NEW RUSH AT CHARLESTON.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 656, 2 April 1870, Page 4

NEW RUSH AT CHARLESTON.

— » [CHARLESTON HERALD, MARCH 26.] A few days ago a party, Composed of Messrs John Watson, Hugh Boyd, and another whose name we have not ascertained, went out prospecting in the country lying between Brown's Terrace and Totara River. They have been rewarded for their labors by the discovery of payable, if not rich, auriferous ground. The following are the facts as furnished us by one of the prospectors. The ground is situated about three-quarters of a mile west of Brown's Terrace and not far from the beach. The lead runs N.E. by S. W and is supposed to be extensive. The sinking varies from five to nine feet, and the dirt — black sand — from two and a half to three feet in depth. The stripping is composed of loam and a thiß cement formation ; the bottom is drift. On Friday and Saturday last, the prospectors put down nine holes and obtained excellent prospect3 from each of them. The news however was not made known until the early part of the week, when a rush set in. Since that time minera have come in from the neighboring diggings, and the number at present on the ground exceeds two hundred and fifty. Ground has been pegged off in every direction, and prospecting is the order of the day. The prospectors have applied for sites for races, and are making arrangements to bring water on to the ground. Yesterday, a number of experienced miners put down holes, and think that the lead will extend to the Totara.. It is however, narrow, being only about a hundred feet wide. The country immediately surrounding is flat and heavily wooded. Eastward, it is undulating, ultimately shelving into terraces, some of which are impregnated with cement beds. But whether there is gold in them has yet to be proved. There can %q little doubt, however, but that the present is only one of a series of similar discoveries in the same locality.