New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-03
THE RUSH FOR GOLD.


OLD TINES IN THE AUSTRALIAN DIGGINGS
! From The Town and Country Journal. n. S. W.
! 1t Is somewhat curious circumstance That up TO
| country, so many rich aluvia fields should have
se 6e"a anS e e sa is@t e dse e
aliuvial godtat is,. TO any exent-bas been made.
of Immensely Of late years. When the old fields u
tho TurOn, Adelong, Kiandra and Landing Flat were
abundance lie was in good heart and in funds. and
no sooner had he worked his claim out at one field
tent and provisions, he and his mates nmbed abont
tho Wild bush, soon probably to open up new field
south wales. Thus there was some thirty years ago
% & Years 81 a about s1 1s sSn n so oS OF
consequence prospecting began to flag the working
s ever M began f. s sS the s0ps 81
mining altogether he settled down on some old field as
few miles beyond the little cottage containing his
family and belongings. and thus as time has gone on.
prospecting in new ground has almost ceased and this
embryo COLA fields ,mworkei That there are large ard
rich aval gold fields yet TO be developed in New South
subject doubt; and much good would big rush do
Just now. giving employment to the unemployed. and
inducing trade.
About the beginning Of 1850 news came to sydney,
and soon spread all over the colony, that rich gold
had been struck at most outof-the-wuy place in
sixty miles from any settlement, Gonna on the one
r Great S s to % ss%s sxssnt
circulated OF the inhospitable climate Of these
and the pavatDns that would ensne 4 persons
to dM s sf cf he ns sS hss son Of had
station where the gold was said 10 have been found
they @ hsn va int hI sa d c1e saa 1T apS
earlier than anticipated and the whole OF ths
@ had sass s os But Tsi ns
klnda phey were a hardy fine race OF men: Colo
na ss Sops TO u 3 faa and a snd
all intent getting the differing yellow msrni and
be met with in the snowy Mountains Of Aaisenlia.
And on they rushed to the Snowy, as II was tnen
termed and Oefoss the t a Ind wa. ss' nno when them
Before. however. the first snow Of the season came
people not to attsmpt to ve in the heavy sow
which would certainly come and they had hugh , pSssss
erected all along the track from where tho snow woon
lie guide TO the new digsings.
.S Tas e., The Ssnnis S St July lGS ,a tS What
nov 6ssdSs sand. oO%p.s r., ,es1 had id Ds len
gathered tOgshsr storss, Of course, were there IL
the Pans Mnst.r e Of the Colony, en a young man
much rpesd by cAs m n and trader, sc ihe
s ss and oTas9 ii y es s s Th@ ea dsSssSs4
into the aStute and able politician ne afteiTsnId be
cane favor,re IN those DAYS as alter st, IN nd
heart, then untouched by tia aspeites Of political
P SS4 h BY e TSy
John Carnric hael, being the chief and ID sight
he "a s Sea Rs Sa 1 hot Ii he % dunk
Of the place. and in trne Aner!nan syh sliding them
diSssrs Ta.a AZ night f6srs TeSs the danos,Sod:s:
where could be seen the Saudy attied young ladies
what then the mOrps.s aud svsei1s cossums-
the nSssn 81 and Nd blue Tas
water brandy and suear-was -enornous It seene<
fyrb wa no In 30
all day rocking me cradle. win rtchsbly fading
more & hS even boH aad TO 'h ken S
the cold you must dose the inside with hot and ardent
spirit.
tie right T. claims, FOR good fellowship among al
classes for mud H. the socaed streets and roads. snd,
away beyond al ae gold rtishes New south
Wales or course provisions and S3GSs Of az hnSs
on @ carried b the Gs sS n tdSn
Dr.ys could not travel; and. indeed. lucky you
IN drawing ard the s,S sgIs Axe you vdur not sss you;
eave the animal to die as It SANK deeper and deeper in
he swamp Al drinks at the pubic dSou house were S.,v
body Il may wen be supposed that the pubicans did
a roaring trade. But there gold for all tbs gold
@ @ yns Sn sOf IN so yery
as was never exceed ~ The country AZ Landing
T Ts nGs' sssh Nnt ana e1 aSns sS
depth Of from twensy feet TO thirty teet bat ct the
i%S ys r. : :Hs G 5AS the ere ua
roots ~ the aTss Indeed from the 10 ten fect
Ss 'Sns s LAY up IN a By Ss'ss Sd
was an interesting sight to zee the Ener panHIsIns "a
and to notice the lmmsnse Sasny % s5"as Of S
SoS and one one snd two pound pieces we're
Te s@as though ho SSs sns
they were called, were much IN vogue. urest eA-
Secatons were entertained at the time that the Snowy
rivsr was 10 produce a very big gold Held and thar
The around were s 80 g psas . os Of q ssS
iyn close 10 the river that the precious metal could 10
found In the denadauon OF ne rceis "h'ch uououcss
r" shei 6y them had found its way TO the depression
Of the bed rock in these latS, ana nsa tere FTa n
claim il as hi, own And 50 the ground in which n"
rich gold was found P e s d Of e Kand that while It
was one u the richest helds ever opened UP In New
south Wales It was y.o m' sd the ne lad ai IL
that time almost ceaseo'
Perhaps he most 1S1T Spestt sS Of ., Asss
cety that existed: In marking out Claim, say OF
four mems soundn those DAYS forty SQUARE feet,
or mates exceedingly diverse IN character and social
standing one, probably gnteman who drove ms
md dcmeanor did not tend TO social comfort .Iothet
might be a person who had years before come out
,oI hansd man or one who would cut your throat for
IS note and the third might probably be yonns
before grinding away at mathsmacs or G iS"..
.SS or S os ycn4 mates often
Won all rushed together heller SHELTER to mark oat
claims and the %dSaps l.s Il OH SS "a "sS
AZ all You had to be- jolly and companonable and 20
show that i trouble wHs made 70" S SeT nS" The
state OF society on those PUSHES hardly to he re
allied IN these comparatively dun aud pn9sac nmes
living by stripping bark clergyman Of the
Church Of Ensand Who had indeed been o'aa'"''
on one rush might have been seen n nne hnnd-
some man carrying ment around In pannlcr iot
sale 10 the miners who had been an officer In cia,e
cavalry regiment. and had wear or two bcoU
figured dandy In sundry London drawing-rooh,;
| Then about this time there was the younger son ",
mn English duke the scion OF one ~ the most ahriss
| families Of England, whose occupation was wasnnns
] Al4c.-al har uas uch naaX be catu