ROSEWOOD, QUEENSLAND.

Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 995, 4 October 1871, Page 3

ROSEWOOD, QUEENSLAND.

[northern argtjs.]

We are almost inclined to hope that our frequently expressed opinions as to the concealed wealth lying hidden at Rosewood, are about to be confirmed. An old and experienced digger, named Roderick Morrison, who has stuck to the ground through good and evil report, for a long time, occasionally picking up something worth having, but more frequently meeting with nothing but bad luck, has at last struck something, which from all appearances will result in making him pretty comfortable for life. He has been at work for some time between Brown's Gully, where the big nuggets were found, and Grasstree Gully, on Golden Point, and after immense labor -opened a reef, which bears every appearance of being exceedingly rich. At a depth of 15 feet, the vein is from 10 to 32 inches in thickness, with every sign of increasing. The specimens found at that depth, and which we have handled,- are marvellous, perhaps the finest we have seen, with the exception of those taken from the Bonnie Doon some two years since. The signs of mundic in the stone makes it more than probable that the reef will be a permanent one, and not one of a patchy character — now very rich and then altogether worthless. The prospectors are crushing just enough to carry them along, and in the meantime are grassing the quartz with the intention of carrying it to the nearest machine. We were informed yesterday that from 30oz to 40oz of gold to the ton are expected by Morrison— the largest yield this side of Gympie — and we earnestly hope he may not be disappointed ; but we are afraid, after so many failures, of expressing ourselves very sanguinely. Mr. Jardine off the reef last week, and since then several applications have been made to him.