A CAUTION TO MINERS.
It would appear that the Darwin fever has not yet died out ip parts of this h’rovinee. We would therefore direct attention to the following telegram, dated Port Darwin. the 4th of October, which was received by Mr J. T. Steele, of Maldon, from his brother, Mr Joseph Steele, who arrived at Port Darwin about two months ago by the Candor:—“No payable Goldfields discovered ; hope almost given up this season.” With reference to the same subject, the Ovens and Murray Advertiser of the 7th states : “ The following private telegram, sent by Dr J. J. C. Dempster, late of Beecbwnrth, direct from Port Darwin, was last night received by Mt Richard Warren, proprietor of this journal: ‘ Tort Darwju, Friday. Deter men from starting for this place ae much as you possibly can. The quartz found is poor, and there is nothing whatever to justify any rush,’ ”
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Evening Star, Issue 3018, 22 October 1872, Page 2
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149A CAUTION TO MINERS. Evening Star, Issue 3018, 22 October 1872, Page 2
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