SILVER MINES IN QUEENSLAND.
The Otago Guardian says that in Queensland some newly-found silver mines are just now causing great excitement. The locale of the discovery is at New Zealand Gully, Coorival diggings ; 1G miles from Rockbampton. The metal, which is a chloride of silver, has long been regarded as a nuisance by the miners, who, ignorant of its quality, dreaded its presence in the tin dish, and have been throwing it away in quantities for years past. The true character of the supposed refuse has been tested by competent assayers, who have reported that it contains 50 per cent of silver, and as much as 10 per cent of gold, and its value is estimated at £SUOO per ton. If the yield is permanent, it is anticipated that the celebrated Comstock lode, and the Nevada mines of America, will be eclipsed. The Messrs Mautou, who were the first to deveiope the Peak Downs, have taken up a great portion of the ground in New Zealand Gully. Besides the silver, one party averaged 70 oz of gold per day for a week lately.
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1210, 11 September 1874, Page 4
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183SILVER MINES IN QUEENSLAND. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1210, 11 September 1874, Page 4
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