KIMBERLEY GOLD-FIELDS.
The following was telegraphed to the Melbourne Argus from its correspondent at Port Darwin, on June »S hj ; —The Kimberley gollields have nearly drained the Terri* tory of Europeans. An old resident, writing from Cambridge Gulf on April 20, says that the trip from Palmerston can be made in 24 hours. Large vessels can anchor at Viewbul with nine fathoms alongside tbe bank, and passengers can jump ashore. Small crafts can reach Mount Houseroof, 50 miles up the Ord River, cutting off the marshy country. McPbee and bis party bad brought news that they had found gold in a great many places. They had 30 oz, and had never camped twice in the same place. They got gold in the watersheds of the Ord and Margaret. They did not reach the diggings proper. Apparently there are threeauriferous belts. The nearest, which is 70 miles from the GuH, has not been prospected. The diggers are widely ecatterad, Elvy’s party bronght in 70 oz. of gold. Both parties came for stores, which they packed back. They feared the natives would prove troublesome, and warned diggers that horses were iadispsusiWc,
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1856, 12 July 1886, Page 2
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189KIMBERLEY GOLD-FIELDS. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1856, 12 July 1886, Page 2
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