THE QUEENSLAND TIN MINES.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1162, 19 April 1872, Page 3

THE QUEENSLAND TIN MINES.

Regarding the Queensland tin rush, the Sydney Morning Herald says that there v no abatement in the excitement caused by the discovery. It, has scarcely, illtfettfed hyßrabane ; B3t in Warwick/ Toowoomba. and the country near the Border, mithiog else is-^dked about. The total nomber of applications received np to Friday last was ri .263, . representing ■elections Amounting to' 20,619 acres,' and deposits in each to L 6476 14b. Allusion is made to the presence on the field of a number of " gully rakers," who " shepherd" the bona fide prospectors, take the bearings of the intended selection — being matenally usined in 4 their objecV by, their superior knowledge of the country — aud send in a prior chum to the ground, thus filching from h^rdwprking men the fruits of their toil.' ' All" expostulation is futile. Meantime, there is plenty of activity at the fields. Swagmen crowd the road between Warwick and Quart-Pot Greek, and on the part of those who have settled down to work there is no grumbling, everyone being apparently satisfied with his prospects. Laboring men can earn from L 2 to L 2 5s per week, with rations, and the number of this class is rapidly increasing. One result of the extensive prospecting going on is that other metals have been discovered— gold, -silver, and plumbago, it is said. Last week a ton of stream tin, the- product of Captain Johnson's claim at Quart-Pot Creek, came down by railway en route for Sydney, and other lots .are reported as coming forward: ;

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