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NORTHMOST AUSTRALIA 



is about 10 miles S. by E. of Ebagoolah. It was discovered in 

 1901. James Dick found it deserted in 1907,' after crushings 

 amounting to 560 tons had yielded 1,464 ounces of gold. 



YARRADEN, a third reefing centre within the Hamilton Goldfield, 

 is on the King River about 3 miles south of Violetville. It was 

 opened about 1902 by Keating. The quartz had at first to be 

 carted 14 miles to Ebagoolah, but subsequently a battery and 

 cyanide plant were erected by Carless." The population was 

 estimated at 100 in 1902. 



The estimated yield of gold from the Hamilton field is given 

 in the Annual Report of the Department of Mines for 1914 ' 



1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 



Fine 01. 

 8,300 

 S.5IS 

 4>325 

 5,928 



5,278 

 3,588 



2,574 

 2,534 

 1,491 



1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 



1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 



TOTAL, 47,587 fine oz. 



Unlike the Palmer, the Hamilton from the first has been peopled 

 by miners exclusively of European origin. The Warden's annual 

 estimates are as follows : 



1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 



321 

 450 



34 

 345 

 277 

 184 

 117 

 163 



1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 



19*3 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 



'43 

 100 



101 



80 



77 

 68 



56 

 27 



20 



Dickie contended that at one time the Hamilton field carried 

 over 1,000 men and that therefore he was entitled to the standing 

 reward of 1,000. He received 500." 



After selling his interest in Ebagoolah, Dickie led a party over 

 country between the LUKIN (Holroyd) and the COLEMAN. 

 Throughout this region he found reefs of a character similar 1 

 those of Ebagoolah.* 



A report by Dickie dated Ebagoolah, 1 8th July, 1901, appears 

 in the Queensland Government Mining Journal, Vol. II, p. 

 under the heading of " Prospecting in the Gulf Country." 



1 Dick's Mineral Resources of the Cook District, p. 26. 



2 Dick's Mineral Resources of the Cook District, p. 25. 



3 Dick's Mineral Resources of the Cook District, p. 24. 



* Warden Le-Bryce in Ann. Rep., Dept. of Mines, for 1900, p. 105. 



