THE BLENHEIM GOLDFIELD.
A 26-ca NUGGET.
The Blenheim correspondent of an exchange telegraph* under date 24th inst : —A 26-oz nugget, worth £91, is now lying at the National Bank, Blenheim It oame down from Soarfe'a Claim, on the right branch of Mahakipawa Creek. There is a good deal of qaarlz adhering, and it was found within a few yards of a reef, wblob •nooaragei the belief that the reef Is riob . The riohnesa of tbe Geld ia now beyond doubt, and there li no need fot hesitation In chronicling finds. A rush hu broken out at the Watkakahn range, within two hours from Blenheim. Over 100 oi&lma were pegged oat yeiterdfty. At 10.30 this morning tbe Waraea had Uiued '25 miner* 1 tights,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1954, 26 September 1888, Page 3
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123THE BLENHEIM GOLDFIELD. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1954, 26 September 1888, Page 3
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