THE WOODSTOCK RUSH.

Kumara Times, Issue 1712, 25 March 1882, Page 2

THE WOODSTOCK RUSH.

[WKST COAST TIMES ] There is very little additional news from the Woodstock rush since yesterday's report. On paying another visit to several of the chiiuis yesterday afternoon, we found Roberta and Curnick's party washing by cradle, a load of washdirt taken from their shaft. On the gold being weighed, the exact yield was lldwts. 9grs. of gold. They have now five feet of wash, arrd with such an average yield the claim must be pronounced payable. Numbers of minora were present when each half-load was washed, and the general opiuion on looking at the gold in the dish, was

that it would average from sdwts. to /.W fthelMlf-loaJ. The gold wasn rTW in tl,e '" <* Dr Bakewell-, Mr Coft, , nall ,„, r j •hP K-i..k of j\«w S-.uth \V M |«-s. ami our reporter ~n , l the yield was as above - s ° rs -- io the- lead: OLouohhn and party had been driving south since they bottomed "oh Wednesday and theit 6a id to be showing decided signs of improve merit. On everj^MTthere are bound to be some the first blank was reported yeafcrdaV. JUester and party; from the Seventeen Mile Bench* were reported to have bottomed witk out success: Their claim was more in a westerly direction than the others, and it supposed they Have gone beyond the lead which is shaping hdvv tiiore to the south or south-west. They have not' abandoned their ground but commended driving in a southerly directiou, and are in hopes of ratting on to the wash to-day. Miners aid daily setting in to wUi-k, &ud t \ ie . )ro : cess of marking out claims continues with unabatiug activity.