New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10
FIint'S Fine Furniture.
Superior in every respect.
Factory Prices.

supplying Humans alone with water Menzics hss
NOT waited for the Goyernment 70 help II. but hsS
salt Water FOR crushing pa!eoies Here are us Is
some fresh-wster wells. which may prove II. Nv
look to Genzles as the coming district The iess,
ought to head the gold returns il few month"; "S
The next trouble which West Austraiia wtl. haw
Sne see to Is ali mnns s
labor question is more or less bound up the question
lease is forfsabie un:ess al least three men a.. en-
p.oyed ,or each acre Of land held The lay was -,
to prevent miners from pegginy out more acfeael
than they could conveniently work themselves Il
upon wS5Se the 'ay and H. god -rs
But reeing il quite another me yer oompadi
one portion a-st and leave the balance until the n.
suit Of the exploration has sh show mem VIVA! iaey
the warden grants them what Is termed ezemp.
ton" The warden Is the sole ar6lier on the goM
sell drink he Is magistrate and governor Of the d..
trioi From his decision there is practically no o.
peal He is usually q man o. experience; but thf
power he possesses Is far too great. and the rlgt
forfeiture Is unfair, and presses hardly upon an Eng
shareholders Again. the law puts Il into the power u
dishonest manager TO destroy the property OF The
CO mpany as and when he chooses. Suppose man
ager OF iOo-acrc lease discharge hail dozen Of bic
thirty-hve hands and falls 10 engage Others 70
fe.table and no warden could 90 more than pace the
matter before the Minister; who might. perhaps, b
anxious to pander TO the labor vote. ard afraid 70
grant exemption. The rate Of wages upon the fed
Is "a per week sometimes with water, sometime!
unskIlled lator II manager is shori-handei pei.
fcct.y worthless miner. unable TO use pick o. ns
a shot, presents himself; the manager mus, employ
him or run the risk OF the man gJng straight TO tns
Warden's Court and asking that the lease may b
iess hands 81 than the law Directs Some a,oraon i
this law u necessary because English shareholders
men "a and ihe distance fr:m London tks
a mine may De lost 20 the shareholders hong before
th sey s n nafk * that in western Aus
tralia is an expensive business, In the heat OF tie
s salnef and %a has touched t. THIS erou.
penditure because Zach miner on TIE ned ms TO 3
are hirn. and the railway to Co,lgardle. though
will soon bring prices down ists mas no AZ pre-.
the fields upon teams-a most laborous proceeding,
as the sand s everywhere. and the rus always roo
or mere deep.
A DESERT FULL OF GOLD.
The means Of progression are varied Pros2e sr!
cut far from the camps into tie BUSH wnere the rex
q ws' s "a week beth so RsIsa
these prospectors Jogging along the,r % 9a ,Ss
5 Snt into the unsra% s and
skeletons with their cameIs loaded WITH s SsTss
sOsns ey ali go w' praesay II.
terms quarter SHARE in whatevf5 they may pts .5
Thirst huHSs. ths bush n ~ one k S.s q -
In by q h harts ov VEN 'Gu
p Mes5 A tIs nrihest ed IS always the @
he pushes onward hoping TO- secure eng ,os % he
Burbanks Menzles-have made large fortunes: o.s
9rns Of and h die D Pee Bush
The daring Of this aayentrons race sorn . x:
h ho re- are indeed The true explorers ard
dey out P' wes;Sard towsri South Australia ana
northwest toward KImherey Two years Yea sa AZ ie
which Niagara. Mount Margaret. LADDERS and ne
re w SapS wa n9 Once % ss the poner town.
been left behind and IN few years VII. merely y
OF the gold region the ease with which new and rich
reefs are found the ever o dare 5rs
the terrors o. waterless land, all tend 10 maks
Of go,d-mining-cheap labor and good water. To-day
ne is only intent upon seeking new reefs whca
his syndicate can sell 10 some sld o. ns.
ern Australia. were the whole hundred mili-ons Of
the water question fairly faced and the labor avs
altered IA.
OF this strange desert land unless ne has traverse
IT'S sotudes; Even on Humans itself all the reeis
miners in other lands seek reefs are usually want.
ing here. The entire absence OF mountains. the even
surface covered with ir0nstone noiues, sand and
rotten quartz. make prospecting almost matter %
chance.
/ mention this to show how far-reachfng is thD
godied. and how little 1t Is exploited. The time
will come, no doubt. when the water difficulty viii
be solved and when all the troubles attendant upoe
the opening up of new and unexplored territory
will have passed away. But that time Is not .yet
and investors will be wise II they refrain from
plunging wildly into new companies whose mines
are the confines OF civilization Such properties
can never. unless of phenomenal richness, pay div.
dends But as the prospectors return they como
home laden with mines In the remote desert; these
ore the companies which one should avoid II must
be understood that am not In any way disparagino
the richness OF West Australian mines. That IS be-
yond all question What is open to doubt is the dfs
fcuty Of procuring water. the expense OF m!ninG
the one great point whether the mines will continu1
rich at depth.