The Meeker herald., 1894-11-24
aolp IN IMMENSE CHUNKS.
~. Rtehnsss Of Austrsiia's Latest Find
said to be Unparalleled.

~. Rtchnsss Of Australla's Latest Find
said to be Unparalleled.
Marvellous stories are told by the an
.,nodean press of the richness of the
rev gold fields at Coolgardfe. The Aus
traIasian says:
At Coolgardie on July the news
leaked out that extraordinary rich
nnartz had been found within twelve
miles of the township. A rush was
made to the spot and the owners per-
mitted Inspection. The workings con-
sistr.d of q trench five feet long, two
faet wide and five feet in depth, and
a shaft has been sunk forty feet short
distance from the cutting. Out of the
cutting over 1000 ounces of gold were
,doIIIed' in four or five weeks.
". r. Wilson of Broken Hill fame.
u-ho visited the mine, says: LESS than
three tons had been broken when l
saw 1t, and $15O.OOO worth Of gold. was
taken from that quantity. One shot
disIodged ton and half worth $40
200" The largest piece of quartz has
been christened big Ben" 1t weighs
942 pounds and is estimated to contain
s15. 600 worth OF gold. The other pieces
weigh 1OS pounds, fifty-six pounds and
forty-six pounds, the whole containing
one hundredweight of pure gold, valu-
ed at $4,000. Four hundred thousand
dollars was offered for the mine, and
was refused. Exactly 1926 ounces of
doIiied gold were taken out of the reef
not three feet deep and only few
feet along the reef, and the tailings
two tons) were 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
tn he 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 exaggeration to
say that 1t 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 152 pounds, and shows by
rough measurement that 1t contains at
least half gold, which sticks up all
over 1t in big rough pieces.
An even more wonderful stone still
was found by the prospectors, who
were unable to move or break 1t. This
was found Just below the Gaping Of
the reef. 1t was impossible for two
men to shift 1t, while eight-pound ham,
mers In muscular hands made no more
impression ON 1t than IL 1t were block
of pig lead. After much effort this
rock was reluctantly abandoned, and
camel team started for Coolgardie with
449 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 1,6O0
10 1.SOO 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 600 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 prospectors have secured
two blocks comprising thirty-four
acres.