Buried Rivers of Gold - Victorian Heritage Site at 261 Grays Road, Allendale.
Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Friday 7 January 1876, page 5
GOLDMlNING IN VICTORIA.
(BY OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.)
No. IV.-CRESWICK AND KINGSTON.
RICHARDSON WESTERN MINE
Richardson's Western com-menced to get gold on the 2nd January 1875, and up to the 6th of November had obtained 7,961oz., employing 80 men. I see that in the week ending November 1 it gave 193oz, and in the following week 3811/2oz. In the same weeks the Baron yielded 2983/4oz. and 3811/2oz. respectively. Robinson's Free-hold began to raise gold in August, 1874, and up to the 6th of November last had raised 7,096oz, its weekly yield aver-aging about 120oz. This company has paid dividends to the amount of £2 12s. upon 6,000 shares, while Richardson's Western has paid £3 4s. per share on the same number of shares. In the month (No-vember) previous to that in which I visited the district the 10 mines which are in gold were distributing in dividends from £1,500 to £2,000 per week. As much as 1,100oz. has been obtained in a week from Richardson's Western, and 1,000oz. from the Baron Roths-child. Nuggets have been found in these claims varying in size from a fow ounces up to 120oz.-one which turned the scale at that figure having been obtained only a few weeks ago in the last-mentioned mine. Among the mines obtaining gold and not already re-ferred to are Bunyan's Freehold, which in the first week in November gave 121oz., and in that which followed 192oz; First Chance, 311/2oz. ; Kingston-park 261/2oz.; Lewers's Western, 211/2oz ; Southern 13oz.; Dan Ryan's, and Kingston-park. Lewers's Freehold, on Lewers's Lead, has been worked out, gold to the value of £36,000 having been taken out of it. A company known as tbo De Murska - and therefore of very late formation - are sinking at a considerable distance north from Spring, hill, and expect to find in their ground not one, but the junction of several leads. The Ristori and the O'Loghlen comprise three blocks of large extent, a por-tion of the Seven-hills estate, bought by Mr. Rossell, of Kingston, Mr. Parkins, and some Ballarat men, from Mr. Alexander Wilson, of the Wimmera, and both expect to leach gold before long. So much confidence is felt in the district in the value of the known leads that a few weeks ago £1,000 was given for 114 acres of a freehold known as Dyke's, With a royalty of 71/2 per cent, and an under taking that work would be begun in Decem-ber last.