The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 57, 7 March 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1877.

The news which we publish to-day from the Tadinor is of a very satisfactory and cheering nature, showing as it most clearly does the existence of alluvial gold in that district iu payable quantities. The accounts that first reached us were by no means exaggerated but are fully confirmed by our correspondent and also by Mr Broad, a telegram from whom to Mr Curtis we publish below, both of whom state that Biggs' party of three has obtained £30 worth of gold in four days, and that three other men aro working claims which yield from £1 to 30s per day per man. Tne only question now is the extent of the lead, and this, as Mr Broad says, can only bo ascertained by prospecting. This is likely to be thoroughly carried out very shortly, as the news, though very far from warranting a rush, is sure to attract a number of men from other parts of the colony. The following is Mr Broad's telegram:-— "To Oswald Curtis, Esq., Nelson. "Visited Tadnior rush. About 40 men are on the ground. The recent floods washed away a considerable extent of the top soil, leaving a gravel bed. In this the prospect wasf v;v l. Biggs' party got £30 worth of gold lust week in four days for three men. Parata's party are making thirty shillings per man per day. The claim below them bas similar prospects. Biggs' party are working a stratum of wash dirt about two feet thick, lying on tho clay bottom. The depth of the sinking [is three to four feet. There are indications of a regular lead, but little prospecting has yet been done. The lead, if it exists, runs through the heavily timbered flat land. A claim has been taken up, aud payable prospects obtained where the timber land ends, a mile away from where the supposed lead enters the timber land. The whole of the laud is freehold. Holders of present claims washed five prospects for me, each one showing payable gold. The place will only carry a limited population unless the lead proves of considerable width. This will be ascertained by prospecting alone. — L. Broad."