NEW GOLD FIELDS AT MARLBOROUGH. EIGHT POUNDS OF GOLD IN 10 DAYS.

North Otago Times, Volume I, Issue 10, 28 April 1864, Page 5

NEW GOLD FIELDS AT MARLBOROUGH. EIGHT POUNDS OF GOLD IN 10 DAYS.

We extract the following from the latest Wellington papers : — By the cutter Mosquito, which has just arrived from the Sound, we learn that the Pelorous goldfielcls are no myth, but an unmistakeable reality. There has been quite a rush from Picton, Blenheim, and Nelson to the new goldfields, and it was estimated that there were more than 200 diggers actively engaged on the ground. By the arrival of Messrs. Mears and Austen, about noon this (Sunday) morning, at Blenheim, from the diggings direct,

which they left on Saturday at noon, we ha^e received the following intelligence from the Whakamarina :--- Messrs. Wilson's party have obtained eight pounds weight of gold in ten days. Newport's party had obtained, in the space of four hours, ten ounces, whilst a party of four got five ounces in six hours. Gold was being obtained in almost all parts of the river bed. There were fully three hundred persons on the diggings, among whom were a number of Nelson people. The above news had been despatched to Nelson. Mr. Mears had been more than thirteen miles up the river, and gold was found there, and the ground was mostly taken up to that distance. A small portion of gold was, this morning, brought into Blenheim, amongst which was a small nugget, weighing about 4 dwts., obtained by a boy with a knife. Messrs. Mears and Austin return to the I diggings on Tuesday next. Some parties were leaving to t>ct j>rovisions. The newly- discovered goldfields are situate within a few miles (about fourteen) from Picton.