Land, Labor And Gold; Or, Two Years in Victoria : With Visits to Sydney And Van Diemen's Land 2
Land, Labor And Gold; Or, Two Years in Victoria : With Visits to Sydney And Van Diemen's Land 2
Howitt, William, 1792-1879
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This did not take much hold on public opinion, for the river has a strong, full current, and can only be turned by large parties, and the bed of the river kept dry by a water-wheel constantly working a belt-pump. Few dig- gers except Califomians are equal to this, and, therefore, 18* 150 TWO YEARS IN VICTORIA. there was a temporary damp on the Buckland discovery. But a fortnight ago the news was, that though there was no gold except in the stream, yet parties who had suc- ceeded in turning the ...river were taking out of it from twelve to eighteen ounces of gold per day. This news being confirmed by the commissioner, we made all despatch ; but we found five hundred people « day going up, and when we arrived, thirty-five miles of the river were occupied completely, leaving no interval of a single claim. Excellent claims which our pioneers had noted, were all entered upon before we could get up, and we were obliged to come further down the stream, where there is more water, and less certainty of gold.
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