The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, APRTL 14, 1866.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 35, 14 April 1866, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, APRTL 14, 1866.

Although the recent intelligence from the Little Grey does not fully bear out the statements first received respecting the richness of* the new gold-field that has been opened in that locality, they yet confirm the general impression that there exists in that portion of the province a large extent; of gold bearing country, which will eventually afford remunerative employment to a considerable population. Mr. Lightbaud who had visited the locality of the alleged discovery states, that at the head of the Little Grey, in the various gullies, there are already between 400 and 500 miners, these are principally employed in the beds of the various creeks ; but one party trying the hills, found the prospects so encouraging, that they purpose to bring a race of water to it. The nature of the ground was very patchy, but the diggings extend over a large area. Although nothing has been struck on the Inangahua to " warrant a rush," gold may be found everywhere in such quantities that fair wages could be realised if provisions were obtainable at a reasonable rate. These are the woi'ds of the Warden, and they are very encouraging. We are certainly not told of any discoveries of " exceeding richness," but the more satisfactory news that whereever the country has beea tried, gold has been found in payable quantities ; and Avhen we take into consideration the fact that nearly the whole of the country between the Inanffah.ua saddle and the head of the Buller is as yet untried, and that its general appearance corresponds with that of the Mawhera-iti, we have good reason to believe that it will not be very long before it becomes the seat of considerable mining population.