30 apr 1892
A splendid lot of gold was brought to town
on Saturday from Darkey Flat. It weighed
over 28oz., including a nugget of over 5oz. This
gold is the production of three men's work for
leas than one week. A resident of Warwick
holds another sample, including two nuggets
weighing over 4oz. each. Warden Maofarlane
Btarts to-morrow for the scene of operations.
The Warwick Examiner publishes the follow
ing :We have been shown several nuggets of
gold purchased from a miner who has been
prospecting for the past week or more near
Dunn's Gully, a spot near Darkey Flat, and
about twenty-three miles from Warwick.
About three weeks ago we alluded to an
alluvial discovery having been made by a
couple of prospeotors named Merrick and
O'Neill, at the head of Mud Flat, near Dunn's
Gully, in the vicinity of the Talgai goldfield.
They had then two nuggets of gold, weighing
respectively 4oz. and 4soz. The paragraph
which appeared apparently had been copied
into other papers in the colony, and as a result
the latest arrival, who has dropped on a very
fair find, hails from Rockhampton, at which
place he states he noticed the paragraph. He
came down, and having taken a liking to the
locality commenced grubbing for the precious
metal. The first day, we understand, he
unearthed the 4oz. nugget, and pursuing his
success he found several other coarse lumps,
weighing from oz. down. These are almost
pure, containing but very little quartz. We
hear that Mr. Draydon, of Darkey Flat, has
also been successful in his vicinity, having
found a nugget weighing slightly over
440z. That a large amount of gold in
this looality can be found with proper
working there is not the slightest doubt, for
yesterday afternoon we were informed that
since the find above reported another miner in
about the same place picked up four pieces
weighing about loz. each since Monday dinnerFix this text
time. Our informant says that there are about
three miles of virgin soil on tho Flat near the
find that only requires working to open up the
hidden wealth.
A Warwick correspondent writing on Monday
says :"Lost week Messrs. Barnes, Archibald,
and Co. purchased about 100 worth of nuggets
brought in by a few miners from Dunn's Gully.
On Saturday I was shown a nugget almost pure,
weighing soz. which was found on the surface,
and several smallor, about tho size of nuts.
These latter were perfectly pure. The miners
on selling their gold immediately returned to
the field, and are sanguine about being even
more successful in a few days. Several persons
this morning have inspected the nuggets, and
the news of this latest find is causing quite a
Btir."
The good old days!!!!!
Mick
