Gold at Suakim.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1700, 29 June 1885, Page 3

Gold at Suakim.

Tne special c ,i iv--p,anient of theSvd.n y -Hum.ng Henna until,.- from IRndn'r on April 2Ut says The Australian contingent amt scarcely found t'u-mselv ? among the rocks and guides of the hi A UnJ around bm.kim wlmn their ins-inns ; u tll *f l ‘‘-s iuing of splendid ouanz ' O * i:c -‘ ! ;‘ Ul ‘ci union j the rocks. e "Ce ed.ugly promising, and some tine ee.s nave t, c „ distinguished, bin the best _ lu precious metal itself, and era! ot tne Australians have picked out specimens tvitn gchi ilowing freelv. I have also seen a beautiful piece of copp-r ore, an.] . ne . f ,nir infantry officers told met.m other day he hud fmmd traces ~f ®‘,.‘ er- euoes of 1 keiy quartz are found ad over the r. cky country, and there is a s-t"i,g tempt, it..•, la, throw up c inipaigningalt"get;., f r.r ■ll ■., vup the indications Wuiea our Amish c-mrium-s si-c-ia t<> have l, '‘ or. I,i , i,,,t anticipate tiiat payiit.de gdo v. ;i h-, found in the level country, although gold dust may be scattore! mcr the wide spread souls of the •Alois. Jt is in the mountains that the best prosp-ets are to be obtained. There }’. a kite lu-id here f-.r ’be Australians, f nc-yare trauiul to a similar climate, and itii-ir peculiar energies would find ample U V le 1 uiiJ ventures of Soudan, A great ae-al depends mi the taihvay. but witir or Without it mining Would eventually civilise the country.