RICH ORE

Hokitika Guardian, 27 December 1933, Page 3

RICH ORE

A KALCOORLIE ROMANCE

MINE NEARLY ABANDONED

SYDNEY,. December 21

According- tio reports coming from the west, Kalgoorlie ranks among the soundest; towns- in • Australia to-day. The high, ni'ice; of 5 gold .has encouraged a. great .deal,-of prospecting, and much new country lias be.en opened up. Kal-goorlie-"has -a wonderful " history, Vnd has played an- important part in the development of-Australia, and it is certain that-:-iits -;days * are. far from over. [ Last, week-end -one of the . richest parcel'of .ore Over treated in Western Australia was cleaned up at Kalgoorlie. Tlic sample was reminiscent' of the sensatiOnfit- Vieldk -of ■ Fartier days, aiid cafne from the Lady Gladys mine at Mulline. Three and a half tons of ore returned ■ 98'lofc 7eWf, or '. approximately an average of 2(57^0z to the ton, without tailings, which are said i to be extremely rich. As with most 1 gold-mining propositions, there is quite j a romance connected with this find i for the owners \vbri on the point of j; abandoning the' imrie in September i. last. The claim;- lias/yielded in the i t-hree months about'£23,ooo worth of j gold, from 55 tons of ore. j

The ore was contained in 114 bags | of rich dirt, and was closely guarded { throughout treatment. It was , the i second rich parcel to be produced! from the Lady Gladys mine,! and far j exceeded the fii’st, ..which yielded! 1733i0z from 52' tons;.' of .ore, broken j ; and treated by the original holders of.; the lease, Messrs Iyoiul and Mullins, I last September. “ A feature of the 1 treatment of the latest ore was the j consistency of the return from each j hag. From the commencement of the , crushing’ there was little variation in the yields. The Lady Gladys Company took option over; the mine in October last and expects to' have the purchase price, £17,090, before Christ- , mas.

The mine way pegged by Messrs Kozul and Mullins several months ago, and they were ,on the point of abandoning it when Mullins, as he was packing up camp, noticed some promising stone near a rabbit burrow. .This he decided to sample, “just for luck.” A good tail of gold was secured with rlii* yesiilt that the m_u decided a few iveeks they had broken 52. tons to give the claim'another trial. Within of rich ore, which yielded them about £15,000 of gold. The option is close to the old Lady Gladys mine which, in the early days of gold mining in Western Australia yielded 17,0000 z of gold from. 16,000 tons of ore. Several shafts have now been sunk, and development work is proceeding apace.