The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
ALI STRALIAN TROPICS.

way. You nsk the government to do every
thing. am surprised that you do not de.
mand that we sucllc your babies
called mt the agricultural department Nv
Brisbane the other day to ask as to the OK
permental fnrnts. ! was tolu that these
had been established In all parts oi tue
State. and that the best of experts and
specialists were imported to supervise
ttom. number of the experts ara Amer
leans, and some Of them receive very high
salaries. DR. Maxwell. the sugar expert
came here from the Hawaiian Islands un.
der contract which gives him $15,QOu Il
year, aud the tobacco expert, MI. Il. 5.
NcNill Of Kentucky, is also well paid. Mr..
Neyill is now. serving his second term Of
three years. have met Mr. Nsril during
my STAY in brisbane He is thorough
American, but is fond Of the Australians
and is full of practical information about
them. He has Travelled throughout the
greater part OF queensland, and nc SAYS it
has great possibilities along maHy different
lines. and especially along tina of tobacco
raising. He IL introducing American meth.
DDS OF culture and doing much to make the
plantations here successful lie is prac.
tical tuhn eco raiser, having b1cn engaged
and Missouri.
/ spent some tine nj the mining bureau
here not long ago Queensland has IT. gov
erlmert mining inspectors, ard its geo
logical survey Is as good as any III Aus
tralIa. The State Is rich In gold, and Is
especially noted for Mount Morgan, whlcd
is said 70 be the richest gold mine OF tho
world. This mountain Is near Rock9amp'
II,
has already produced more than S30,0O00W
worth of gold. and has paid out about So
100000 in dividends. The mountain belongs
70 a low range of hills not far from the
coast 1t was a part or farm owned p(
man named Gordon, who had forced II IN
ard was using it for pasturage. One night
Gordon was visited by two hrothers; namei
gans stayed over night, and Gordon told
them he thought there was. copper on his
farm, and that he had NOTICED green ana
NH Tn fha
Mt Gordon took the prospectors to the
mountain, and when they left they carried
away few samples, rev aays later
they came back and offered him So per acre
for the property He was glad to sell, and
Tor this price they bought one of the richest
mining properties ever known. To get
money TO work the mine they sold half
interest to three men in Rockhampton toI
$4,000. With this they eNperimented ana
finally discovered that the ore could be
Worked by the chlorination process. Ihe
result was that the Morgans and their as
soclates soon became millionoires, They
have added TO the works until now tneE
have great mills. lit by electricity, which
nre kent going night and day The tor OF
The mountain has been cut of and there
are still vast fortunes In sight a hundred
thousand dollars is now paid out IN ,waess
every month. and for a long time DIVIDENDS
of half q million dollars month were pau.
town has grown up AZ the doot OF o,e
mountain, and more than 1000 men are
now constantly employed in getting out the
Another large gold field Is ihot, Of Of char ns5
ters Towers a few miles back OF the sea,
mort of Townsville. From II mlilons OF
dollars worth of gold have been taken ~
output being only surpassed by Ballara,t
was discovered in 1872 by two prospectorTS,
who took out millions OF doollars WI a n
of gold In a very short time me prlnViil al
mining s quartz mining, some OF me mn lS
hning vary deem tn 10 1898 S6O0lOO0l
M Te.nTb Of gold had been mined, and At
nresent about $4,000 are paid out every
week, in wages, large TOW" "''
VI, pntber mining field is that Of olympic,
where II is said. the boys pick up soiu
In the streets after ram, Soine,i daS il
vas in that town that a man picheu ~
n nugget worth Sl1O0 not long ago. ~
was walking IN the ontsE ,Icin wne ent Of the
oiav hank al the side of the road lie ,us
| n ont. and TO- II was gold. Az tnaI uiie
olympic was ALREADY tn.sW ohont sano
| IA odd worth Of gold, and mines are helnl
w,orEed throughout large area. IheIt
| we're 1000 mines In operatdl ration Ten 'e"''
| ago and there are more TO-DAY. .L.r
trrhe lin mines exist near the southetl
border and also In the north. There Is eht
| district in the latter seS r,eh rSnEe mr.,
n,i ~ cnnner mines and lead mines as wei
/ as mines Of iron, bismuth and silver, ir9i
deposits are found IN 81, ,,i sec u,onntains q
gne orc Nj Leviathan is n quarter OF
I Nile In diameter at the base II Is ~ ier
ht1b and is said TO be composed OF pur'
magnetic Iron
Queensland opals.
some Of the best opals OF Australia come
| ,ror, western Queensland. They arr
brought into Brisbane by the handful am IN,
! so,d at low prices More than SlooU'
worth are annually mined, and' there arr
hundreds Of men engaged in the business
many Of the opal miners are sheep-shear
ers who hunt for opals In the on season
! The opals are found In quartz and y
/ ssndstone some Of the best lying withil
81 nchea Of the surface. The mining goe
down as far as thirty feet and more, bu
| always stops when the clay is reached
/ The City Of Brisbane.
II write this letter 1T the capital
Queensland. where have spent some time