| Show w fu I GOLD AT AN ACRE tl tue ii 2 ha Story y ol of n Mountain o n of In if Queensland e Sl n nn I rue r s l r rs It tI IA known t to many n n that t I a I rI to n mountain of at golden ore are exists In IntI tI UJ t Queensland the Bunny tunny tate state ut of ot tilt lit th new us ne nei J i Australian commonwealth ThU moun fAsi IH IN now noli being tunneled and ana leveled and Its tone stone and pawed l through chemical processes ill In ln one P 1 1 year oar over oer ounces of ut pure purl gold n wore and an the tho value of ut the Ih Ihl l mine minI onu rOil roue In the th share market toI to tu tui i I J then n f Traveling In central C trAI Queensland a few tew months ago curiosity Induced us tie t to this thin mountain ut lit sold gold which Is la situated about 25 milts from the Iopu I lone oily city ell of or The Tim train rall ralli i itak by 11 which we mad intuit tin the I It Journey runs rune I 1 orn re I distance through g open pen a forest orell jurida 4 country ril I mainly main I with blood bl wood w oo d dup and Iron bark trees tree and end endt 1 up url n a very elY steep ridge called the Ih Razor Kosior I t lack Hack to a II range of ot mountains stretching Ij 1 tor mill train north lo to I lOuth where occasionally the sullen boom loom of ot a R ar Ir r t r end and Hi the smoke from Irom i lL R the furnaces and vailous peculiar Wl im chemical odors make the atmo l lI I t c lUll low height bright and Invigorating l t r t 91 sk On application nt at ho tho office olne the man manager mansk It ii ager uger readily gives to go 0 over W tint work and after a 0 change of drew dress eJa anti payment of half halt a 11 crown Irown to a fund I Ii Q la i for tor the benefit bell Ot of or the Iho minus miners the tho lIt t tit IP hAI I on ur not nii provided with a guide nho vho wh I shows thorn them the prou M from Crom stert to tolu I lu by h which salIch time the i fell quarried II from this tide r d r mountain li I mad to ld gold n ld of the iii ti angst fint quality for bur this the mint or this its Ih Jewel Jewelers ers area rI Ish t D h J In III the th tunnel tunnell 11 tp Iii the mountain tier ter on un tier are men Dually busily It nt al work and hewing and err loading lolIn U It un on trucks convey it da to buckets bucket that Illat ure are lo lowered wired down from Crom y 1 one and em platform to another until the huge hug 0 Is cru machines un utI reached then tit i the ore OIl In la carried c forward l 1 by trucks and amI amIi 1 i n to the tho furnaces where It I j ie amid made for the Hall chlorination The rue ore orr orrIs r I Is le now placed In him large mind Ifs I S treated with whim under U rt n Q uie afterward It U fa I dl CC charged lulu Into the latching vats sifted I and gravel fillers lUers Illar dl f tl ce cc teeny reilly ACtor being holn repeat tHy It Is 18 made to III per IN colato through perforated board wont covered with cheese cloth iloth anti and next through n 1 bed IittI of ot Title This mrs u f collates the gold and leaves It In shin tug JUK heaps of ot lino dust duet on oil the surf an anThe The whole U is full tull of ot Intense lm in interest terest to tho the visitor vl Viii Vf 4 The grandeur n and of ot nature are nto 14 there and also the thi th science clune and Ingenuity ity It of ot man mun More MorEt than thull tae r COI been pent on the machinery the gl dues dums for tor the or ot water CST and the workings about ISOO 1800 mum mOil me ore constantly employed and as tie the mime ORA li la I lit tit tip tilt by tl relays of at continue the work tiar and anti night Mount Mor to l III fa oval shaped bai ed at al the 11 heing belli about ab ut a u tour mill mid and a half balf at Ic I cold halt half a mil mite at Ita 1 shortest It 11 rl rues t elmot from the bunks bunke ot of ota ofa a small mall river river rand rafted lh Ih the Dee to the height of GOO feet and Attains at UK Its domelike summit sn au U of ot 1200 feet above the I v l of ot the sea There was Will nothing In the Ih outward appearance of ot the mountain to in It tram train the either Jiter hr mountain mountains of the thi range It had lied Tie lit same AmI rusted rugged slope and gullies and Slid the tho same name scrubby vegetation cov covered CI ered Us Its use a could bo lit mt seen ii for fir frI miles mile around The rite terming settler IN tier and und I th the sh over this lilly hily raglan dreamed of the th ure stored beneath They would find and alluvial soli In the ravines and tre I s and pick up III a boulder heavily weighted with tin till precious metal hut but that thal there the was IVd a 1 whole mountain of oC ore ure or I to 10 br M H exploited by men then of oC energy und and never en ea ent t r d their minds Tit gold was WA care carefully carefully fully Cully