The Kimberley Gold Rush
♦ (Per s.s. Tarawera, at the Bluff.) Pbeth, April 15. A large number of persons proceed to Kimberley goldfields per ».s. Otway on Monday. A number of merchants are •ending large stocks for the purpose of •pesing stores at Derby, etc. At the Government land sales yesterday. Derby Town lots realised upwards of £120 per acre. A number of parties are being formed at Cossack for the purpose ot proceeding to the goldfields. Goldseekers continue to arrive at Derby from the fields with parcels of 16oz. and upwards. The gold to hand per s.s. Otway, is pronounced of the first quality, and is very little wnterworn. It is valued by experts at £4 per oz.
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 138, 1 May 1886, Page 2
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118The Kimberley Gold Rush Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 138, 1 May 1886, Page 2
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