York herald., 1873-12-09

svvn nam An eupee . one two ana three ounces per
day. while some are doing even better. One party
N known 10 have found II ounces one week and -
ounces me next week; another party, 10 ounces IN
three consecutive days and seven ounces the fol-
lowing aay. Nuggets Of 20 pennyveignts to
ounces common The largest nuggets jet
found have been IL ounces - ounces. - ounces .
pounds and one h reported 10 have been found
weighlng ss ounces. bat this requires confirmation.
n has However. teen proved beyond question that
she ssids syAbe. sluvtAi gold feias-s versta-
ble spoor mans dlxyinxS" Population Is setting
IN there tom az ara y South africa
rhc digger sln naturally ask. How an 70 80
theres rne answer no~ proceed 10 give. There
can be no donpt that Loreneo Marques. che Porte
guese pert a. ny ~ natural xtuatiorA the rcrt OF
those gold 1eldA n y nearest % them beng only
10 mnes away But there ara many cxrses which
at present oenar n lrcr the. position q psinx,es-
tablzbsd A. tns port of the gold nelcs
In the Ira rsc. there n no road
nom Lorescq xNrqaes 70 Leyocnhurg. rncre IN
talk of . road beang made ana cf money for the
purpose heing voted ~ TIE rrsnsvsai and Portu-
gaese gosernmentsi BAT. - tar. the greater part
81 the matter seem. al tAag- rsen. there are no
meAns 81 lransPort except by snSnxs' pony, nom
Lorenco Marques 10 tse eoid acids. The digger
arriving a Lorenzo MARQUES vosak 70 the ne.ds
uust - prepared 70 tramp al the way. And ne
must also ~ prepared 20 % this through the
most unhealgav tract Of ooanfry ON thix coast In
the vet and hot months of me yesr-nameiy from
TINS present monu up 70 next March or Aprls--the
Europoar landing IN Loreneo Marques n almost
sure 20 be atszcsed ~ . sirnient ypc of coast
fever which may probably i<s hlm iow; eut which
h Of sncn q nature mat should Ne recover ron rs
nrst ATTACK, ne ON ever Afterwards be liable TO
repeutions rhls must ever be great barrier In
the way of Loreneo Marqaes beng . popular
port Further stiL sctvcea Lorenco Marques
and the Leydenearg woid neias there
h strip 81 country, known AZ the
ny country" tnrough which "a l. impossible
fer oxen 20 travel sna u mnst b. borse In mind
that az present the franc sf ths continent de-
pends mainly on on wagons The '.tsesss ayr IN.
tests the strip Of coantry referred "a. and ls bise
Is certain death 10 tns o.. kso~ing TINS the
trafic VI OK wagons rom the frAnsvsai 70 Lorenzo
Marques n reduced 10 . minimum. rhen there are
no horses mules IN the country. 10 that the culy
means Of transport the digger wln nnd when M
arrives In Lorenzo Marques win ne that which ne
has brought with him-siE-. shanks' pony-snd ne
VIII have TO take that through a country unhealthy
for Europeans during the greater part Of the year
Further stu, he very probably ~il not he able 10
obtain at that port the supplies he may require.
Natal Is the only other port open t0 the Lsysen-
burg gold nelds and ~ must eventually prove the
port for the fields. II IL 50 ~ present aud n must
remain The digger on ARRIVAL here can take
his passage 10 the heids per OK wagon tor e.. Il
he prefers TO 20 by goat cart 10 Pretoria n wi
him thrice that amount and he will yet have n long
journey 20 the aluval fields. HIS best plan IA un.
doubsedly, to engage passage In wagon here. A.
have said, tnat viii cost MIN e. for hr own farc.
He viii have to pay extra for baggage. A party of
diggers could do the thing much cheaper 81 en-
gaglng q whole wagon and loading Il ~ they nked.
The rate OF carriage TO the nelds lor goods n 30
shillings per 100 weight
The digger will do wen 10 take sir months pro-
visions, clothing and tools with him. Those things
are very scarce and dear the fields. HE can PRO-
vide himself with all here at moderate cost. Ar
rived at the fields he will have fne country
open before him, a salubrious climate to live in and
the prospect OF making an independcncy at TIE
gold diggings. This he may rely upon.
OTHER gqIp gsIps
Ihave spoken now offhe thfec tfown gold nehs
OF South Africa But there are other gold nclds
which. although their value has not been so con-
clusively proven, may be regarded with great
hope. Mr.. Thomas Baines, y. X @. s, the wel
known traveller, explorer and artist has discov.
cred reefs IN the Matabli country, beyond
the Tati, which he Is sanguine will pay well. lie
has obtained concession OF them from Lo Ben
gula, king OF the country, and Is having n quartz
crusher made In Durham, with which be intends 10
work the reefs. Then in the Tugela hiils In this
colony, gold reefs have been discovered and al
luvial digglngs said to exist. The value OF the
reefs has not yet been proved nor payable anuvial
found, but great hopes are entertained OF botn.
Again, the Zulu country, which abuts on this col.
ony, Is said to be rich in gold reefs which the
jealousy OF the natives has heretofore prevented
being developed. With all these prospects before
US we may well entertain bright hopes OF the fu-
ture mineral development OF this great but little
known continent.