A NEW AFRICAN GOLDFIELD.
A South African paper aays : — " A true ■toty, which sounds almost like a brilliant bit of romancing by Mr H. Rider Hag* gird, comes to* me from Damaraland. Many yesrs ago a man named Sterene, while prospeottog for oopper, discovered gold In Damaraland. He told the secret to one of his sons, and the twain kept It dark. Sabsf qoently, notwithstanding the dlsoovery, the old mm and his family Trent to the Charters Towers gold mined In Australia. Here he and his sons did very well, and the *ons have also worked snceewfully at other gold mining centres m Australia. On hit deathbed he called his ions together, related the secret to them, and strongly advised them to return to Damaraland. The advioe was followed, and the sons have lately arrived !m Dem ar aland, where after obtaining fall eoneeeslons from the Germans, they have proved beyond cavil the disoovery made by their father as one of the richest gold mines on the African continent. The Barberton Sheba Is a mild sort of Infant In comparison with the Damara mine, which fs situated jost 30 miles from Waiwioh Bay. at a place called Hyoonßchap, en the Zyakop river. This la the first time the story has been told m a pnbllo way", bat It Is known to a few leading men In Gape Town — Including Mr Ohlsson, the brewer— who are eagerly straining hopeful eyes m the direction of Walwica B»7."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1741, 16 January 1888, Page 3
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245A NEW AFRICAN GOLDFIELD. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1741, 16 January 1888, Page 3
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