A LUCKY COPPER MINER,

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1279, 4 September 1872, Page 2

A LUCKY COPPER MINER,

Amongst those who have done a good thing in the way of copper discoveries, aays the ' Courier, ' is a Mr Ptsngally; who. sonic years ago was employed, iv Brisbane as a stone worker, one of his jobs being in laying the foundation of the Town Hall. He afterwards went to Toowoomba, and did well . until ' the dull times,, after which he joined the rush to Gympie. He was successful there for a short time ; but a run of fortune set against him, and he lost all that he had- made. He was at Brisbane last week, for the purpose of securing a valuable copper selection in the Mount Perry district. Trie Toowoomba Gliromcle thus refers to the now lucky miner :— " Our readers — at least those in the vicinity of Toowoomba — might possibly remember a Mr Pengally, formerly a 'resident of tnis'town. Some four pr five years ago .he went to Gympie, aiid did well for a time, but was afterwards unsuccessful, and gradually lost what he hadisaved. When hard up he fell in with Mr Barnes, the well-known driver in the service of Cobb. and.Co. , mail contractors, and asked the loan of a pound, with which request' Barnes complied. Pengally afterwards went to Mount Perry Copper Mine 3, and did well. The other day Barnes"mfei;-mmnnTT3Hsb~ane7^ affa^-" mmaetnnin of f the loan, to which Pengaily replied, "Yes, 1 remember that loan well— that' LI stood me in- good stead— -here is-.LIO in return for.it." Pengally thon offered Barnes a half share in a copper mine in which he was interested. Barnes remarked,. "You don't mean it, do you v ?" to which Pengally replied, "I do." . Barnes has since resigned his position as driver for Cobb and Co. for the purpose of looking after his newly-acquired interest in the copper regions. Pengally, we are informed, is now worth LIO,OOO in cash.