West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tuesday 15 July 1890, page 3


THE DISCOVERY OF SOUTHERN' in CROSS GOLDFIELD. as

To the Editor.

Sir-At. the matter of rewards' for the discovery of payable goldfields is still in abeyance Western Australia, on behalf of the Phoenix Prospecting Company will you kindly allow' us, to challenge Mr. Michael .Toomey1«'claim as being entitled to the reward, if any. The; facts, are simply these : I was engaged,by¡,íhe Phoenix Prospecting Company in charge of a party consisting of myseX'Samuel Faulkner's practical miner, and Michael Toomey, bushman. > i For our services was received paid-up shares, and a salary, were fitted out with horses, carts, and three months provisions, we' proceeded to "Golden Valley. After doing a lot of prospecting there we decided to prospect the gold belt for forty miles southward. We were told by a black boy " Gabbey never die Kookerdine," so we at once set out for Kenderdine, led by this black boy. Mr. Charles Crossland accompanied us to Kooker-dine, but, to our disappointment when we got there, Hunt's well was dry. Having no water we were obliged to return to Golden Valley that night, by the stars, keeping the Southern Cross to our back. That is the reason I named the place Southern Cross. But whilst at Cookardinia we

in the ranges some six miles distant. We all agreed that they were well worth prospecting as soon as rain came. I was obliged to come to" Perth to register the claim which we had taken up "at, Golden Valley. I left instructions before leaving that if rain came during my absence, Faulkner and Toomey were to take the earliest oppon. tunity to go and prospect those hills. We saw they did to in company with Mr. Parry, and that they brought some stone back. We crushed and panned off some of it, and got a fair prospect. I at once took Mr. Toomey with me, and I placed the pegs, in the ground, measured off the claims, put up the notices for and on behalf of the Phoenix Prospecting Company, and at once applied through our Chairman, Mr James Morrison for the award, of any, At the Phoenix Prospecting Company has laid out a lot of money, if the reward comes our way it is nothing but right that all shareholders

should share it.

Yours, etc, i

TAR. RISELY.

I vouch for the above statement is being

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