KIMBERLEY GOLDFIELDS. |

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VIII, Issue 1399, 14 August 1886, Page 4

KIMBERLEY GOLDFIELDS. |

The Australasian has )ale)y pnblishing some letters on the several routes to the above field, which go far to establish one or two matters which have hitherto been open to question. Tbe first of these letters is dated June 12, and the writer is spoken of as the explorer, Mr. O'Donuell in a way which proves that he is regarded by tbe Austra(a&iaa as a i<s)iaWe authority rm such matters. He has clearly established the fact that a good route, only 225 miles between Cambridge Gulf and the diggings, has been found by him. He says : " I am now able to report on a fairly good route for drays and stock between here and the auriferous country, the total distance being only 225 miles. This route can be travelled over at any time oi tbe year, and abundance of grass and water can be had daily unli\ reaching the fields, where both are much scarcer. I enclose you a full description of this track, showing tbe route, and the various distances from water to water. Tbe whole of this route is through a mountainous countrj, and is a continuation of long narrow grassy valleys, lying between, and confined by a chain of high and, Sop \he Tttoit pfcvt. imovacticable ranges of sandston», granite and BfoXe ranges. " The description given of the route was such as to induce some 200 diggers, with 140 horses and drayß, to proceed by it to the diggings instead of going on in tbe Gambier. He expected to cover tbe 220 miles in 22 days, so that tbe difficulties of tlie route can scarcely be very great. Mr. O'Dounell, when be first visited the field, travelled by a route lying near the one since explored by him, but longer by some 50 miles. Nevertheless, with pack horses carrying in Borne cases 2801bs eacb, be renebefi Ibe S*M va 2T days. He was only 22 honrs at tbe diggings proper. Of hi 6 visit, be says : — " As far as I could learn, there were only gome 30 prospectors there then. Among thia number I saw some nice coarse gold, some oi the pieces weighing nearly 3oz. We camped on a branch of the Elvira, called by tbe diggers the Black Elvira, and during tbe few bonrs I was there, nw mate walked oat about balf a mile to a Binall sully or ravino, from which he brought in a bag of stuff taken from the bed of tbe watercourse. On washing it near our camp he got exactly 7dwt6 2grs from three tin dishfuls of the stuff. This prospect was too good to be thrown away, bo it was arranged that my partner and gon should remain there looking for gold, while I returned here immediately for 6appll€3. We had in the meantime disposed oi n\\ our BVppW&s to tbe prospec* tors, who at that fcitne were near)y starving. I am now packing off 6ome more supplies. Wheu I left the goldfield there were no others packing, and no drays or teams of any description bad been brought on to the goldfields lately, neither could we bear of any coming from Derby." He thinks that there is 6 till an immense area of auriferous couutry which has never yet "been loncheh \>y pick or shovel ; find also refers to numerous quartz reefs which may or may not prove to be gold bearing ; Bone of it had, so far as he knew, proved to be gold beariug. The advice he gives is simple and straightforward. He says : "Tbe few miners at tbe field were complaining about the waters drying up in tbe beads of tbe creeks and gullies, as that was where the heaviest and most gold had hitherto been found, and that no payable gold bad been found iv the rivers or main creeka, aJtfioug-b colors could be found anywhere in tbe beds of rivers, while Jt wa9 also found ju small quantities by stripping the surface of Bomo of the quartz ridges. Those who wish to prospect sboald be provided with ways and means. No man," he says, "should come here without two horses aud a sufficient supply of provisions to last three months. Provisions are sure to be very dear on the ground, and as there is not a single pl:ice on the road between bei-e and the fields where men covi)& procure provisions, I wou\d caution men against tryiiig to reach the auriferous country without having horses to carry them. I notice that many such ar« here, and I fear that they will suffvr much hardship and difficulties should they proceed ou. Tbe rainy season may expected here any time from November to March. By that time stores may be plentiful on tbe fields, and the poor man may have a chance of getting some gold in the gullies, as soon as rain may como to make them workable." Tiie harbor at Cuoihi'idge Ga)t iippoars to be far superior to that at Derby. Mr. O'Donnell describes it in glowiug terms : "Cambridge Gulf, as a harbor, has few equals in the colonies. Two large steamships, the Afghan and Gambier, are now lying off only 150 yards from the temporary j^tty. Another vessel of large tonnage came as close as 30 yards, disembarking horses, and lauding her cargo by the aid of a small punt and gangway. All arriving here admit that the climate is very fine. Of fever Of aaY other deact-iption oi A)dcss, there ianone\ nor bare I seen nor be.wd of any illness among the sellers or prospectors between here and the goldfields. The natives, as a rule, are not unfriendly. and I know of but one exception iv which they showed hostility, spearing one of my horses, which has since died from the effectß of the wound. This is tbe only instance in which they have done me an injury in thia part. I very otteu travel through their country rr/tb but one companion, and bave on several occasions camped out by 'myself. Purtiee of mcD passing through have nothing to fear from the natives." 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