THE NEW RUSH.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2356, 20 October 1870, Page 2

THE NEW RUSH.

The Bruce. Herald of yesterday says Frtrni time to time we hear of considerable success rewarding the persevering efforts cf men prosecuting the search for gold on such points of the sea coast as may be likely to nurse alluvial deposit. It has been known for many years that the beaches which sur • round Molyneux Bay contain large quantit'es of black sand, which is said to be a certain indication of the presence of gold. At the time the Nuggets Lighthouse was being built, a large number of men seeking employment found their way to the vicinity, Amongst them were several returned West Coast men, whose experience in beach workings induce! them to prospect the coastline lying between the mouth of the Molyneux River and the Nuggets. We believe the prospects obtained varied considerably, and gave the ground the character of being what diggers call patbhy. When ground once gets the name of b ing patchy, people seem to make up their mind to believe anything they hear about it. If a man gets “flyblown’’ on it, he is told that that is the inevitable result of some people’s luck on patchy ground. If a report gets into circulation to the effect that a party of three or four has washed out several pounds weight of gold in a short time, people readily believe it because the ground was known to be patchy. It is not to be wondered at then, that when three men were reported to have washed out seven and a half pounds weight in five weeks, people were quite disposed to credit the report. ' From what we have beep able to learn from reliable sources, three men have, in five weeks’ time, obtained gold which in its state of amalgum, weighed seven and a half pounds gross (the nett weight has been estimated by an expert at one-third the gross). Great excitement has been occasioned at Balclutha and other place?, and a great many men have gone down to the beach. Some, however, wb6 have returned, speak of the ground as tod limited in extent to find room fore more than fifty men. Moreover, as some of the ground now being marked is private property, the owners of which can at any time turn off the mrn working on it, the inducements are not sufficient to create such a heavy rush as an unqualified report of such a find might occasion. Further information is to hand. The ground now being worked is above highwater mark, and is very patchy. The prospectors are using quicksilver and black sand box s. At Icgram from Balclutha, dated Tuesday, says a second claim has struck rich prospects. The success of the prospectors having got wind, considerable excitement was created throughout the district, and a great many left the ferry for the scene of operanions. So far, however, there seems to be no good cause to excite a rush.