THE RUSH TO CURRAJONG.

Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1022, 4 November 1871, Page 2

THE RUSH TO CURRAJONG.

[SYDNEY TOWN AKD COUNTRY JOURKAL.] It is surprising to witness the extent of the exodus of miners from Gulgong to the now famous Currajong. During the tP**t week the_ street leading from, Gulgong toward the locality mentioned'lUs^een. thronged with drays, carts, and iwagmen, bound for the new rush. Telegrams and letters are received daily by miners who have friends and mates there, urging them to come without delay. This favorable, intelligence from the vicinity of the famous Lachlan gold field has had a tendency to unsettle the minds of all that portion of our mining population not actually upon gold, and we have no doubt that within the past five days no less than a thousand persons have left Gulgongfor the new rush, and the stampede continues unabated. Swags are taken in drays for the low sum often shillings each, and the miners accompany them on foot. The road passes through a well-watered and interesting part of the colony, and there are indications of gold being deposited in the earth, quarts at intervals, all the way. So many passing along the road may possibly lead to new and important discoveries. • The Currajong correspondent of the Forbes Times says : — "The rush continues, diggers and business folk are coming from all directions. At a rough estimate the total number now on the ground is from 660 to 700, Gulgong and Greniell being well represented; On either end of the lead claims are being marked off, while those who think this lead is long enough strikeo ut in various directions to look for something naw ; and several parties, have applied to the Mining Registrar for prospecting claims during the week. On each . side of the Bushman's Lead, one mile from the last payable shaft, ft prospecting claim has been taken up, and sinking goes on very spiritedly; as also on the higher numbers all along the lead, while those at the far numbers are rather tardy, because at the great distance of so many large claims, it is very difficult to know where to sink. There have been no fresh holes bottomed in time for me to report, but several are getting deep ; and I expect by the time this is in print there will be several holes bottomed. Late last night it was reported that NO.J6 north had got into fdwt dirt driving. No. 2 south are also driving, and have just come on the edge of the dirt. All the holes on gold, viz., the prospectors, No. 1 south, and No. 3 north and south, continue to get up excellent dirt, which is secured in well-fenced paddocks. Shares have been bought and are in demand ; as much as LIOO has been paid for shares in a claim not on gold ; none of the shares on gold have changed hands; prices asked are high. This week the diggers have laid down a temporary base line south at a considerable angle east from the former fancy line. It is now the generally received opinion that the lead will after all empty itself into the main creek (Goo* band), near the Bald Hills, and it is on this line sinking is now going on ; it will take another week before much further is known. To those rat a distance I would say you are all welcome here ; there is any extent of new country to be prospected, but there is no Bhow »t present on J&e Bushman's Lead for new comers. Building goes on rapidly on the line of buauieaft allotments, which have been taken for over a mile.— October 6,- 1871. [Since the above was in type, we have heard on good authority that No. 6 north have washed several dishes of dirt, which have averaged fdwt.] *