EXTRAORDINARY FINDS OF GOLD NEAR BEECHWORTH.
At the latter part of last week a miner brought into Beeehworth a quantity of the richest auriferous quartz which has. ever been found in the Ovens district.. The gold and quartz are in about equal proportionsthe latter beinsj completely encrusted with the precious metal. These specimens, which we understand are a fair sample of the stone generally which has just been discovered, are now in the possession of the manager of the Oriental bank in Beech worth, Mr. Sickling,- by whom tliey were sjiown to,us.. Though the reef is only a foot wide at the top, it seems li.kefy to jprove a fortune to the discoverers. Some; years, ago, among the mining brokers h* Melbourne, a
good deal of ohafF wuo indulged in at the expense of Mr. John Everard (then one of tlie fraternity) on account of his reported glowing description of a pet reef as being K solid wall of gold." This, however, -we are credibly informed, is really the aj>pearanee of the reef just discovered. The yield of such quartz to the ton was accurately calculated, and it would not be less than 11,946! ozs. The quartz which forms the matrix is almost white. At present, the holder of the claim wishes its precise locality kept a secret, but has no objection to state that it is within six miles of the township of Beechworth. YVe are informed, however, from another source, that it is situated in the ranges at- the back of Hurdle JFlat; and the discoverer was a Erench miner, who, after taking about half-a-dozen ounces from the surface, thought that the reef had run out, and abandoned it, and th it ib was again taken up by Mr. Miclxwi Scanlon (the well-known reefer, and discoverer of the celebrated Kerry Eagle Beef), who is at present the fortunate holder. Such a find as this proves beyond a doubt that the gold in the Ovens , district is not worked out. Our own expressed opinion has long been that plenty of reefs are to be found in the ranges near Hurdle Mat, Eocky Point, Tackandandah, "Wooragee, and elsewhere, which would yield at least- one, two, or three ounces to the ton.— c Ovens Spectator.'
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 60, 25 March 1870, Page 3
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374EXTRAORDINARY FINDS OF GOLD NEAR BEECHWORTH. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 60, 25 March 1870, Page 3
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