Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-28


NEw soUTm WALES GOLD MlN.
iNd.-Gold mining In New SCUM
Wales appears 10 be- looking up, es the
! weld uf last year wns Ei09lIo, being
| tlliOOO more than thatUi 1871, anu the
largest since 1870, when G3lS, lSO was
raised.
New SUuTH WALES rNinfRs.-
/ stops are being taken 10y the New
south Wales agricultural department
| with the view Of fostering tue export
trade In colonial timber. 10 T. proposed
/ 20 send a number Of samples oi WOOD
h'ocNs TO London. A contractor IN IN"
British metropolis Will be asked to lay
down portion Of street with them,
In order 10 show their value. 10 l. he.
lieved, II II can be shown by practical
experiment that Australian blocks are
better than the timber now used, u
large trade will spring up, provided
that the wood could be sent ~ Eng
land ut n reasonable rate.
MINERALS OF NEW SCUM WALES.
The mineral resources Of the COLONY
are Incredibly large, tho coal measures
extending from the .g'n 10 the SBth
parallel Of south latitude, aud r,auh-
log TO the sea along many miles Of
coast The seams are " great thick.
ness, and the coal 10 raised In con-
siderable quantities. Tor OK.
port M we'll ~ for home
consumption. Gold "a found In
many paftsi Of tie colony, aud fresh
discoveries are frequently made, the
total quantity OF Aufiief0us ore ana
metsl annually obtained being con.
siderable. Silver nus lately been OBJ
iainei IN Immense quantities at Br8k.
GA I'M nad elsewhere, aud II Il be-
iiuvod that the afgeutlior0uH resources
NJ the colony Will he found 10 rival
those q amy other known silver
producing country, either ancient OF
modern. silver lead aud lead ores are
plentiful, but no, muph worked. Cop.
per 10 abundant IN several places,
especially IN the Cobar, Nymngee,
Bathurst and Bourke districts. There
are immente deposits OF tin I'm the
northern paris Of the colony, tho area
OF stnnniieruus county being estlmat.
cd nt 5000 square miles. Iron Of excel.
lent quality Ia plentiful, anu Ia many
places Il ioun1 In close proximity to
coal Other metals incluIo nutimony,
blsmuth, Kerosene shalc,elc Diamond.
and other gem.stones are also frequent.
ly found.
VALUE OF RArAnLE PROPERTY ~
NEW SOUTH MALEs.-rhe capital
value OF all the TatAole property IA ia e
colony Il ElA772O,OJO, as Compared
with Glii,257, il1 for ls9l.2, showing
an Increase Of G. 49,, 900 Tor tho twelve
months In this Increase is included
the value OF property within the i've
municipalities established during 1892,
VIZ El,3ls,0O0, 40 that actual increase
ior municipalities existing Ia 1891 was
G2,l3l 800. The annual rental value
Of building, ami cultivated lands M
assessed was G7,OiS, ii4, Including
sli9O4 for newly established districts,
tue annual value for Oil municipal.
Ties was therefore IS 900, $50 ma
compared with E7,020, iDs, showing
an Increase during tie year OF ell.
Oi2. 10 municipalities other than the
city OF Sydney unlmproved land,
that Ia to say, land not occupied or cul.
tvalodi II separately assessed. For
ls92 the value Of such land was
tll,Iss,2OO, including E5l0,OO0 In new
municipalities, leaving cli,2s7, 800 10
DO compared with el6, 800 for 1919,
or "a reduction OF CLUE, 200. The carl.
tal value Of all r.taulo property ~:
sydney and subufus, elOIO7iOUO;
ni1er municipalities, GlO, 6i6, 700; total,
EllI12OOOO. Annual rental value II
bulldiugs, or occupied laud-Sydney
aud suburbs 60 il3, 1893; other munlci.
palliiesi f2,BDl ,s5l; total, Es,Ol5, iiI.
Capital value OF lands rated s. uiiim.
provei-Sydnoy and suburbs, CO. sos,
OOO' other municipalities, c5.lsi aOj
total, 4 4i1o9,2JO. These figures ilofd
the best possible criterion oi the fapid
progress OF the colony,
THB JEsoLAN CAvEs.-The,e mr.,
perhaps the largest anu most interest-
ing OF the various cave syatcms OF New
south wales lneyare easily reached
from sydney the greater part II The
Journey being performed by rail, ana
are OF vast extent anu singularly AT.
lTAotlNei being remarkable principally
Tor thelr stalactitio and stalagmIlic
formations. Among others may bs
olIed Tue New Cave. which, when n. |
luhlhatel ny the magnesium light.
mas been described as a scene of suf.
phsHlhB loNellness, the appearance OF a |
heaNy Iall OF snow beiug pro iucet,
win rocks Ia the background presrut. |
ing 70 the Imagination black, frown.
log sky the Bell Cave, whence line
beliryi as II 10 called, Ia reached, |
where are six singular slalaetites
hanging close together, which, when |
struck give out sOuOrOus muslc.l tine, |
ttHembling a chime Of bells; the Lucns
Cave, ssries Of large chambers con.
necIed BY narrow passages, whose |
principal features consist Ia stalagmitic |
formations OF very massive form. "A
pool OF exceeding olsArness, a LARGO |
white mantle beautifully folded. fine
sheets Of ssmi.transparent stalactit..
aud some very pretty pillart; the Inn.
pefial Gave, 800 feet high, with M
swiftly running underground river. |
one OF the most sensational OF cave |
-ightsj tho Easter Gave tho most
beautiful ana gflndest Of them ali.
anu numerous olhera--a whole groun
~ fact, OF magnificent subterraneons
halls anu bewilioring galleries, form,
ing under illumination a Gorgeous
spectacle, "hlled with delicate punJ.
ants aud dropping sprayr, gigantic
columns and shadOwy arches, ali ~.
rplendent with dazzling, illusly.
Without the caves are a bo,t
Of other attractions, those most dear To-