Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1899 — An Australian Gold Field. [ARTICLE]

An Australian Gold Field.

The romance of Australian gold mining is not inaptly illustrated by the history of the Wyalong gold field, in New South Wales. Less than seven years ago it was simply a grazing district, consisting largely of crown lands. At the end of 1894 the settled population in the Wyalong and Barmedman districts was between 4,000 and 5,000, the number of claims worked being about 300. In 1895 the quantity of gold obtained was 25,497 ounces; in 1896 it was 33,195 ounces; and in 1897, 34,370 ounces, being the largest auriferous output of any gold field in the colony, the next richest being Hillgrove, with 31,886 ounces. The total yield from tbe Wyalong gold field from its discovery at the end of 1593 up to the present has been estimated at 130,000 ounces.