Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15

relied with his companions and carried the
news of the bonanza to Coolgardie, a min
ing town a short distance farther north.
The following day an army of miners
flocked to the spot. The mine was called
"Tho Londonderry, in honor of Mills,
who first saw the ledge and who is an
Irishman from Londonderry
This little band of lucky gold seekers had
an odd membership. Elliott was 40 years
old and Carter but 21. Three of tho party
had never prospected before, and the six
had only known each other a few weeks.
1t is said that there is 81 600, 600 worth of
ore in sight in The Londonderry. Eleven
miles north is = Bayleys Reward the
richest mine OF the famous Coolgardie dis
trict, and still farther north are the Muir
Gibson diggings, Cuolgardie, now city
of considerable size, is lis miles from the
railway, but there is mail and telegraph
bicycle service between the town and
Southern Cross, the terminus of the rail.
road Months ago Coolgardie had popu-
lation of 10, 900, and it is growing fast.
The New South Wales and Victoria
goldhelds arc almost as old as those of
California, but the mammoth fields of
Western Australia have only been known
few years Western Australia com
prsos about onc-third the entire island
and has an area of nearly 200, 600 square
miles. This vast territory, which is 20
times as large as England, was until n
few years ago regarded as a huge, worth
less desert Today it is famous as the
mammoth goldlicld of the world, with
its 1000, 600 square miles of promising
territory. Along the coast for / 900 miles
there is great belt of about $50 miles in
breadth that is very rich in yellow metal
1.-The first gold strike in Western Austria.
liza occurred at Kimberley in May, 1886.
This field has an area of A., 600 square
miles and is situated in the very north
eastern corner of western Australia The
Yilgarn field, with an area of 81, 900 square
miles, was opened in November, 1888, and
the Pilbarra field of about the same OK
tent first attracted attention in July, 1889
About this time Albert +. Calvert, a
mining expert who had pretty thoroughly
explored Western Australia, declared that
he believed the entire colony would be
found rich in gold, and that some of the
greatest strikes would be made in the
southwestern part. Close upon the heels
of his prediction came the opening of thu
Ashburton fields in the western part of
the colony, and the rich Murchson. Dun
| das Hills, Coolgardie and Londonderry
! strikes farther south followed in quick
! succession Thousands Of square miles
of promising territory are yet unexplored
and it is quite probable that many other
valuable strikes will yet be made
The year 1894 witnessed a considerable
increase over the worlds gold output Of
previous years The United States still
holds first rank, with an output of nearly
SAL, 900, 900 as compared with S35, 900, 600
in 1893, an advance of IA per cent The
chief gain has been In Colorado. althOug h
California shows II material increase Aus
tralia takes second place and the gain Of
1894 in that island is largely duo to the
remarkable development of the Coolgardie.
The total value of gold exported from
Western Australia In 1894 Is reported at
g7S7, 100 In 1898 1921. 1873 worth of gold
was exported, showing all increase of 81
per cent last year
South Africa now stands third on the
list of gold producing countries, but the
opening up CT the new and rich diggingS
in Mashouaand and Matabeleland and
Increased Development of the Wtwaters
rand workings may eventually give II
first place While showing a large in
crease over 1898, South Africa gold prod
uct for 1894 falls about SIS, 900, 900 below
that of the United States and is also be
low that Of Australia
Between the discovery of gold in Cali
fornia in 1913 and 1894 the mines of the
United States alone produced 81, $40, 300,
900 worth OF gold The silver production
during the same period was about 81 $50,
600, 600 1t is estimated that Africa has
already produced about $500, 900, 900 in
gold, and DR. Karl Futterer, the German
scientist, predicts that the yield from the
Witwatersrand fields in South Africa dur
ing the next % years will be at least 81,
900, 600 900, and that by that time mining
operations will be conducted at the deptt
of half a mile The Witwatersrand mineI
are in the Transvaal, and it is an interest
ing fact that the bonanzas of both Africi
and Australia are near the tropic Of Capri
corn.