THE TAMBAROORA GOLDFIELDS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 169, 31 May 1872, Page 6

THE TAMBAROORA GOLDFIELDS.

A "Migratory correspondent" writes to tn'e 'Melbourne Herald* as follows:

Towards the.end of last April I left Melbourne l>y the Macedon, and entrusted iny<valua'ble person to the hands of Capt. Paine. Tri due time I arrived in Sydney, and devoted two or three days to seeing the lions. I was particularly struck with the .unusual/activity which appeared in all .branches '.of business,-owing to the impetus given to trade by the development of the new* goldfields. I left Sydney by railway to Eydall, and from thence by coach to Bathurst, a journey of about eighteen miles. Pound the old town considerably livelier than usual," oh account of its being the chief rendezvous for persons going to, Tambaroora.. "Up to this point the journey was smooth and pleasant enough, but from Bathurst 'the serious work of gold-hunting begins in awful earnestness. The old coaching days of Ballarat and Sandhurst in 1853 afford but a weak comparison to the horrors of travelling to the present rush in New South Wales." One of my companions on the excursion was Mr. A. G. Fisher, who, scenting auriferous .deposits. from afar, route to the latest discovered El Dorado." * The übiquitous "Cobb" has provided coaching accommodation, and it would be difficult to imagine any greater . feat^ in'pulling and hauling than is performed by the six unhappy horses which toil ever the ups and downs of the "road " in question." The greatest " pull" is up an almost perpendicular height, called the "Monkey," which takes it out of man and jbeast to a most-alarming degree, and, as usual, the passengers have to get out and tramp over the worst parts of the socalled road. We toiled on through, mud and stones for about ten hours, the distancej travelled, being, nearly sixty miles, and eventually reached the far-famed Tambaroora/ The township is tolerably old, and,about as picturesque as the ordinary villages of Australia, which is not saying too much. The hotel accommodation is very poor, while the rate of living is pretty hi«lj. The standard, price of "drink" is' at the good old goldfields ticket, viz., one shilling. Having. " taken stock" of the town, the next thing to do was to inspect the principal quartz mines. | I visited " Ejrohmann's," " Paxton's," "Beard's,".the "Welcome," and others,] and saw enough to satisfy me that,the' reefs were of exceeding richness and can be traced-for miles in length. Two days after my arrival Mj*. Fisher turned up in ' a state of high elevation, having been for- j tunate enough'to secure one half of a claim I on the "Welcome " line, which had been ! worked-.by a- party of four miners, and] from which some splendid specimens were shown. There are several well known Melbourne men at this place, and all appear to be doing exceedingly well. I have no doubt-that a large and permanent in-! crease will be made to the population, as ! the mineral resources of this part of the I country appear to be boundless. My turn i of luck is sure to come soon. I