NATAL.
We have news from Natal, via Mauritius, ito . the 23rd- December. The gold news .from the' ; Tatin is still unsatisfacy tory;. Th\e rNftfal -Gold Prospecting^ Coinr pany's working party did not think"Vmuch of the place, but believed it to be the! butskirtof .a large goldfield. In the Trctfisvadl' Argus, of the 30th November, ! it: is stated that diggers with rough machinery of their construction, crushed a quantity of quartz and obtained gold ; it was also stated that Dr Coverlay's party were satisfied.. ■ And.. Sykes, an old Australian miner," had got good quartz,'arid was cdntented ; Brown and party, had. struck a reef, and were getting gopd l qnarfe - There were ninety diggers at work. A. small quantity : of gold f bund at Umzinto was sold by atictiori f6rL3 l7s 6d per.ounce, the. auctioneer stating that he 'would guarantee ' otic oniices. of gold from that locality if L 5 per ounce would be given for it.: From the Transvaal we still hear of diamonds being found;" one -person haying -picked tip ho less than 80,; tfibst of them small. The' seasonf has.been "splendid^f6r agricultural purposes. : . - ( ,
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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 644, 5 March 1870, Page 4
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184NATAL. Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 644, 5 March 1870, Page 4
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