Our gold supply; its effects on finance, trade, commerce and industries

Thomas Cornish

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From the TIMES' Article,Leading September i$th, 1884.
" VICTORIA is one of Herthe world's Goldfields.principal
Gold Harvests circulate over the whole earth. A very large
of human concerns is ruled them. On the fruitfulnesspart by
or of the Victorian Gold Mines in ait,sterility measure,great
whether a Clerk's in Whitehall or a Marshall'sdepends salary
in Berlin shall mean so much more or less. Gold is apay
measure of the material interests of the Whateverglobe.
affects its at one of the main as isproduction head-quarters,
is of universal concern."Victoria,OUR GOLD SUPPLY
ITS EFFECTS ON
COMMERCETRADE,FINANCE,
AND INDUSTRIES,
BY
THOMAS M.ECORNISH,
AUTHOR OF
" Gold its Results and itsMining: Requirements." 1875.
"on to the West Gold CoastPapers Prospecting Expedition of
1881.Africa"
on "A to Colorado:' 1882.Papers Trip
"
on Gold and itsPapers Mining Management."" 1883.
&c.&>c.,
485053
3. -2. 4-e>
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY
EDEN FISHER & LOMBARDCo., & FENCHURCH50, STREET, STREET,97,
E.G.LONDON,
I 884.Prima fere vota et cunctis notissima templis
crescant ut ut maxima totodiviti.-r, opes,
nostra sit area foro."
Sat. x.Juv:PREFACE.
""THE of Our Gold is one that does not,question Supply
for its introduction. To all sectionsI think, require any apology
of the civilized world it is a matter of paramount importance.
As the of can be maintained or increased butsupply gold only
from that the remarks I haveone made,source, is, gold mining;
the result of careful consideration of the andbeing subject
a of on some of the chieflong practical experience gold mining
of I the meansfields the be ofworld, will, trust,gold creating
a little more interest in the of an whichdevelopment industry
so affects Commerce and Industries.Finance, Trade,materially
The inmarvellous advancement of the world's progress
one will for ever mark a most ofgeneration important epoch
for never is it that discoverieshistory again likely any great
of will create the andthrill of excitementgold wide-spread
that of adventure which were created thespirit by gold
discoveries in California and Australia.
The words "Gold!" "Gold!" were heard onmagic every
""and Off for the Gold became at once theside, Diggings hope
and determination of thousands of the mostmany enterprizing
men of the who soon on the world-young day, congregated
"famed Eldorados. The word echoed from hillsEureka" was
and where the rich of the metal hadvalleys deposits precious
been found.
The discoveries of a vast stimulus to Finance,gold gave
Commerce and Industries in Vessels wereTrade, England.
from with merchandise and tofreighted every port passengers
the land of the fever all ranks andgold gold permeated
classes of and as vessels returned from the shores ofsociety,
California and with ofAustralia, freighted large quantities gold
and wealth-laden the for wasadventurers, rage emigration
and a stream of was inkept up, living humanity poured upon
the shores of countries destined to begolden populated by
where had almost silent solitude.millions, previously reigned
The wonderful Ithat have witnessed in the featureschanges
of as a fromcountries, converted, by wand,magician's dreary,
the solitude of sweet-scented fertile oropen dry plains, valleys,
the stillness of intoforests, cities,densely-timbered thriving
towns and settlements the influence ofthrough all-powerful
haveinduced me to some attention to the andgold, give subject,
what I amin, aware is but an to endeavour toimperfect way,
"draw interest to the of andpublic Our Goldquestion Supply"
its effects on Commerce and Industries.Finance, Trade,of the future will more on theOur Gold dependSupply
allied withresult of calm business investi-principles, intelligent
of the than the wildof the merits mining industry, upongation
of or the frenzied excitement ofrushes excited miners,gold
manias in share dealing.speculative
now auriferousThe of the resourcesdeveloping well-proved
fields will become one of the mostof the various stable,gold
and industries of the and asworld,important
profitable
willbecome the fields of for otherdeveloped, open enterprize
industn
To that small section of the world who know not th-
willor value of the of our Gold not Igold, question Supply
the civilized racewhoterest ; but tothat of under-ing largerportion
know the value of and whostand and are,gold, furthermore,
to become of this much-coveted treasurepossessors
of Itroubles the will, belife, trust,subject
of if little work be readinterest: and those interestedmy by
in "Our it will, I be the means ofGold Supply," hope, giving
!such information and advice as will benefit not apractical
The views and here are the result of agiven
in of theAustralia as onelong experience gained many pioneers
of on the Ballarat and other fields of Victoria,gold mining gold
and also from visits to the Gold Coast of Africa and Colorado,
and a of that mineral belt of the Mountainsportion great Rocky
of the vast of as also the resourcesAmerica, resources which,
of areofsowondrous a nature that words fail to coiAustralia,
a of what will be the result of their futuredescription develop-
ment.
iin indebted to Mr. E. Farmer of "StatisticsJ. (author
in Relation to Gold and for some factsSilver") interesting
as to the of metals and other asinformation,yields precious
in his the Resources of the asgiven work, Mountains,"Rocky
also to the Government Returns of of Australiansome the
Colonies and other authorities, luit forbids enteringspace my
so into details that matter as I could wish.fully upon
>ur Gold Commerceits Effects on Trade,Finance,Supply:
Industries" I andawaken a of inquirymay, hope, spirit
m the an: resources of the world as to wl
when and how the of can be mostsupply gold profitably
ned.
THOMAS CORNISH.
ON, September. 1884.