Kimberley.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1723, 2 June 1886, Page 4

Kimberley.

GENERAL DESGKIPrtON OF T&3. COUNTRY. ', Tbo Melbourne Arguo of a lata <fc*eeublishe'J aSull and interesting -Bccouut cf the Ifcnterby country, frcn <*bich irt take fca fcl'omrg '^ob, Bta;ft surveyor i» corosr-and <» vtb« Jwberiey surveys, f< tho ?sspocfc&rs $6fe*ros frota Berty rail = o«mfcri%j#ul!<to the phce gol<2 :>E3 been fos^ oro — -"ore Bssfey 'SSGeQ«»; ftrera Oasnbradgo <&=#» i2BC rahe. I^cro gfotanoas (w efoort tt»o rssitotj theft tt&wiloro r r~.jffclkxr <"en beth places to reach tho *net trhcrc aha jjote <?as feon«i Tb© . Cwobiad^o S-uif rwrc hsJicd neariy . a &(> ffii!i^. fcafl » savrgßblo for 60 siMcj iVcs? t lt © a^troßc©. Th*«B ib ft guff of 'oiQcwr.3 them 0100, Uk &* ' left fcr CassbritS^e GuK, j;3O-ly'uf>poi«ite<3 Qovernor Sn»:d?£U, | t?'f:h maO, pjsrvey party, iindnr 3£r p, ft Kanfordj eieven «• .notable* and . Bc?g«<t:U and an eqnipsts«it; of r^iUmildm^s suitable fi* the fcnnE.tiic <?f a nevr settl?raent. Conaidcr..ine the intituile of :be Grd^ end ' Cambridge thttf, Mr Jchnstcn thinks «fee cliniata good, aapeoially inland ; Ktrt ns^r tbs ocas}, particularly yrbor.*» it w low-lying, nsal«rial fever nay »«o oxpopt?^d*to prcjvrtil during tbe dry Boastjn, vrbau the atfauaps and marsbos tpQ |jivina oS tbe Mupevabundaat moictura that they bad accumuliited Ou^cg 1 tJis raisy ssusoa. I*i>.h are •7e77 plentiful ie {.ha ]>oo!t> 0: the Ord, tdo"kiijit}3Cioßtcai!ght xrUh lit:es were CAt-d!wb and bre«i:s. Otlies' fish and coald be esiusfnt m nunY?.rn vhh a net.. Naiive dogs are rallvr a«msrou8 — more so on the lioCer t:i«n tbe Upper Ord Wat-er-for^i of vnrious descriptions are plentiful on tbe rivers and lagoons. "s?iid geese ff.re to be'foundoa some of the l&rge pools and lagoone. As tf&n Kii^bsHsy conntry is only p:tf tfelly occupied by settlers, it must b& CticJeratood that no stores can bb R9t* on the road, after leaving the po?ti sq thattraveilers must pforide ♦nwnsolves with «H that may be reSvery man ought to have at len«t three or four pack hoi scs. Horses fir* not to be procured m the country, therefore they will have to be taken '■ hy steamer. The Western Australian Gorernraent caused anrveys to be made under the direction ef Mr John* •ton. The par by obtained gold, but before he reported ii to the Governttient hit* meb disclosed the good nowa oa their way back to Perth. Old iigf»pn» cuught the inevitable fever, Mid Trent off to look at the place. The result* we know. Gold m SimTberloy is now causing excitement *• torottghowt Außtrttlin. * \ 3Er Hardraan, a gertlogist, who ac« tomptmied Mr Jaoksoh's party, cays : mX'fke (Juttitt rt'efs have A general b^ftf-ing o« N . 10 B. to N.E. Many Tftn dno N. »nd S. Some of them efla betrocetl for several miles. It fe jSost probable that these qwartziftrote rocks are & spur or continua- ■ faaTioS the go!<M>earing metamorpbio fil&n of the Northern Territory of fixjotli Australia, now^ being worked' snecess. The rivers*, valfn^'and flats, are m many cases Covered with depooitf^ sometimes tery Os.t(?n.ftiTe > o? quartjß, grave), arid drift, *l»e <f*usrtz being iJeri red' from the t*,e!i!:tl&t?oa of tae repfß reiewed to s^rfhaio. 1 hire prps|>ected these gravels crrr h&zj mil«s o? coantry, and I fia vs rarely failed to obtain good colors of ftp\&-£sn many localities of a Very cfedn?:!^girg.character. Very often gofjt comrs vren obtained m every TBfln" washed m difiVtetit trials iv the ti&me • locality, y I . have thus found <r- gol«l to be di^triltuted over about 140 \> ' Ci^le* along the BU ire, • Panton, and' \ Oyd rivers, Ac, as trell as on tbe Mary, and Margaret -rivers^ where- • ' tbe J*niHcutipnß were very goodj and €!;« appettiiince of the country, most favourable. In several instances I obtained good colors of gold at considerable distances from tbe qimrfcz- ;. -benring rocks from which the gold cotfld only have derived. This ! So my mind sepms to- indicate that there must ,be large quantities of gold iiKtbe qnartz-bearing rocks atid m drifts overlying thenii The goldV yielding' cjuutry is well watered by. f nnmevous rivers, crfteka, and - gullh-i, '■- ■which even ii) the diiesL part. 6f tbe ve«.r are never wlioliy, without water. ' And' although. during the dry season !. tlrater is. scavoe, fbere • would be no difficulty m conserving water any- , where m sufficient quantity for all mining purposes.