A New Goldfield
")^|Jijrega^r to vth~e. pe w^7gpp/hs.|| j tovej-y m Western AustraUa^o.f .which j? a caVie informed' us th^c^her day^aj Pdrth telegram ia the Melbourne Age says j:^"G:reftt!V:exciteurens \prevaiii? th ■ '. «i gliouC Ithe W>ny>! ihv ;eon nectio u x with 1 , an exteiiaivef'gold 'disriorery' at 1 A-hburfon. Telegrams 'fr6ai' ; thafc field sta^e that Wilson,. Fprd and, Pat. Brestiahan haye obtafded; ibOOiJZ '6% gold 200 miles f rdm tlere, and! l& :i miles from the river. The informant handled the !-go\J&,~ibu¥. Jiadl no niean|? of weighing, it. adhere isi .no -doublt that the. findiisVa big tmel stM-t Wilsoni ; who ia a practical man, says it is the richest he tih&a iey*ir seen. < ■ Th' e^ gold? found consists of r nuggets, and coars§ gold/: odtnolheT-teWgranj; from .K6ae> burne station states tliatmucU interest, is still felt regarding the new fiad on the i A.^d^yls this v mdrnin"g "'inW^arfo sobti, some 20 ( ' men acco'tnpejh'jang 1 "it/ 'fur' We v diß- ; coyery. ,^.lih« ije.portiiß?(thal; thaijtocUff jmileßstbj!o^oafl iicoia >Uoil»lafei>ttud that the road thereaae^ ypfendidi,* there teing plenty of _wajfcet .apd upi'sp.feed^ The^elctfsr etationij an& 1' 15 r " uiile^f rom river, the *gols, .bearing y,dquntry.; gxte;n;dingj £0 mne4«J}yv;2p ;^fiilpß.j' Jk^believeiJ that;tihe;£nd is §£,?jthft colony^ ias yet seen. 5 Se^epjl; isF&s> nuggetei iiave. been - unearthed and^ a largev 'quantity > : o£ loo&e gold- ' i Tiief© . is\ plenty of «wi.ter. r The^Ash'bUrton people are all 4eavingyf oWiS 'fitocl." J ■*** ■
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 133, 3 May 1890, Page 4
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230A New Goldfield Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 133, 3 May 1890, Page 4
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