THE WAUKARINGA GOLDFIELD.
November 2. Considerable exctcem nt was caused in the city to-day by the receipt of information that a bOoz nugget had been found at Teetnlpa diggiaga. It appears th's fiue piece of gold was unearthed about ten days ago, hut the lucky party kept it quiet. The following is thei Warden’s telegram, dated let November :—“ Last evening a miner, who does not wish his name mentioned, showed me a nugget obtained 22>id October, weighing qui e2 b, and with, I think, from 2Snzs to 30 -z* of solid gold. He, »t first, did not wish this to appear in the papers, for fear of causing another rush which would cause immense d stress until other gullies are found. ’1 he nugget was found at Brady’s Qallv, below the prospectors’ claim, and the fortunate discoverer says that two other nuggets are held, one of 12 >zs and the other of ISozs, but I have not seen them,” To-day he telegraphed as follows ;—“ A large number of men are on the new rush on east side of Brady’s Gully. Sinking is about nine feet, but the result of to-day’s work is unknown. Payable gold was found In claims, on Saturday. A. 2 z nugget and other gold was procured from one claim, and rather over an ounce from two uthersThis proves there is payable gold in Brady's gully for about a mile and a half A large number of men are working in Tonkin’s, where there are many blanks, and a few very good yleldirg claims, from ■£>z to loz to the load. Saw a small piece of gol 1 about produced from a gully about ha>f a mile south-east of Brady’s gully; also a fair prospect washed from one dish of wash dirt. The sinking is 16ft, and several men are working in this gully; hope it will prove payable. The population is steady, and good work is being dome by the diggers. The big nugget has been taken to Perershnrg, where it was weighed, and gave SOf oz It will bo la town to morrow.” Tttere is no doubt the gold-bearing area is extending, and greater confidence is being manifested in the fisld. It is warm and very dnsty up there.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1402, 9 November 1886, Page 2
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374THE WAUKARINGA GOLDFIELD. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1402, 9 November 1886, Page 2
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