FAMOUS MINER

Grey River Argus, 18 October 1932, Page 2

FAMOUS MINER

COOLGARDIE ’S DISCOVERER, DIES AT SYDNEY. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn;. (Received October 17 at 8.35 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 17. Coincident with the mew mining boom in Central Australia, ther 0 comes the announcement of the death of the discoverer of the famous Coolgardie Goldfield, in Western Australia, in 1892. Mr William Ford. He died at Chatswood, the suburb of Sydney, at tho age of eighty. Ford and his mate, Arthur Bayley, were among a large number of fossickers who, during the severe depression after the bank crash in the early nineties, migrated fo Western Austra lia. Ford discovered several nuggets of gold at Southern Cross. His mate officially reported the matter, and Coolgardie soon become known throughout the world. Bayley’s name however, was better known than Ford’s, as he remained on the field for some time. Ford sold his interest- for a huge sum, and finally settled at Chatswood, Sydney.