THE REPORTED GOLD DISCOVERY AT HAVELOCK.

Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 488, 2 March 1869, Page 2

THE REPORTED GOLD DISCOVERY AT HAVELOCK.

In the Nelson and Wellington papers, to hand by the Tararua there are very few reliable particulars concerning the rich finds of gold at Havelock, which were recently reported by telegraph. All the accounts agree that the find was made in a pot-hole or pocket, many of which were discovered while these workings were formerly at their height We append a few extracts from our exchanges, but the rumors they contain canupt be looked upon as. reliable information :— The Advertiser (Wellington) says :■— " The intelligence to hand relative to the Havelock diggings does not appear to be of a very encouraging character, although we are told by telegraphic correspondents that some wondrous 'finds' have been made in some mysterious manner bymysterious people. We learn on good authority that, even supposing the glowing accounts already published to be true, there is really no ground to be worked even by a party numbering 300 men." The Nelson Colonist, of tiie 26th ult. says:— "We had yesterday ( a despatch from Wellington, which said : ' A Blenheim telegram states that fresh gold discoveries have been made in Havelock district.', We have made inquiry, since, the receipt of this telegram, and have also seen Mr Morgan, a storekeeper on the Wakamarina, who arrived in Nelson last night, overland. Mr Morgan states that " the spot is about twelve miles distant, from that township. He says : — Two men, James Dunfoy and his mate in two days took sixteen ounces of gold out of a 'pot-hole' at Camp Creek on the Wakamarina. The spot is one and a-half miles below Deep Creek, and is on the opposite side of the river. • The gold is coarse and fine mixed. We give the facts as told to us, with the reminder that pot-hple diggings are sometimes precarious, but certainly this find is a good one." The Nelson Evening Mail says ; — " A letter has been received from a gentleman -= resident in Havelock, stating that great excitement has. been caused in that place, by the arrival of a man from the Wakamarina river, about half way between Canvas Town and Deep Creek with a small quantity of gold. He states that he has obtained 7ozs. to the dish, but this is be-* lieved to be an exaggeration, although it is thoifght that very possibly that quan-. tity might have been obtained in one dish, the lucky finder having probably come across what is known in digger's parlance as a 'pothole.' However this may be, there has been a rush on a small scale to the spot in question, and some very fair finds have been made, one party having been seen to wash out 3dwts. from, one dish and 15dwts. from another."