Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-20
GOLD MINING IN AUSTRALIA.

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sir-One Of the most remarkable
industrial features OF tho last few
months in Australia has boon the 70.
vival OF gold mining enterprises in the
various colonies followed hy discoveries
which tund 10 show that tue Auriitrlus
wealth Of Australia IL lar from having
become exhausted; that, on tho con-
ttary, Be had merely been tapped, az
illustrated by the phenomenal yields nt
Mount Morgan, IA QIcDnslaui, AID
thu rich discoveries nt CU1igufdiu AMI
other parts OF Western Australia, iu.
dlcuuug tho existence OF many hum
bred miles " COLE bearing county 10
that colony. Australian gu1i0gisia
have again and again Affirmed that
there we're uihtrioiu In New South
Wales anu elsewhere which, u prop.
erly prusprulud, would be lOdud ~ rich
In the precious metal a. any In the
early dhyA Of gold discovery. And
this IL proving to be the case. In
various pntN % the colony hitherto
neglected, gyli has been found ia en-
couraging qttntitlts, aud recently, Al
Wyalung, nuJf BaIm0dmau ana ro.
| mora, M the southern part Of the
COLONY, the discoveries have been OF
such uu ext .uslye character that with.
iu a iow days there was ID population
Of nearly three thousand on the iicli,
township sprlnging up, a. II ~ magic,
where, only three Or four weeks pre-.
yiOuuly there were not above q dozen
residents Ia tue whole district A. the
time OF writing nearly MY claims had
bottOmod on gold, aud fresh finds were
continually btiug made, Othur dis.
c0yerios have been made elsewhere,
and the abundance oil the precious
metal lie significantly indicated by the
/ fact that VI the hundreds OF unrm.
/ pl0yed Hout cut by the New south
/ Wales government 10 fossiek on the
OLD, deserted gold llelis or IN known
| auriior0us localities, very leu have
returned, while many are known 10 be
/ doing well. There are In tue colony
/ several gold mines which have been
| pr0htably worked for years. The
Mitchei's Creek mine, near yelling.
/ ton, has for several yoars given regular
employment 10 over hundred mou,
/ anu has paid ialr diva 60 the
| pf0spect1fs. Within low miles Of
/ Orange, NJ Lucknow, b. the richest
aud most important gold minI nj
| present In iu!l work la New South
| Wales. There are some $40 men At
work ON tho several properties on the
Wentworth gold field, all VI whom arg
! paid the regular rate Of wages, except
those who 10 IA for contrast work anu
VINO as rule earn more than the
average rate VI pay. On the different
mines on this Held the amount Of
| 800 is paid monthly for labor, eX-
! pi0slvts, candles, tools, coal, wool,
material, etc, Several gold minus are
alao paving well In tbs CobaE district,
ami Yielding regular dividends. Among
these nru the Occidental, tho BillagOu,
! Mount DryHdalc, anu others. But
| there ~ no need 10 multiply these
| instances VI the abundance Of the
precious metal In New South Wales,
although IL may be mentioned that the
quantity produced IN 1899 was 1865, So
| ounces, valued al Eli9, us, making the
total quantity since tue date Uf gold
discovery In 1851, lO,617 3li ounces, Of
tho value Of $50 2J2,b jj. With an
Increase " capita iOr the working a
sound, not mere speculative enter.
priHcs, the rate OF gold production will
become largely Increased, especially Il
The use OF enlcielt gold favIug al'
planes Is introduced, Tor In tie heAl
OF Wasn.dirt or "millngs," found on
every gold folI, are many thousand
ounces OF gold lu the form OF minut,
specks, the extraction Of which noort.
bitales tbs possession Of more patience
AMI perseverance, than the ordinary
gold miner Is bleHed with. No won,
uer tuaJ the cOlouists are sGuguint
respecting their future, tor rich ~ they
arc in gold, thoy are even richer IN
the possession Of nearly oil the othel
known metals, both precious and ust,
tut, and, with natural eAgcrntss, look
forward 90 the day when their vas
mineral resources viii not only becom,
more largely developed, buI also ulil
lsoI IN tue establishment Of C9l1nla
manufacturing industries,
Your, etc, joins PLuMMER.
| SydLey, March lN.u.