Kimberley Goldfields
Stdnet. September 28. The Sydney Morning- Herald has. received a telegram from T. Oolin, dated Coppins Gully, Kimberley goldfields, Atigust 12, which states that the diggings are a complete failure, one pennyweight per day being considered a good find. Numbers are leaving daily. At present there are about 800 on the field, who- are suffering great hardship and misery. Some of the finest men and the most com- | plete outfits ever seen are now en th» ground. [P B CNITRDP&KSS ASSOCIATION. J . Wellington, Thi« Day* Messrs Stewart and Co., owners of the barque Kentish Lass^ which took m diggers to Cambridge Gulf, have re- * ceived a cable from the. Captain, stating that the veasel left Wyndham for Melbourne and Wellington on the' . 27th inst., with aflarge number of men who are returning from the field.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 50, 7 October 1886, Page 2
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