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VIEW IN LOWE'S PADDOCK, HOME RULE, FROM A SKETCH BY M. S. ENGLISHSource: Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919) Sat 28 Dec 1872 Page 17
1872 - Lowe's Paddock, Home Rule.
THE above sketch will give the readers of the Town and Country some idea of the noted Lowe's Paddock, which has proved itself one of the best leads discovered at the Gulgong and Home Rule Goldfields. The sketch shown is the southern portion of the paddock, which is divided by Cooyal Creek, from a farm leased by Mr. M'Kechnie, better known as Masterton's paddock. The whole of the lead, which is about a mile in length, was traced without any difficulty. The richness of the claims has been so frequently alluded to in the papers that further particulars are almost unnecessary. The paddock adjoins Home Rule, and is about seven miles from Gulgong. On the western side is a range of mountains, and until they are reached, you have to travel through a vast and fertile plain, which is broken here and there by a few settler's farms, the whole of the land being well adapted for agricultural purposes.
The first claim in this paddock that bottomed on payable gold was No. 4 frontage, which took place about eight months ago, the lucky owners being Hall, Gellatly, M'Callum, and party; the sinking was only sixty feet, and the precious metal was struck in less than a fortnight. The prospectors have been well rewarded for their perseverance, but had they shown the white feather, the probabilities are that the lead would have been abandoned, and hundreds deprived of a competency. This claim is not by any means the richest in the paddock. By the time the whole is worked out, about two hundred thousand pounds worth of gold will have been got out of the ground.
Mr. Lowe, through the gold being successfully traced from the Canadian lead to his land, must certainly congratulate himself on a slice of luck, as the land some few months back was only considered as useful for grazing purposes. The proprietor, Mr. Lowe, is now realising upwards of six hundred pounds per month.
The claim in the sketch shown, close to Mr. Slater's cottage, is No. 19, which is very rich. A bare-faced
robbery of 19 ozs. of gold took place here last week; the thief was a man employed by the shareholders, who paid him two pounds ten shillings per week, wages. Another claim that is turning out well, is No. 20. The township of Home Rule stands on a nice level spot possessed of natural drainage, and although not high, is sufficiently elevated to give it a pleasing prospect. The main street commences near the southern portion of the sketch, and in the evening has a very brilliant appearance, caused by the lighting up of the hotels and stores.
The buildings look good and substantial, and present to the new comer an agreeable surprise, although the appearance in the day time, like all gold-fields, is not very inviting, but visitors will find a few days may be passed in an agreeable manner, as the people will be found kindly and friendly, and willing to give that kind of information about future prospects that strangers are generally so desirous to learn.
Source: Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919) Sat 28 Dec 1872 Page 17These are miners who were connected with Lowe's Paddock
- James Ross, Lowe's Paddock, storekeeper
- Richard Johnson, Lowe's Paddock, miner
- T. Rogerson, Lowe's Paddock, butcher
- Wm. Cufley, Lowe's Paddock, storekeeper
- Timoth Devane, Lowe's Paddock, miner
- Patrick Macmarra, Lowe's Paddock, miner
- John Moroney, Lowe's Paddock, miner
- John Braseyer, Lowe's Paddock, innkeeper
- Thos. M'Intire, Lowes Paddock, miner
- Chas. S. Sterns, Lowe's Paddock, miner
- Thomas Keeyn, Lowe's Paddock, miner
- John Johnson, Lowe's Paddock, innkeeper