hidden In tone stone which l lib In outward differed slightly from rom tho the ordinary metallic of at th tau Boll noil oll around j The discovery was Aas mude made almost nor In the early days of mutt mint in aural Queensland a I Scotch family naiad took up tip ti n Mellem n non on the tho of the he Razor Hazor stark Hack and by extended their h lr ruts run rundown down across a 11 creek I which divided dl ld et i the tho slopes front from this tilt mountain and partly up one of uC If Its Iti Hide eldee hll They rhey stocked their lends Iuds with hp h ip and cattle entile and on un endeavored to 10 win n It living front It It but hail had little Among a n 1 large rumba of f Stile We died eating n 11 weed which grew greV al In the Ihl and wi co their eme nn were wen to 10 leave III thu tho for tor work elsewhere Ono One na of oC the sane sonN Alexander flordon found Cound employment em fin with the Morgans Morgane minIng Speculators living nt ILl Mount u II few rl nines miles front from Rockhampton Mb Mc F was wall the daughter Of ofa II a who had hall often driven Ills bic cattle lAtIe over aver the district I and uter l them nt at the th streams II rea mil flowing lit at t the base Ls of ut the n m mountain and sal she hail rec lyoU from hr her father a plater of shine stono Iun pi ked up In III a creek lr k there hoc don dnn honed this thin steno to In the tha who yi III mice saw JIlL IV It its worth und and him t If it he ho would show them thom the I 1 spot spat where when It I wens was found This h he prom teed I a to do du und and the th two Morgan HT r rW W tripping themselves them in III with lIb horses hor es and tousle tools for ft to I log tour started under the gulden or ot Gordon to find and this modern l s a After Atler Journeying over the ranges they reached a creek where the Ih gold goll wall wait supposed to he be but hilt their lust t day days M Investigations were went very vry for the Ilse stone Mione they th cru hed yielded little gold At night a R tropical downpour of ot rain set at In and all ell the null if s and all creeks Cf fh became flood flooded and ran In tor torrents rents ro tu they Ih hod had to 10 seek M k a u l place lace ot of safety safely on the mountain N morning miming n RII as the rain continued they Ih Y were In itch BUCh U tl t anti dl he II con on o I that th t they decided to maKe their way bark hlll but hut title this w wise 8 because luu I ot of tho Hood flood ft Therefore they moved to 10 higher ground across creek creel and ami climbing up UI this the Ih steep sleep sides of ot M and nt fit lait halt reached re rh 11 a spur of or tho mountain whore where they th found fount u a hut hul In III this thin shelter they fire are dried dIed th lr and ate atea tl u a hearty mal After Hie Ihl rain nUll hart had cleared oft off one anI of at thus the Ih brothers by II Gordon determined to 10 ct mound the tho I d to ace I It If any RIlY gold goll be round found there re Nhun they hull hud gone gom I about thus t ut two t I ago I rib I I s fm Man being some i distance off Morgan saw BOAS ft fL We big Pink black boulder II he lie thought had luid sum III gold Rold In K It tin n he hl broke a n piece Iele Oft off 0 awl and amit t put ut It U In his hl hi pocket Hu no also noticed that all log n II ref reef there then were similar y IM hN r TT T TI TONG r raa p aa 0 I Y y r l a s a rr rrY tl re r Y flu r t tsar 1 d v T Tc c E CONG CLING LEAN B I QU ua HOUSE MAY PUNISH DOBLIN DOHLIN I Although tho the bribery Investigation line lias M ended with Immunity for tor both Quigg and the th committee the tho house may I rimy taho up the matter further and seek to punish tar for perjury It Is believed thi th this course would remit In III un an expose of ot the which caused Dublin to change his hue mind HO so suddenly 1 X 1 Stones and without telling Gordon of ot hU his discovery he ht broke pieces off oft and andon on Ott his bile return them to III nix hiss broth ur or who yo ns still testing lellIng In the th hut lea In III the hut hilt the two to Morgans went event tnt down to 10 the nearest lIt wa water water ter hole where they thu crutches crushed and the on re to III their surprise nod ami Immense gratification round found that thai thew litres th s i of It t boulder yielded as they cald said inure than stone On ex tX ex the Ihl country mound around they found that hat the whole mountainside appeared to tn be Le of oC the t Ome kind of ot stone the discovery dl was kept train Gordon s his family still owned some collie of ot land hUld and 1111 after having the ore assayed in Rockhampton the I bought ht land for fm the paltry um coin of JK 5 nn an acre and afterward se Re secured secured cured the rest of the land lunch on similar easy eu letl 18 Journal J |
