Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-12-13
GOLD IN I'M AENSE CHUNKS
The Richness of Australia's Latest
Find Said to Be without Parallel.


Marvellous stories are told by the an
tipodean press of the richness of the
new gold fields at Coolgardie. The
Australasian says:
At Coolgardie on July 3, the news
leaked out that extraordinary rich
quartz had been found within twelve
miles of the township. A rush was
made for the spot and the owners per-
mitted inspection. The workings con-
sisted Of a trench 5 feet long, 2 feet
wide and feet in depth, and a shaft
has been sunk forty feet short dis
lance from the cutting. Out of the cut
ting over 1000 ounces of gold were
''dollied" in four or five weeks.
w. Il. Wilson, of Broken Hill fame,
who visited the mine, says: LESS than
three tons had been broken when I
saw it, and $150.O0O worth Of gold was
taken from that quantity. One shot
dislodged ton and q half, worth $780,
OOO.' The largest piece of quartz has
been christened big Ben" 1t weighs
242 pounds and is estimated to weigh
1OS pounds, fifty-six pounds and forty
six pounds. the whole containing one
hundred weight Of pure gold, valued
at $4,000. -Four hundred thousand
dollars was offered for the mine and
was refused. Exactly 1896 ounces of
dollied gold was taken out of the reef
not three feet deep and only few feet
along the reef, and the trailings 1.-TWO
tons) were put through Bayley's bat
try and averaged 600 ounces to the ton.
The shaft is down 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 weight
Of stone was lodged in the Union Bank
the other day, and it is no exaggeration
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 fractured
simply glistens with gold. The biggest
block. christened Honest john"
weighs 152 pounds, and shows by a
rough measurement that it contains at
least half gold, which sticks up all over
it in 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
the reef. It was impossible for two
men to shift it. while eight-pound, ham,
mers in muscular hands made no more
impression on it than if it were
block of pig lead. After much effort
this block was reluctantly abandoned,
and a camel team started for Coolgar-
die 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 1000
to 1900 ounces Of gold are in the two
specimens. The block Of stone foot
square, which could not be packed,
weighed 400 pounds. The reef runs
for 1000 yards on the surface and
gold shows everywhere. One of the
most extraordinary features of the find
is that the reef at tho point where the
specimens were found is fourteen feet
wide will average from four feet to five
feet for the whole length of the out
CROP The prospectors have secured
two blocks comprising thirty four
acres