New Mining Discoveries.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 132, 21 May 1872, Page 7

New Mining Discoveries.

The Sdh'li, Amtr.dmn Herf'takr publishes the following extract from a letter sent frotn the Roper River by a member of Mr Todd's telegraph expedition :—" Wherever you go you see indications of gold, and I firmly believe that if a prospecting party comes hero it will bj the making of the (dace."

The same journal has also been favoured with the following clippings from a letter written to an Adchklo.vi by a friend in the Northern Territory :—" You make mention of a gold party coming here, and I am of opinion that they cannot fail to do" well, for the country about 150 miles from Port Darwin is reported to be a gold country. I have b'en careful to make all possible enquiries, and the reports are indeed good. Some of the parties have found gold in payable quantities. One of the men got a nugget said to be worth t'i. The gold is of a coarse nature, and all from surface sinking. The great drawback is the difficulty of getting provisions to the field for want of stock. Tho roads are tolerably good from Port Darwin. A gentleman who has been here some length of time, and has seen a good deal of this place, reports it to be a beautiful pastoral country, and lie considers that it will turn out a far better goldfield than Victoria. About 140 miles from Port Darwin, or 22 miles from the telegraph depot, No. 2, sav in :: south-easterly direction, the gold region commences, and continues for about 80 miles in the same direction, spreading ea.it and west in an unknown course at present. On the above mentioned gronnd I am sure you will find gold in payable quantities wherever you may try and wash a dish of earth for it. We are about 80 miles from the Roper. I have seen some of the gold found by a resident hei'e, and it is about the size of No. 1 shot when they are beaten out."