MOONLIGHT CREEK.
(from a correspondent.) September 1. Mining affairs in this locality are somewhat brisk in consequence of a small rush which set in a short time since. The prospectors, Jerry and party, have obtained coarse gold in a tributary of "Moonlight's, three miles below the lower store of Mr White. The experience of the last three weeks goes to show that the prospectors were by no means warranted in applying for a prospecting claim. I have no doubt but that it will be the means of opening up new and payable ground, as already there are a few parties setting in in the main creek ; the ground is shallow and easily prospected. In almost any gully in this locality coarse gold is to be obtained, in many cases impregnated with quartz. The old workings still support about eighty miners, who are mostly content to work for a little, with their chance of a nugget once in a while, as this district still keeps up its reputation for turning out the heaviest gold on the Ooast. The vigor with which the Quartz Companies f vz : pushing forward the works for the proper development of these valuable reefs points out a prosperous future for this part of the Ooast. A reef is also known to exist in Caledonian Creek, five miles from this. Baxter's Creek still supports about twenty miners, all of whom are averaging small wages. In Caledonian Creek there are also a few parties lately set in. Very little attention has been paid to sluicing in the lower end of Moonlight Creek, as there are miles of terrace ground which contain gold throughout the wash, in many places seventy and eighty feet deep, with occasional coarse specs. This is one of the fiuest places on the Coast for heads of water, the creeks having a great pitch, and therefore easily lifted. There is a Frenchman two miles below the diggings sluicing, a hatter for the last three years, and to .all appearance he has undisturbed possession of this part of the country. This 'is a fact which speaks volumes,
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Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 566, 2 September 1869, Page 3
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350MOONLIGHT CREEK. Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 566, 2 September 1869, Page 3
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