A LUCKY COPPER MINER.

Evening Star, Issue 2987, 14 September 1872, Page 4

A LUCKY COPPER MINER.

Amongst those who have clone a good thing in the way of copper discoveries, says the Courier, is a Mr Bengally, who some years ago was employed in Brisbane as a stone worker, one of his Jobs being in laying the foundation of the Town Hall. Ho afterwards went to Toowoomba, and did well until the dull times, after which he joined the rush to Cympio. Fio was successful for a short time ; but a run of fortune Set against him, and he lost all that he had made. He was at Brisbane last week, for the purpose of securing a valuable copper selection in the Mount Berry district The Toowoomba Chronicle thus refers to the now lucky miner :—“ Our readers—at least those in the vicinity of Toowoomba—might possibly remember a Mr Bengally, formerly a resident of this town. Some four or live years ago he went to Olympic, and did well for a time, but was afterwards unsuccessful, and gradually lost what he had saved. When hard up he fell in with Mr Barnes, the well-known driver in the service of Cobb and Co., mail contractors, and asked the loan of a pound, with which request Barnes complied. Bengally afterwards went to Mount Berry Copper Mines, and did well. The other clay Barnes met him in Brisbane, and reminded him of the loan, to which Bengally replied, “ Yes, I remember that loan well—that LI stood me in good stead—here is LlO in return for it.” Bengally then offered Barnes a half share in a copper mine' in which he was interested. Barnes remarked, ‘‘You don’t mean it, do you ?” to which Bengally replied, ‘‘l do.” Barnes has .since resigned hie position as driver for Cobb and (Jo., for the purpose of looking afteo his newly-acquired interest in the copper regions. Bengally, we are informed, is now worth L 10,000 in cash.