Gold Mining News.
(Per Press Association.) Stdnky, December 7. Tho new find at the Great Boulder is more important than was at first supposed. The drive at the bottom of the level has been carried 160 feet south from the main shaft at the junction of the two lodes, which is split by mullock. Further south there is two feet of very rich stone. It is simply a mass of gold, the stone almost hidden by a glistening coating of gold. Iv the crevices are seams of almost pure gold in fine particles, while occasionally lumps of stone containing two-thirds of gold are met with. The lode at this point is over 12ft wide, and all extremely rich ; but there are two feet of sensational stuff. Heavy gold apparently runs along the wall for a long distance. The flow of people westward continues. Steamers for West Australian parts are crowded with passengers. A new alluvial gold field at Stringy Bark, near the old Gulgalong field, New South wales, is attracting a lot of attention. A rush has set in and claims have been pegged off in all directions. Prospectors reported that they got 103ozs of gold from 22 loads of dirt. The gold is free and coarse. The sinking ranges from 9 to 20 feet.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 137, 9 December 1895, Page 2
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