THE RUSH UP THE ARNOLD.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1637, 3 November 1873, Page 2

THE RUSH UP THE ARNOLD.

By the courtesy of Inspector Hickson, we have the following particulars regarding the progress of the recent rush up the Arnold river, from the report of Sergeant Boyle, who is in charge of the district, to his superior officer. ;He says: — "He has this day visited the new rush up the Arnold river,. referred' to in his report of the 27th inst. The rush is now considered to be a failure, but there are still about 50 miners on the ground, the most of them intending to "remain and prospect for a short time longer, as they, all agree that it is a very likely looking country for gold. They are also all satisfied that the prospectors got payable gold, as they had ample opportunity of trying their face for themselves and proving their assertion. The place where the gold was first found is a terrace on the bank of the Arnold river, about four and a half miles above the old landing-place. It. has a perpendicular fall of 40ft or 50ft into the river, and the prospectors sunk a shaft immediately on the face of the terrace, bottomed at about Bft, and found payable gold. They afterwards drove about 10ft into the terrace, and found gold all the way. Several other shafts have been sunk on the edge of the terrace, and gold found, but nothing to pay, and.when they get Bft or 9ft from the face there is nothing to be got. About 50 yards further back from the face of this terrace is another, one,, 30ft or 15ft higher, and on this a shaft was bottomed to-day at about 10ft, and a little gold found all the way down, whigh the parties who sunk it believe it; would pay for slujeing, ,and intend trying to get wate? on to ft. The color can also be found in the sand at the edge of the river, on a fl it a little higher up than the terrace referred , to, and this, coupled with the fact that gold has only been found on the edge of the terrace, would lead to the impression that it has come out of the river, and that if the river'cWuld be turned (which 1 it would be impossible to do without great expense) payable gold would be found. A number of men were yesterday and to-day engaged constructing a raft to cross to the other side to prospect I' there, but none had ■ crossed when the Sergeant left."