THE SUDEST GOLDFIELD. Thames. Dec. 1.
A private letter has been received by a genblemttn from a Thames miner who left for New Guinea a short lime ago. The lofcter is dated October 24th, aud the writer states that he had then been 24 days at the Sudest Goldfield. There wero about 600 vhite men on the field, most of whom were engaged in alluvial mining, although ho is himself ougaged in prospecting for a payable quartz reef. The country is of i slate formation, and very similat to that of the Palmer, Queensland. A good many quartz reefs have been discovered, but none of thorn aro of a payable nature. He says that "the climate is very healthy, and that ther.e is an abundance of good water, in fact, il is a, legular paradise." Speaking re the natives, he proceeds : "They are very quiet and aie also very useful. When we want to shitt our camp we employ five oi six of them to cany our pro/isions, etc., and all the payment they a.-k is two or three slicks of tobacco each." ' This u> somewhat different from the other accounts that have been received respecting the Sudest Goldfield.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 322, 5 December 1888, Page 4
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199THE SUDEST GOLDFIELD. Thames. Dec. 1. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 322, 5 December 1888, Page 4
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