LONGWOOD.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1805, 3 December 1879, Page 3

LONGWOOD.

The “ Western Star ” of Saturday says:—Any news respecting the development of the Longwood goldfield is eagerly inquired after, but whenever good prospects are shown as having been obtained from one or other of claims there, people doubt the bona fide of the discovery. This feeling will either be confirmed or broken down by the report we have this week to make regarding a number of prospects taken from Printz’s claim by Mr Matheson, who has had some considerable reefing experience in Victoria. That gentleman visited the claim on Wednesday, and tried several prospects. One'from the low level of the claim, containing about 121 b or 141 b of rubble, washed in a dish, yielded Idwt. of gold, or at the rate of Bozs. to the ton. One piece of quarfa, weighing about lib., taken from the mouth of the tunnel, in which no gold could be seen, was brought to town and crushed in a mortar. When washed the result was one grain of gold, or at the rate of 4ozs. 13dwt. to the ton. On Thursday some richer specimens were brought down by one of the men working in the claim. Messrs Printz and Matheson resolved to again visit the claim the following morning to examine the reef where these fresh specimens were obtained. Several trials were made with astonishing results. In one case a small dishful of quartz returned from six to eight ounces of gold. The specimens were shown in town last evening, and created no little excitement. Tempting and bona fide offers were, wo understand, made to Mr Printz for an interest in the claim, but he not now inclined to “ part.” Mr Printz is prepared to erect machinery as soon as the track is put in a condition fit to allow such traffic.