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(from our own correspondent. > December 27.> During the past year there, has. been n<x ground opened in the New River district that has proved so valuable as that at No. Nanio } in fact, it will favorably oompara with the very best discoveries that havet been made in- the Grey district for sometime* Stout- and Co. have the honor of being the prospectors of this place, and it. is mainly through their instrumentality and perseverance that it has been relieved from the monotonous silence that per-» vaded this part some four months since. Stout, who had opened Cement Creek about four years ago, and had taken a tour to Queensland, was so impressed withthe notion that a good lead of gold existed in the terrace between No Name and Cement Creeks that he returned, for "the express purpose of prospecting for it, and; having formed his party, fortune favored their labors with success. They took in a* tunnel from Cement Creek and struck gnod gold, an&about the end of September a small rush took place, and as parties, succeeded in getting prospects after taking iv tunnels, so did the population increase. Matters have been thus, favorably progressing up to the present I time.. Payable gold has been traced on ' three tevraces, Donegal Terraoe v Ko Name. Terrace, and Shellback or German Terrace., The principal workings are on No Name and Shellback, and according to reports it is questionable which terrace can claim the credit of being the. richest. So far as. regards No Name I can speak authoritively in saying that 1 had the honor of being invited to try a prospect for myself in one of the tunnels on the Cement creek, a short time since, and after piqkingdowii I the wash myself and filling a dish about three-parts full, and taking the scrope of wash from, two feet down to th**} bottom, I washed it> and the parties politely preBented me with the prospect, which weighed 17% grains, which in a. full dish, would have been equal to a dwt* If this, can be taken as a sample of the remaining claims no one can gainsay the fact that a more important piece of country has seldom been opened so far as regards-, those parties that have secured claims, but what it may be to those who will wend their way there after Christmas remains to be seen. Every man going there to prospect tke terrace; must go entirely on his own responsibility. If he is fortunate* in getting gold well and good, but he must remember that this part of the country will not support a very large population, and thai such a rush that took place to Greenstone is much to be deprecated. A, man, \ralesa, he can command a well- filled purse to. Bupport him whilst prospecting, will find very little to be gained by goiug towards

No Name. The poor ground will do him little good, and to go prospecting and taking in long tunnels so that he may better his condition, every miner knows too well that money is requisite. IS o Name now boasts of having two townships. The one surveyed by the Government, and named Nemona, haa a very creditable appearance ; but, nnfortunately, the available space has been much circumscribed, and the consequence has been that a number of business people finding all the building allotments taken \ip at Nemona, determined to form a township for themselves. They chose a very eligible position on the small flat at the bottom of Cement Creek, and have named the township Petersburg, after the prospector, whose Christian name is Peter. Buildingsarenow being actively erected, and there is no doubt that ere long every available allotment will betaken up. The population of No Name is about 350, a very large percentage of whom may be said to be on gold.