IMPROVED NEWS FROM THE

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1639, 5 November 1873, Page 2

IMPROVED NEWS FROM THE

; TfreVJoUqwing;;^ ■from the Haast -is^ given: by ;f tne-'TTes? ; Coast Times of yesterday :— n ; ">, ., ., , q: , -.,-. ..$ = Mr Warden Tizard : arrived <• iw-'iowd-from the Haast yesterday, andbrings^e'ri- 0 couraging intelligence concerning the progress of the .rush; -Several parties of miners have 'struck payable gold in Deep Creek, and the gullies adjoining it Those' who remained ibehind' when return rush to Hokitika set in,, did. so w,ith the 'thorough 1 ile'termiriation' to -give' ) the new field a fair l trial,..arid.;ther,e is nqWtlitQe. \do)^)^^^^^Mi'^^^^nipM mW bY iduly^ewardeid* >Up/to jit can hardly be said that there piuchl inducement.o'.forj minets ■ to';gq ; .]to{ithe' (Haast, .vmore -,' especially,-: if j ttheyiifthaye! iremunerative employment elsewhere}!! but this, is simply-- in consequence of the ' .limited" > area" -^ of i ground iwhichxhasrbeen -opened. ,. There^is still, '{considerable difficulty^xperienced in conveying goods to. the diggingßJ_but this will shortly be : obviated $as j tenders-. 'for thejconstruction pf[a;.trackj frpnitne beacfi to the site of, the .rush have Jbeenaccepted^ and the ' worfc w now, in ' hari'd.' This*uf most satisfactory,, ;and 'increased ..facilities for travelling will douljtless induce many miners to ;prospect,ground,which under tess favorable chxlumstanc^ untried. The well-known : f _ prospector^ Bill Fox, '/ is said to vbey working ju3 mates ou''?sbme:,vground, situatedt about twpj.and ja-half front 'ißeep^ Creek, and are .^ringing in a race for sluicing. The prospectors recently obtained, a nugget weighing (three -ounces and a-half, and '.another about" half-an-I punce. ;We u adef stand that -'MfiTizatd' has furnished, to' : tKe County Chairman^ jfull report, 7 snowing the 7 progress of^'tficP pah. ■;. ;r ... f ,.,,-,"*:.^- > „.. f ..,.. ff