REPORTED GOLD DISCOVERRY AT TIMARU.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 685, 9 June 1870, Page 2

REPORTED GOLD DISCOVERRY AT TIMARU.

The local paper of June 1 says : — Humours have been current in town the last few days that a gold field has actually beeu discovered somewhere, it is believed, in the Timaru district. We cannot vouch for the truth of the report, but circumr stances have coma to our knowledge which certainly lend a colour to its propagation* As far as we know, the facts are as follows : Towards the end of last week a man, evidently a digger, arrived in. Timam front th& norths an&he.gavfco«t thatfhe intended: to apply to the Government for the promised reward offered for the discovery of a payable gold field. The man declared that he ha* foan* leaUjp ~ payable alluvial diggings,, capable' of giving employment to about. 10,000 men. The gold, he said, was pretty evenly dispersed, and to every pan-full of earth there was a proportionate quantity of gold, sufficient to yield very handsome wages per week to the digger. Until he had secured ground for himself and bis mates he declined to give any inkling of the whereabouts of the field, but he spoke most confidently of the discovery. In a few days at most the matter will probably be cleared up, but we confess that after so many reported discoveries of gold which the public have been from time to time treated to, we have not very strong faith in this report, and we only give it for • what it is worth. T — -

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