KIMBERLEY
« The few patient men who waited at the Kimberley goldnelda when the others ran away disgusted, aocm, according to the laat accounts, to have proved that there is an extensive goldfield there, after all. Reefs have bean opened out, whioh, if anywhere near to Sydney or Melbonrno, would cauao immense excitement and create a rush. But just at* the present time the nowa falls flat. When Kimberley waß firdt Bpokon of aa a likely placa, mining waa rather dull everywhere, and mining advepturera were eating their hearts out. But latterly there has been quite a revival of mining excitement near home. Not only have great fortunes been realised at Mount Morgan and Sllverton, but a vast number of new mines have been started. Many of these, of course, will prove failures except to the promoters ; but. bo loDg aa there la a chance of making a fortune nearer home, people will not take all the long journey to the unsettled oountry of North West Australia, and then plunge two hundred and fifty miles into tho bush m search of a possible fortune. Klraberley, therefore, will have to wait for tho present ; but it is something to know that an extemivo goldfield is really fchece, beoiuao it asanroa a csrtuin development to that part of the oolony. As a goldßeld will collect a certain number of people, it is an additional stimulant to the paßtoral occupation of the country, and that kind of occupation has juat now eomo charm to p»atoraliata who are broken-haarted q,t the now rentH and assessments which the older colony imposes. Men who still remember the old-fashioned fclyle of eqaattlng, and who like it better than the new Btylo, are just now under utrong inducements to go away Into new country, where, for a term of years, rents will be light, and nelectots few. What, therefore, with the combined attractions of gold and equattlng, North Western Australia may forge Btoadlly ahead ; and if (t doeß, the new young colony will be a valuable ballast to tUo old settlement, and hap to complete the occupation of our island continent. — " Sydney Mail."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1720, 20 December 1887, Page 3
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