NEW SOUTH WALES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 25, 3 April 1866, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Another Great Gold Discovert at the Turox. — The Balkurst Times of Saturdny states that intense excitement has been produced by the revelations of the prospectors' claim, in the reef discovered a month ago by Messrs. Arragtrong, Wells and Co., on the Box Ridge. A rush took place, and claims ■were marked out, which were now closely shepherded for miles, the miners awaiting the result of the trial crushing of a ton of the auriferous quartz. Our informant, a practical miner, states that he has inspected a considerable quantity of the picked quartz, and lie never saw anything to equal it in richness. The late Explosion ix Bridge-street. — The Board of Commissioners appointed by the Government to enquire into the cause of the late explosion in Bridge street have met at the scene of the occurrence to inspect the ruins. The precise place where the case of nitroglycerine was deposited had bec-n cleared of the debris in order to afford the Commissioners an opportunity of examining the effects of the explosion in the immediate vicinity of its oceui'rence. It was proved that the explosion had torn up the earth to a depth of five to six feet below the level of the earthen floor of the cellar, and extended to a radius of about eight feet. This large hole, before being cleared out, was filled with soft earth, pieces of broken bottles, and other debris of the ruins. Between three and four feet below the level of the cellar was found a quantity of glass pulverised to powder by the force of the explosion. There is little doubt that this glass formed portions of the bottles in which the explosive fluid was stored. There were also found in the same spot several sandstones, which were also reduced to fine sand by the same action, and an oyster shell turned into lime. — S. M. Herald.