<P> Port Douglas dates from 1873, and the Hodgkinson river (west of Cairns) from 1875 . </P> <P> The celebrated Mount Morgan was first worked in 1882, Croydon in 1886, the Starcke river goldfield near the coast 70 km (45 miles) north of Cooktown in 1890, Coen in 1900, and Alice River in 1904 . </P> <P> Darwin felt the effects of a gold rush at Pine Creek after employees of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line found gold while digging holes for telegraph poles in 1871 . </P> <P> There are numerous deposits of the precious metal at various localities in the Northern Territory, the total yield in 1908 being 8575 ounces (243 kg), valued at £ 27,512, of which 1021 ounces (29 kg) were obtained at the Driffield . In June 1909, a rich find of gold was reported from Tanami...Steps are being taken to open up this field by sinking wells to provide permanent water, of which there is a great scarcity in the district . A large number of Chinese are engaged in mining in the Territory . In 1908, out of a total of 824 miners employed, the Chinese numbered 674 . </P>

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