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GLEN ELGIN ON BERGUILLA, WELLINGROVE, WELLINGTON VALE, AND
DUNDEE GOLD

 
Throughout the whole of this district usually named Beardy Plains, the precious metal is universally diffused in greater or less quantities. Of minerals besides gold, the ore of Antimony has been found near to Dundee as also the Oxide of Tin.  Graphite a valuable mineral and useful in the arts was discovered at Dundee in 1853, the discoverer recommends to the consideration of the Colonists how far graphite may be available in Australia from the supply of the mineral from the Boroodale [Borrowdale} mines of English Cumberland is fast diminishing.
At Wellingrove and Glen Innes gold has been found on the ridges and in the water courses in quantities to pay the gold digger. At Wellingrove Copper Ore, Manganese, Plumbago, Oxide of Tin, & Silver have been found.
At Wellington Vale, gold has been found, as also rich specimens of Copper & Iron.
The gold found at Berguilla or Rocky since a branch of the Clarence, is nuggety & of a rich yellow colour similar to that found on Guira or Wollamunibi [Wollumunibi] rivers.
The yield of gold at these northern diggings was considered to be as large in proportion to the persons who were engaged, in digging as any of the other gold fields at present afford in the district of New England.  None of these northern fields have been fairly tested by experienced diggers, who generally prefer the main fields now
being wrought by diggers of experience, and where supplies of every article are to be had on these fields.  These supplies which are brought
from towns in the immediate neighbourhood in great measure constitute a working gold field; & encourages go finders to remain on the grounds which are of less value than those at a greater distance.
The precious metal is found in the Table lands of New England in greater or less quantities in all the Creeks & river channels flowing from the great Cordillera, & I consider that as the researches of those employed are extended to other spots than those now worked that gold will be found in quantities to pay the diggers who are at present in the district, and afford encouragement to those who are daily arriving from other fields in the South, & where there is every prospect for them to be as uniformly rewarded for their labour as at any other field in New South Wales.
 
STONEY CREEK GOLD FIELD JULY 29th 1856
 
A great excitement prevails at Stoney Creek gold field field [?] owing the discovery of some surfacing surpassing in richness anything yet found in this gold field.  The spot where the new rush has taken place is about one hundred yards from the old working known as "Cox's surface" on the bank of the creek many nuggets have been found & picked up varying from a few pennyweights to eighteen ounces. One party took out over one hundred ounces in two days within a foot of the surface, indeed among the roots of the grass. Another party took upwards of seventy ounces of gold in one day.  Another party got from fifteen to twenty ounces for a days work. Besides the surfacing some good shallow sinking has been found on the point in which as much as two ounces to the tub have been obtained.
 

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