THE KUMARA RUSH.

Evening Star, Issue 4235, 22 September 1876, Page 2

THE KUMARA RUSH.

i {From the West Coast Times.) ~ ; There is now no question that the Emnara is to be an extensive goldfield. The miners are becoming daily more confident, general satisfaction prevails at the prospects. Late on Saturday afternoon another party bottomed on gold, with a thick-l ness of wash, which gave, from three' 1 dishes washed, an average of three and a-half to five graips to the dish. Tliif claim is more inland, and is about u mile* farther along than those bottomed on theter-” race. Between this claim and those already^' bottomed beyond the break, the ground bM been all taken up, and all the parties are-> sanguine that the lead-will extend right;; through. The most encouraging sign JSk that every man bn the ground has hot in work, and there isnow no khepberd* mg. Indeed, on Saturday were only two. claims pegged ont beycnß the claim where the last.payable was obtained*’ ' The run of gold seems to bh ' leaving the river line, and is takinjrrtiofo' miand. There are said to be Afpeo nrprr twenty claims now; on payable-gold:beyond the break. As an instance whatsuo-i dess has been met with in the shallow ground, we may mention that Rich ahd ; party washed- up L 56 worth of goldfortheir week’s work for ou Rfttnwffty ' last. Their paddock is onlyiSft. working within about twenty feet of the road, and have five feet, of wash, ‘ with only three to four feet of, before reaching the wash. The Warden estimates the population how at 1,250 men in aU on the ground, and with the recent prospects a large increase may be expected. The only claimholders who have yet wa&hod up .are laffiater and party, who washed up a fortnight ago, Stoner and party, and t Duckworth and party, who washed up n* w ®ek. The average prospects in all these claims show 4 to 6 dwts. to the load. A party of new chums next to ' Rich s claim have averaged L 5 per week per ‘ man in shallow ground, and seveial othw»» simply cradling, have made a similar wage for the past week or two. The Tush is looking altogether exceedingly healthy, and promises to be the largest the Coast has seen for many years.