THE BULLER DISTRICT.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 169, 12 February 1867, Page 2

THE BULLER DISTRICT.

: (Fiftm the IKw^oH^^ ; Though news is scanty in this isMe, we .-are. glad to say that it is of a ftir'more cheering character, and tlitTeseeViis every probability that the beaches! aii<l rivers to the north will have at least a partial trial. A1: Waimaiigaroa there .^e-noos^f^ seventy at work, and though we; Believo no one has yet bottbraed^? several nice, piecas, each a couple of pennyweights ; am\ upwards) have been got. The prospects • generally are excellent, but !attKo same time the work is very hard, and hoiae but sthose,weU accustomed t(v u\iiuiig . difficult ties have much chance oi success.-' This more especially . applies ■workings, but tlierje^ is %t'g^bund r round •that has every appearance of : be|ng raiiriferous; One flat adjacbiit ;io -rthe old workings" is now being tried, aijii .thbso setting in -have every confidence- of. supcVsa The prospects of .this place are iattpgoilier very favorable, but. a few more: days^wiil tell us more. Whether^ through " being scared at qonsequenc^ or whcther-itis that people' engaged i^ ■ ininiiig^lpok on newspapers as natural eh^ies' or from whatever cause is ha^to: say^ -tut it is. "strange the. difficult^ that exists ill getting ihformatiou as to operations. This extends ac^ail^^^os^-^diHtant ■from the scene of oper^tionsf "and it appears to'be^ou^ht^^ii^e a^pind of treason to^ convey, any ilnteiligeh(:o' whatever. - We wiUgive aii exami)lepf this :— ' sjiiaU jnu^jets, together weighing . about |our pej&ywMghts/ werelpurchased ::by v . : a.^^m;,;^wn;fro)n::a;- ? n^'er ; /w.ho had gotthem'firqm the Wairnangar6a,Avith the intention' of having aj ritig made from them.; "Tlie goldsmith, wished to show them to. another perspn, but the possessor finding that it was sotiie one' connected with this journal, at puce refused to produce them, saying thathe was. not going '-'to have them put iijtp the paper" What possible harm could have arisen fr<>in 4 suiph inspection we cannot say, but that jsjan example of the ridiculous feeling extant; In reference to the Parities' claim, as the, prospecting claim is termed, we are informed that a share was sold this'week for L4O : The diggings ar^' sitiaat^^bput four miles up the river jiwehopeSinojiir next issue to, give a detailed account of ■them. ■ . " : - :^; A v :^fvt ■.■■■.■' Some veiy nice small parcels of rough gold, have come! down the^nver/ ranging from three to six oimces eMh^-and .the parties who brought tHem ha#e .;^Uewn their confidence in tlie district by layiiig out the* proceeds in provisionsj and yeturnirig. Several have gbpe iduringtho ast few days, and we yet expert F t 6 hear of a good gold field being opeiie&iiea£the Blackwater. The exact lbcaU|ylwher^the übld in question .has been* go^ weyiojnbt know, but we do know that it came down theßuller. .. ' . ■0:- : r ■■;';■: :^, : ■ ■A11.,, along: the. whole scattered parties are at wort, andj^o i Saturday the Union Sank bp\tgh^a;fn|«nber of omall parcels of fine gbld-gp^firpni places. Though by no means startling, the returns to the partie^ w JB&lIhg ; were in all cases considerably jmore than tucker, and so those at work can afford to wait till something bette^ur^up; 1 o ; The bigger Star of th^Bu^e^rettprned on Wednesday from the Little Wahganui, and the accounts brought by:liier are moflt favorable. We have received information iv reference to these diggings from a passenger who has gone up again, ahd^bffii^ lieveittobe moat 1 jjio^ughly, reliable!/ lt^ appears that theses are^about oiiip hYihdrecl ; men on the ground\aiiit\jw'rti;bi' ttjvpc stored.

? l Provisians are reasonable, and those present are satisfied with the results. The diggings are on the beach, and it is said that every ona who has set itf has got gold more than enough to pa\ tucker; Some hay© done much better, but we could not learn what the best yield had been, nor did we ; gather the extent of that there is. It seems that there arc three bottoms, or rather auriferous strata ; the first about eighteen inches from the the next about two feet further ' * ! down, and the last three feet from that. Quir inforinant brought down over 20 ozs. of the precious metal, and says that there ate about a hundred ounces to be bought . Jf money was there to pay for it. If there is any large area of payable gnmnd, the Little Wanganui promises to be a most important district, and will do much to revive confidence in the diggings to the northv ■ It -is said, though we cannot vouch'- for the fact, that' gold has been struck about a mile inland : at Mohikinui, close to the place where the Norwegian led his party suchadahce. If this be' true, his assertions may have some foundation in fact, :.' or it'may be that by accident he directed people to where gold was, but which would not otherwise have been sought for. , ;" ' The Haast fever that has attacked the Hokitika miners so has had no perceptible effect here, for many of the miners of this district had experiences of Bruce Bay last year, and believe that this Avintuni out- similar in results. It may be that a patch has been struck, but we doub^eyen that. Granting that there lias, itwill not, wo venture to say, support a tithe 'of those that have already gone. If diggers,, however, will persist in filling the pockets of steamboat proprietors and emptying their own. well and good, the lc^^ftlieirs. "'•;.-