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,COLGAIIHE AIIMNG NOTES.
(From Our Correspondent.)
Coolgardie, Oct. .24.
Attached hereto is a letter hand
ed to me by the signatory for pub
lication, together with £5 deposit,
in accordance with the terms of the
letter, which speaks for itself :-
- "To the Mining Editor.
"Sir,-I notice in your issue of
Tuesday last a statement made by
Mr. D. A. Wilson, manager Cool
gardie State 'battery, regarding a.
complain made by me to the asso
ciation at a aspial meetiing, held
last Sunday, and which .you have
published. By that statement you
will see that Mr. Wilson verifies
everything in my statement. except
regarding the time we started to
clean up, and his judgment is as
wrong in that. at is was ln the value
of our crushing.. Mr. Wilson says
•he is there. to look after the pros
pector's interests, and; to _see that he
does -not waste his, time aid` money
c-rushing unprofitable stone, and
yet be practically acctises s of. get
ting 10 oz. of gold belAn ngm to some
other prospector, whom Mr. Wilson
is 'there to~ potcet.' As Mr. Wilson.
appears to be natiwg s to see the re
M nainder' of our .sreel treatee I
hope he" wýhill not ave to ,wait long
hjea oPdad.. d i Vra W
son is game to come up with
same amount. to be iisposed 4f
ter the stone is treated, it wi:]
immediately available. If the sto
does not go 2 dwt. over Mr. Wilsoa
estimate of 2 dwt.. I will forfeit
£5 to the Jubilee Fund. If.
stone goes 4 dwt. or over, Mr. L
son to forfeit his £5 to the s
fund. M?. Wilson says we sorai'
down to copper, but still .we:
£3 16/3 per -oz. for our gold.
Wilson also savs he placed-the f
before the Minister. but he was.
name to dome to our meptin" . a t
getting a special invite to face
owestion before the Minister?'? i
our presence. I am sorry to'm
that Mr. Wilson, havinc madod
mistake, will not own tip to it:
stead of, makinge such aseri
charge as he has made, and I'h
after we have had a few.crushj
from our "won't go two dwt.
trv rock" that he will apolo~l~
and own up that he is not the
that took China.-Yours truly,
"J. W. Crossland:
"Cnol??.rdise, October 23.'-
P.S.-This offer is only bind
up to 'next Sa*urday evening..
tuber 96.-J.W.C. '
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