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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 686, 11 June 1870, Page 1 (Supplement)

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[gympie times. J The prospectors of the Warren Hastings Reef, Gympie, have commenced taking out quartz for the first time aince the flood : they have about nine inches of reef. Coarse gold can be seen in the stone, and, altogether, there are first-rate prospects for the shareholders.' The shaft if 75ft deep. THE NEW BUSH. Imbil May 10. The general registration of claims having expired yesterday, everyone started up the creek to take up the claims; by nine o'clock scarcely a man was to be seen in the townships ; all seemed anxious to know what ground was represented. There was some disputing as to ownership and boundaries, but soon all the diggers wtre setting to work with a will, and j the creeks and banks looked quite lively again. This week's work will go a good way towards testing the value of the ground. Very little gold was bought on Saturday. Some few diggers have got their sluiceboxes fixed, and sluicing the top 'stuff; it , is difficult, however, to arrive at the truth as to the prospects obtained. I have spoken to some and they have gave me to understand that they were satisfied ; others do not seem to be so well contented. • Accounts of tolerably good prospects are freely spoken of ; a nngget of 18dsvt was offered for sale to-day to one of the storekeepers. I understand that a protection area has been conditionally granted for a quartz reef rnnning across the head at Duffer Gully, ner.t Brown's. A few colours have been got in the stone and casing. Boyd, the original prospector, washed two loads and got 2oz ; the claimholders above and below him are getting nothing payable, however. One or two parties in Brown's Gully are making wages. There is a dispute with the prospectors and a party who pegged off what they supposed to be the first claim below the prospect ; but Mr Clarke awarded the ground in the first instance to the prospectors ; the other party still persist in working. Mr Clarke's arrival is anxiously looked for ; this matter and several other disputes require speedy settlement. The township at Boyd's is decreasing and the one near the scrub is assuming a respectable form. Some of the proprietors of stores and hotels are putting up better buildings. Most of the miners are shifting their camps near to their work, and of com'se the tradespeople must follow suit. The Northern Gold Fields. The new rush at Cowarral is turning out, so far, the most paying one that has taken place in the neighborhood of Rockhampton for some time past ; not only are nuggets of a fair size picked up almost daily, but the washdirt is returning largely to the various claimholdors. The gold is of an excellent character, and commands the highest price. The ground on which the rush has taken place is not very large ; there are two runs in a basin of about 300 yards in extent, the gold from each being of a different character : most of the men are upon payable ground as much as two, three, and even cix ounces to the load having been obtained.

holders, Messr3 Heap and O'Donaghue, were fortunate enough to find a nugget weighing exactly 91ozs. Their claim — 80 by 40 — is on the brow of the ridge, and j their sinking is about 18ft. They have about 2ft of washdirt, and from the first three loads they washed 3JOZ3 ; they then raised seven more loads, and, while fossicking, they found the nugget in a natural gutter about 18 feet down, and about 12 feet from the boundary of the claim immediately below them. The nugget is of a splendid class, remarkably bright and clean, and of an oblong shape ; it is placed in the hands of the manager of the Joint Stock Bank, who will forward it for its owners to the Sydney Mint. As Messr3 Heap and O'Donaghue's claim is just on the edge of tho ridge they stand a chance, and a very good one, of picking up another large nugget or two. The sinking is described to us as being very easy ; Mr Heap and his mate, from Saturday afternoon to Wednesday evening were enabled to raise seven loads of washdirt; the headings — which in most cases are thrown*' away — yielded about half an ounce to the load. There is no water on the spot, and dirt has to be conveyed for about half a mile. Messrs Boyson, Dobbins, and several others are obtaining very large quantities of gold, but they, in common with most of the men, are exceedingly silent about their finds ; there are not more than 100 men upon the ground, which appears strange after such good reports have been received, and so many complaints are abroad that the diggers are not, generally speaking, doing well.— Northern Argus, April 30. The news is very good from the new rush on the Cawarral Flat. .We have heard on reliable authority that a nugget weighing 41b was taken ont of the prospectors' claim a week or ten days ago. In Dobbins' claim, next the prospectors', 2^oz were washed ont of" a tin dish. Buxtons claim, 200 yards distant, on the other lead, turned out 30oz last week, which included a niiggett weighing 15oz. There are still about a dozen claims on payable gold, from' which the returns are very large. The washdirt is said to average 3oz to the load, after the nuggets are picked out. The gold has not yet been struck further down the flat. There is a large area of likely-looking ground which needs prospecting. There are about 200 men on the ground. ■ Mount Wheeler diggings and tho Cawarral township are completely cleared out of men, and miners to work the reef are not obtainable. Reefing is being seriously impeded by the large quantity of water, and it is not likely that much gold will be got out of them for some weeks to come. — Bulletin, April 28. Rosewood, which has of late attracted but little attention, but which has managed to support for some time past its 200 diggers, will once more probably induce a few of the non-successful to pay it a visit, for on Saturday afternoon a very handsome nugget weighing 4£lb was brought down from the Grass Tree Gully. The nugget is of an oblong shape, very bright, and is altogether a splendid specimen of Rosewood gold, which is considered the best quality yet found in the district. —Northern 'Argus! The " Exile " machine at Blackfellows' Gully is doing remarkably well. The crushings during the month have been as follows : — 35 tons of stone from Pattimofe and Co's No. 2 south yielded 3560z Bdwt gold ; 2\ tons from Blue Nose Reef yielded 2oz sdwt ; 10£ tons from Fairlie and Co.'s Maria Louisa Reef, yielded 20oz 12dwt ; 14 tons from Page and O'Rourke's No. 4 north, Homeward Bound, yielded 350z ; 17 ton 3 from Page and O'Rourke's No. 1 north, same reef, yielded 350z ; 3£ tons from Homeward Bound Block Claim yielded 7oz 7dwt ; 26 tons of mullock and headings yielded 7oz 6dwt ; 23 tons stone from Pattimore and Co.'s No. 2 south, Homeward Bound, yielded 690z ; from Ah You Fa's Rockhampton Reef, 6 tons yielded 12oz 14dwt. The total quantity of stone crushed by the Exile during the month was 167^ tons, and the return of gold 3450z 12dwt. — Bulletin. THE KROOMBIT RUSH. The latest news of the rush is by telegram from Gayndah. Oh the Ist there were 1500 men on the Cania, about 100 miles from Gayndah, scattered over about 15 miles of country ; half of them were not working owing to want of tools. A few were doing well, and none were leaving. There was no deep sinking, with the exception of one 20ft; shaft, now ' Abandoned. A- telegram on the sth instant says : — "At Cania all that are working are getting gold, some more some less, but there are no heavy finds. It is all gully-raking." The Warwick Argus states that a parcel of gold (590z) of a coarse description, and [ containing several nuggets, one of which weighed, au ounce, was brought into town on last Friday, and sold to Messrs Horwitz and Co. The miner, we are informed, declined. to name the locality in which he found it, but hinted that it was within 20 miles of Lucky Valley. The news from Cania. Creek, Gayndah, is favorable. There are no largo finds, but nearly all are making wages, at the rate of from 15s to L 3 per week. Very few only are leaving. Rations and tools are scarce. — Telegram in Maryborough Chronicle. We (Bulletin, April 30) yesterday, saw a parcel of nuggets of an ounce and under, in all 15oz, from Grass Tree Gully, on the old Rosewood diggings. The finders say there is not so much doing at Rosewood, but some of the points will pay for working.