JOHN DICKIE 711 



Writing on I4th August, 1905,' to the Under- Secretary for 

 Mines, Dickie gives a further account of his 1901 TRIP, with observa- 

 tions added after the opening of the Philp Goldfield. He mentions 

 that on this goldfield the reefs are all covered with sand and are 

 only exposed in the beds of water-courses. He also remarks on the 

 ENORMOUS dimensions attained by STRINGYBARK TREES on the 

 " desert " south of the field. 



DISCOVERY OF ANTIMONY 



About the middle of 1907, Dickie reported the discovery of 

 extensive deposits of ANTIMONY ORE on the middle head branch 

 of the Alice (read PHILP) RIVER, about 20 miles from IMOOYA.* 



THE McILWRAITH RANGE, LLOYD BAY, HAYS CREEK, ETC. 



Writing from Palmerville under date 3Oth January, 1909,' 

 Dickie describes how, in August, 1907, he and Campbell left 

 the Mein Telegraph Station and followed the track to the Wolfram 

 Camp (BOWDEN) on the Pascoe River. 



From Bowden, they went to the east side of the " main coast 

 range " QANET RANGE). (SEE MAP C.) It would be interesting 

 to know whether they went through the range, past its northern 

 side by the mouth of the Pascoe and the site of Kennedy's ill-fated 

 camp, or past its southern side by my track of 1880. They then 

 travelled 50 miles (say 35) south to HAYS CREEK. The question 

 arises whether Dickie, like Dodd, took what is now called Dodd 

 Creek for Hays Creek. They found GOLD "in all the large creeks " 

 presumably tributaries of the Lockhart draining either the 

 Mcllwraith or the Macrossan Range. They also saw numerous 

 reefs, but got no gold in them. At a place 40 (?) miles north of 

 Hays Creek, by Dickie's reckoning, Campbell (who appears to have 

 been there before) told Dickie that men had worked gold off and 

 on for some years. At HAYS (DODD ?) CREEK, they found three 

 parties WORKING ALLUVIAL GOLD. 



From Hays Creek, they visited some REEFS 7 miles ENE., close 

 to the coast (near Hays Hill ?). One of the reefs had been worked 

 in an opencut. They dollied stone from reefs and got good 

 prospects of gold. 



They then " crossed the range on to the western, or Gulf, 

 watershed, and travelled north. All the big creeks on the western 

 slope of the range were found to carry a little gold, and in two 

 places they came across a few men WORKING ALLUVIAL GOLD." 

 Probably they came down GEIKIE OR ATTACK CREEK to the low 

 country and then followed the Telegraph line NW. to Mein. 



It was evidently from the impressions gained on this tour that 



1 Q.G.M. Journal, Vol. VT, p. 542. 



a Annual Report, Department of Mines, for 1907, p. 48. 



1 Q.G.M. Journal for March, 1909, p. 145. 



