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Dunstan Times, Issue 546, 4 October 1872, Page 2

There ia-every reason to believe that the auriferous treasures buried up in the depths of tho Molyneux will at last be resuscitated trom. their watery bed and made useful in adding to the comforts of civilised life, instead of lying useless at the bottom of the modern Pactolus. Whether this will be liestaccomplishedby Hr. Vi I lame’s system, or that of Mr. M’Lennan it

is impossible for us to say—both may be equally elf etivo to accomplish the desired end, and judging from what wo have learned respecting the merits of these two processes we have no reason to doubt but that they will secure the desired object. The rapidity of the current of the Molyneux will be a difficult obstacle to get over, Still greater difficulties than that have been mastered and overcome, and considering that we have science at our command, there should he no obstacle unsurmountahle when the reward is certain In this case there will be no difficulty on that score, the quantity of gold in the bed of the river must be fabulous, and, as many people s»y, lays there in shovelfuls. The river has been our great ground sluice for ages unaccountable; what the timbres have got is nothing to that 'which might be got where a thorough scraping of the rocky bottom possible,—lt will be in the crevices that the large finds will be obtained This was the case at the Upper Sho f over. from crevines into which a pick could hardly be made to penetrate pounds weight of gold were obtained. But this is as nothing to what must be contained in the bed of the Molyneux which receives the drainage of so vast an area of country, and which, from the great flow of water has never been reached. It is a disgrace to modern enterprise, to say that gold exists in a place in enormous quantities but cannot be obtained. The difficulty of reaching the bed of the Molyneux and extracting some of the treasure appears more practicable to us than obtaining gold from Port Darwin or Charters Towers ; weknov that it is here and at our very feet, and we •ball be wanting in enterprise if we do not make an effort to obtain it. 'lbis is no visionary scheme, and with some practicable appliance to contend against the current, we hope to see a goldfield fabulous for its richness opened at our doors.