THE NORTHERN DIGGINGS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 259, 10 September 1867, Page 3

THE NORTHERN DIGGINGS.

THE MOHIKINUI. The " Westport Times " of Saturday gives the following account of the new frush to the Mohikinui : — A week ago a payable terrace wUs .discovered in this locality, but the latest ground opened has caused a perfect stampede, and, judging from what the steamer Murray has taken away, added to the troops that have trudged it northjyard, we should guess that a thousand men are now on the ground. The pro.spects, we are happy to say, fully justify such a number, and it is still more satis factory to find that every hoie as yet bottomed has payable wash, averaging •about three feet and a half in thickness. The yield is excellent, the best, we are told — fully 3dwts. to the dish, of ooarse flat scaly gold. Whether it reaches that .amount or not, we are not prepared to vouch, but one of the fortunate holders positively assured us so, and our readers must take the statement for what it is worth* Be it as it may, however, all who have sunk are satisfied, a pretty good proof of the probability 'of its being at least approaching to the tenth. The Jast diggings opened in the neighborhood are situated about half a mile from the present township, close to the beach, and only a few. hundred yards from high water mark. They are in a terrace, running parallel with the beach, and the holes bottomed .have been sunk about forty feet, though there are some deeper, than that that have not yet bottomed. AH that have as yet reached the wash have found it perfectly dry, .and the sinking easy. The gold is as stated above, coarse and heavy, and already more than half a mile of claims are pegged out. This, however, does not discourage the furthest, for there can be little doubt that a well-defined lead exists, and to reach the gold is only a question of time and labor. A vast number of business men have gone up with the view of establishing branches, p,nd on the two trips of the Murray a large number of both miners and storekeepers went to try their luck. The feet of the township being approachable by steamer is a great pomt, and we look on the Mohikinui as likely to be one of the most prosperous places on the Coast. Another correspondent writes : — The number of diggers here is constantly increasing; and there can be but little doubt that the whole of the coast between tke Buller and here, right on to Athe Karamea will now be thoroughly Introspected. Holes are goiug down in every direction, and I should think there cannot be Jess than 1000 persons upon the ground; Storekeepers are constantly arriving, and before long we shall have a pretty considerable township. The Kennedy has visited the river twice, and the Murray once, each bringingits complement of passengers. They are to land

passengers within half a mile of the new rush. The gold is like all the gold in the Buller district— coarse and heavy ; in this respect differing altogether from the gold found at Charleston. The lead has now been traced for about two miles and there is every probability of its continuance. The sinking is now about 70 feet deep, bottoming on blue clay. There is some likely-looking ground a short distance from the present workings, of which we shall be in a position to report shortly. We certainly should not advise our readers to be in too great a hurry to leave for the Mokihinui till more definite accounts.