New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
THE PASSING THRONG.

The Rev. James Murray. Roman Catholic Bishop
of Northern Queensland. Australia. who is just now
a visit to this country, is ex-
IGNORANT tremely interesting in his remnis-
OF A GOLD cences Of Australian life, and in
MINE AT HIS talking this subject recently to
DOOR. some friends at the Waldorf-Astoria
he said: Australia possesses one
of the wonders of the world in the marvellous
Mount Morgan gold mine. No parallel TO it has
ever been discovered either in this or in any other
than $3.50 900 in gold and is stn producing.
equaed H i0 When the nai and total output of the
Mount Morgan mine is registered 1t VIII be likely 10
Of its discovery makes strange and rare tale. A
fun generati9n ago an aSvsnnr9us m ana marcy sa rlS
lands coast range mountains and AFTER ouIans d
Of the surrounding wilderness Years went by and
the clearing of farmland grew The centre OF ine
by a conicai shaped Hill. This hill was covered
wn @ what TneTs s e. m asy fa but believe its
physical appearance resembles that Of the cinkers
c9nditi6ns m conner noticed frequently took on all
the colors Of Joseph's historical coat but 10 ms ms
uninstructed mind this phenomenon meant nothing
than an agreeable physical addition to me
ence and eked out modest livelihood, and had no
thought beyond his farm and its products. ms
and divers cattle and sheep One evening after
sundown two Welsh prospectors named Morgan gan
the night Connor gave them share Of his scanty
fare and a shakedown on the veranda-
The following morning the Morgans were about
to start their way. when one of the brothers
chanced piece of float which
HE SELLS Enthusiastically betrayed the pres
s250O00 600 ence of gold The Morgans there
FOR f3G0. upon questioned Connor closely
about the country thereabouts. and
finally asked him if he had ever noticed anything
queer in the appearance of the earth That 1
have replied Connor. 'Shure, it's meself that
owns an entire hill that every now and again
shows all colors of the rainbow He willingly
showed the Morgans the mount and gave them
full permission work they would upon IT.
The Morgans soon convinced that they had
h9ncGd on great Sjscsy@ry ana at at once t MAGE e,
had gathered from the hillside. The assay showed
in rold They then returned TO the lonely ranch
and offered ConnOr $500 spot cash for his farm.
Cornor had had seven wears of desoIate life, and
the sum mentioned 20 man in his position repre-
sented small fortune. SO he eagerly closed with
the onor he did not dream when ne packed .S{2 S9
strapped carefully round his waist that he had
parted with the richest treasure Dame Nature had
any other country The of the story is simple.
The MorCans managed 10 get together a sufficient
sum 70 purchase a rude stamp mill which it took
them six months to transport and erect Within
had paid for itself and an order for improved ma
chinery was on its way 10 the coast That was
been taken from that conesh shaped hill and il is
yielding gold plentifuly to-day The
ccne is gone forever. though and two years since
cavation and looked down at a busy shift of
miners below | was standing where the base of
the cone had rested a quarter of a century before.
The mountain was probably OF volcanic origin, and
the gold impregnated the soft rock which formed
busy hive Of industry-an industry which, by the
among the worlds richest To their great
credit be it known that after their own success
assured they sought Connor and so
richly rewarded him for his kindly hospitality
the night preceding the great discovery Of the
Mount Morgan mine that he was made independent
for life