The Delta independent., 1894-11-21
GOLD IMMENSE cHu Nks.
The Richness of Austraiin's Latest Find
Said to be Unparalleled.

The Richness Of Austraiin's Latest Find
Said to be Unparalleled.
Marvellous stories are told by the an
tipodean press of the richness of the
new gold fields at Coolgardie. The Aus
tralasian says:
At Coolgardie on July 3 the news
leaked out that extraordinary rich
quartz had been found within twelve
miles of the township. rush was
made to the spot and the owners per-
mitted inspection. The workings con-
sisted of trench five feet long, two
feet wide and five feet in depth, and
a shaft has been sunk forty feet short
distance from the cutting. Out of the
cutting OYER 1000 ounces of gold were
'dollied" in four or five weeks.
w. X. Wilson of Broken Hill fame,
who visited the mine, says: Less than
three tons had been broken when
saw it. and S15O.OOO worth of gold was
taken from that quantity. One shot
dislodged a ton and half worth $40,
O0O." The largest piece of quartz has
been christened big Ben" 1t weighs
2I2 pounds and Is estimated to contain
SIS 900 worth of gold. The other pieces
weigh los pounds, tiftysix pounds and
forty-six pounds. the whole containing
one hundredweight of pure gold, valu-
ed at S25, 900. -Four hundred thousand
dollars was offered for the mine, and
was refused. Exactly 42.s6 ounces OF
dollied gold were taken out of the reef
not three feet deep and only few
feet along the reef. and the tailings
two tons We're put through Bayley's
battery and averaged nearly sixty
feet A drive of five feet struck the
reef, and the quality of stone is said
to be equal to the surface.
An even more wonderful discovery
has been made north of Coolgardie.
-Four hundred and fifty pounds of stone
was lodged in the Union bank .-.e
other day, and it is no eNaggeration to
say that it is nearly half gold. The
stone is from the outcrop of the reef,
pieces of gold weighing one-half ounce
being covered with moss. Most of
the blocks are. however, broken into
two pieces and the whole face fraction
simply glistens with gold. The biggest
block, christened Honest John,
weighs 1j2 pounds, and shows by Il
rough measurement that IL contains at
least half gold. which sticks up all
over it in big rough pieces.
An even more wonderful stone still
was found by the prospectors, who
were unable to move or break it This
was found just below the Gaping of
tflt reel IL WaS llnIppSssbst tuT l"'
men to shift II, while eight-pound ham
mers in muscular hands made no moro
impression ON il than IL IL We're a block
of pig lead. After much effort this
rock was reluctantly abandoned. and n
camel team started for CoOlgardie with
40 pounds weight in smaller pieces.
The discoverer estimates that there Is
AT least 200 pounds of gold in the
piece left behind.
With regard TO this find, Dunn. the
prospector. estimates that from 1.GoO
TO 800. ounces OF gold are in the two
specimens. The block of stone a foot
square. which could not be packed.
weighed 400 pounds. The reef runs
for 900 yards on the surface and gold
shows everywhere. one of the most
extraordinary features of the find is
that the reef at the point where the
specimens were found is fourteen feet
wide and will average from four feet
to five for the whole length of the out
crop. The pruspectors have secured
two blocks comprising thirty-four
acres.