The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-01-29
4 GREAT GOLD SCARE
When the yetsW MStai Was
First Found ., Australia.
aFRAiD or THE cssHeTs.

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VI. Enslsh Savsrsm.ne 4sisa % Asa
Did For ! Time eupnrsas the NsstA
sseadsss " Feared . csnsrsA Uwss-
Eng IN tho Colony Of Criminals.
Gold In Australia ,vaa A~hcegsrsa--
n might almost be paraonsd Pm say
Ing Hrst discoysrsd~Inany tzn4s. But
thenews Of the ssAssss DISCOVERIES was
jeaisusly kept Ecx ssres&ens. The se
cSet Of this rstissaee I'M In the pres
encs OF the army ~ ecs~icAs which
then composed tie teiancs Of the pop
nistion Had a god rsnis twUken out
1t was feared sAat a general uprising
Of the prisoners would tass place.
Nevertheless thu Grst colo found IN
Australia was By convicts. in 1914
near Bathurst. New Rsuth Woes. The
d~iscoverers gathered ssgsSser q Gs&p
tity quite suflcionk % AsaA them to be
iisye that thoy isaS &sunA q gold mine
bot wher ttey rSfurted what th&y con
siderea their good fortune to the Keep
!er he. instead Of underta king to req
commend them for pardon or en-, ing
their hard lnbors In any way. thrAat
tened TO give them all q seun1 iogghls
II they venturcd again 10 say d wonl
about the matter or 70 spetsd any Eiore
dime picking up gold. The next find.
was, made on the Fish river in 1923,
not far from the spot where the con
victs bad come Scross &c sine years be
fore. This news, being fwported to the
authorities, was also ordered sup
pressed. Within tbs ctnrse OF the nexi
two YEARS finds were SO frequent that
the Lonasn government began 20 take
great inisrest IN the AFFAIR. But the
fast that anothse region os the yellow
metal might he 90 che DISPOSAL Of such
as might seck WAS kept rigidiy secret
until On iopc q Dramatic Incident pre-
clutes 81 possibility o. frrthet Sc
cTecy. s,
4 coz~tet was discovered with d mug.
get cf gold In his possession. When
asked how he had come hE the metal
be said that he had picked u up In the
lbush. he was cautioned. and told that
the authorities had no doubt thai he
had stcAen the gold, bat the prisoner
stcutiy hid to his Original tale. Az
length, he was taken ont and severely
logged In public as a thia. There Ia
NOV NO doubt thaS Tive mars told the
truth. After this. although tAs public
wan every now and then ksyaA up 20
great expectations ly fome reported
AND, no further veins were discovered
until 1889, when q E1sstan noblel1an
found 6 :ieA deposit In the Blue molfn.
tains. The British government again
becaUs searfai. OF the consequence OF
such news cpon a coidny Of convicts
and ordered tho lrbatorr suppressed.
Yet su6Rcient people had heard OF It to
keep the story. alive and give crcdence
10 such rumors as arose from time 70
time. So matters driMed en- Time
and time again bushmen. shepherds.
esnvicts and surveyors picked up small
Mugwets and brought them to the cen
ters OF population. but at that day peo
pie were nothing like 81 leen on gold
niAing az they subsequently, became.
and the subject Of gold In Australia
was nor pursned as n would expect
1t TO be.
The discovery Of gold IN California
changed safl THAI. Those rich fields.
panning but their golden store and Ill.
ing the Golfers Of lucky individuals
and governments at q rate never
6neamed Of, awakened a thirst for
prospecting all che woSld over. In
every part OF the earth nen went out
with pack and PAN, hopang to come
across the precious metal.
when the news OF Oa~lifornis's for
eune teaRhed Australia. many took
ship to Anlericass shores. ana among
these was Hammond Hargreaves. an
EnRlishman, native eof Gosport. who
Aah 'emigrated to New South Wales IN
/ 1892 In Australia he engaged In
farming without much profit and was
among the frss to rush for California.
O~nhreaching the auriferous region the
Arst tfirrstha STRUCK bin wss che
similarity OF the geological formation
III California and bathurst Australia.
and there ana than he made mp bis
rnlud 90 inquire int the subject should
ne ever return 10 Australia. He work
"a for something IKE a couple Of years
IA California and then set saA for New
ycvth Wales. RetuyuAnG. hf OF course
casrseN To his Bird the thought that
cerhars <hesc might Do gold In BATH
usst. ana syhen he landed he set to
woxk t. makeC sAorSugb search.
Bcgure tha. ho<ever, he had NADIA
ne acquaintance IL Kflllam and Jar1ss
Toms ana j. II. D. Ixssss. who wess
saxiouS 10 prospeet for Odd. Ear
kwrsaves taught thesn how 20 use pick
and pan, the 6ish and the ehadle--in
fact save them . practical II rough
ssdnsassn into tfs mysteries Of geld
aaa scla bearing rcciin and gravel.
These rgsn struck out. ana IN Apsil,
1881. tie tArss pupils returhee TO thes
lvad master, and. 10, liz their pockets
lfhay carrisd gold to thu amount "
fcux ounces! Hkfgreaves. know ms ne
rcrses. took fnts gold and full dirsr
tious 70 tie proper qusstes. Ehe news
! went fcrth. the rush began. sieh Ants
were made, and H~nrEreascs woa Nal.
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