VICTORIA.

Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 594, 6 November 1869, Page 4

VICTORIA.

(From the Leader.) A fine migget, weighing 1730z, is reported to have been found last week in the old workings in the neighborhood of Alma. Mr James Scott, of Steiglitz, brought to Geelong, on Wednesday, S9oz 2dwt of retorted gold, being the first crushing obtained from 27 tons of stone, the produce of the Central Quartz Mining Company, Steiglitz, or over l|oz to the ton. The gold, which is of fine quality, will be on view at the office of the manager, Mr J. M. Garratt, for the next few days. The lode of the lead ore found on the Gininderra estate will probably be turned to profitable account, says the Fass Courier. The ore is what is technically designated as " steel ore," and a gentleman of much practical experience assures us it will yield from twenty-five to thirty ounces of silver to the ton. If, as is expected, the Woolgario mines are profitably and successfully worked, we shall very speedily have mining affairs in active operation in all directions around Yass. We learn from the Courier that a singular discovery was made in the shaft of the Tweed Company, Haddon, on Saturday. "In a drift about 100 feet from the surface, the workmen came across three or four round and hollow substances, about the size and formation of lemons. One of the men broke one, and discovered within, seed exactly similar to the pips found inside oranges. The hollow was clear and well defined, and in size about a third of the whole substance. The outer rind or coating is very black, and the shell soft, though evidently petrified. Alongside of these singular substances, the workmen came across several pieces of decayed wood, and the trunk of a tree three feet thick, standing perfectly upright. The general hypothesis amongst the men is that they have found the remains of an orange tree, and certainly superficial symptoms seem to denote that they ure not far out in their conjecture." The correspondent of the hvgkwood Advertiser, writing from Tyler's on the 13th October, ■■■ says : — " Several goodsized nuggets have been obtained since my lash The largest weighed 38oz lOdwt, and was got near Ford's ground. Another of 19oz was got near the stockyard, and four smaller ones were got from Ford's private property. The best washing up that I have heard of was a yield of 960z from one machine of dirt. Another lot of twenty-five loads yielded 270z, and several other loads from the same place — that is, the Stockyard— gave an equally good return. Several parties are doing well in Ford's grouud. Among the gold got lately from it was a nice little nuggetweighing 2s. Lingham's Flat is once more in the ascendant. I can't give the names of the successful parties, but one of them is known as "the barber." They got 2oz on Monday, and a 3oz piece yesterday. Three holes have been bottomed near them without raising the color, and several more are going down. From Lingham's I proceeded to Jericho, a distance of five miles, and on arrival was surprised to find so many people camped there. Two hoLs bottomed yesterday, with prospects of ]dwt and |d respectively to the dish; and on Saturday 3idwt were got off the bottom of another hole. lam satisfied, from what I saw, that it will turn out a run of small patches, and the great number of miners who are located on the ground will very shortly prove if gold, in payable quantities, can be found." A. correspondent writing from Tyler's, on Friday, 15th Oct., to the luglewood journal, says : — The ; rush: at the top end of Lingham's Flat is likely to turn out well. On Thursday the prospectors got 6|oz in about a dozen pieces, making in all 12oz picked out without, washing any dirt. From four to; five hundred diggers are now on the ground. A great deal of gold has been obtained from Ford's ground since Wednesday. On Friday morning Mr Wright unearthed a nice nugget weighing 6oz 14d\vt, and two loads of washdirt yesterday from the adjoining claim gave a yield of lpa 2dwt. Tyler's Flat still continues to yield a good many nuggets. A 490z piece was got the other day near the creek at the back of the township, and yesterday a 14oz piece and a S,oz piece were got from another claim. On Thursday and Friday a great number of large paddocks have been bot,to«sd near the creek, and no gold

obtained. A 2£oz nugget was turned up on Thursday near the Sawmills, and another 4|oz piece in Christmas Gully. The new rush which has set in at View Point, Berlin, seems likely to turn out well, says the Im/lewood Advertiser. A great impetus has been given to it by the lucky finds of two men who took an abandoned claim up about ten days ago. A shaft had been sunk on the claim, but not driven, but on driving a few feet they were rewarded by coming on a patch of nearly Soz. in small pieces, On Tuesday they got a 3oz nugget, and yesterday they got a patch of over 6oz in small pieces weighing from a pennyweight to half an ounce. The rush is on the Jericho road, close to the Springs, The sinking is from 25ft to 30ft, and very hard, several feet being through cement. This gold is, no doubt, a continuance of the Lingham Flat, and there is every prospect that it will be traced for a considerable distance. A great number of men from Tyler's are shepherding on the supposed lead, and if; a few more golden holes are bottomed, an extensive rush will no doubt set in.