The Kimberley Goldfields

Feilding Star, 29 June 1886, Page 3

The Kimberley Goldfields

The following . extract from letter ofjfbii old Otago ; miner writing from Eimberly to a friend in Hokitika is quoted by a West Coast paper:— i-'V : W# (meaning a ; £gr<iy of 26), left Melbourne on 2nd /Ifarch for Port; Derby,, wliich place we Jellied hi about 16 days, and left almost immediately for the scene of the h\ev workings. The first 126 miles jye, travelled on footwith comparatively little difficulty, after, that we covered another 60 miles wit%ut. t ooming across 4fie. sligj^^st trace tof any watery the^he^^fing^ something terrifio^aind,the; hardships we ha,d to put up "with are beyond; description*. ■ ; . We next passed fivedays without comingf across" waterj except 'what managed to carry with us. Four of pur .patrty were then ; with fever, from, which three feed.r 1 . \ye are now in gamp (as l'write wu this Jetter), a distance of 804 iflfedfrpjxUPort Derby, and have not prinj^al .gold workI^^^^^Hk^A A|^e|< m*tyy by wlQ^^^^Hßfcs 'letter^y^infortnec^B^^^^^^fcyring wdVgflfcu three to ipmJ^^^^HttfcttquEflJHJ of gold was. fouraH^^^^HMgpc^ll 1 would not advise^^H|^^^Hj^o^ come here, at least urr^H^^^^H| from me 'again, as just no^J^^^H really is very little to induce anyalH to come to a country like this." The Town and Country Journal of I June 19th says : — Telegrams received Tuesday.' via Brisbane, report that men had; arrived at TownsviUe, and. assert that hundreds of men were camped about . Derby, not knowing which wayjitp go. $lie arrivals; by the Gaaabier^Afghan, Victoria, Ai^ie, and other- Tessels. it was feared, wowd swell the number until riots would follow; The store. keepers "first on the field 'are flamed /for . sending , exaggerated, repoite^ have been made, and that no vessel from. Derby has taken more than 2500z. -•■••■• >